Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic Civilian Medical Practitioner who will be working within our Primary Health Care team.
This post is located at theMedical Centre, RAF Wyton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2EA.
The Medical centre supports a population at Risk of 1000+. Providing Primary Health care to the entitled serving personnel.
This is a position offering 37 hours a week. Part-time candidates will be considered but due to service delivery requirements it must be on a job share basis as full-time hours need to be covered.
Does this sound like the role for you?
We offer the following employee benefits:
- Civil Service Pension.
- Free parking.
- Inclusive working environment.
- Pay as you dine
- On site shop
Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will provide primary and occupational Healthcare in line with General Medical Council
(GMC) Standards to ensure that the organisational and Principal/Senior Medical Officer's
objectives are achieved to optimise patient care.
About us
Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
include and are not limited to:
- Provide
general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice
hours.
- Maximise
the levels of health, well-being and employ-ability of Service personnel to
ensure the needs of the single Services are met.
- Undertake
mandatory medical examinations and provide appropriate occupational
healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.
- Provide
appropriate preventative medical advice to both individuals and Chain of
Command.
- Appropriately
supervise the management of communicable diseases, including monitoring
and reporting through single Service chains.
Benefits:
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Access to a range of courses at the Defence Medical Academy (Lichfield)
- An environment with flexible working options available
- Regular protected education meetings
- Protected Lunch hour
- Appointments scheduled for 15 minutes duration
- Free on-site parking
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Selection Process : The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. The
interview will be based on the following behaviours:
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Please ensure the
required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your
application form and saved under your name.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which
outlines the role requirements in further detail.
To be eligible to
be considered for this role, the essential criteria detailed must be held in
full, prior to submitting your application.
Travel to interview
costs will not be reimbursed.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
There is no
requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will
form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being
withdrawn.
Successful
candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
All employees
joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to
a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the
employment start date.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical.
The role currently
being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore
NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the
points-based system. Should you apply and be found to require sponsorship, your
application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment
withdrawn.
This vacancy is
part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information
copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk:
Making-the-civil-service-a[1]great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service
embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability
Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum
selection criteria.
If you need to
advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the
recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
include and are not limited to:
- Provide
general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice
hours.
- Maximise
the levels of health, well-being and employ-ability of Service personnel to
ensure the needs of the single Services are met.
- Undertake
mandatory medical examinations and provide appropriate occupational
healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.
- Provide
appropriate preventative medical advice to both individuals and Chain of
Command.
- Appropriately
supervise the management of communicable diseases, including monitoring
and reporting through single Service chains.
Benefits:
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Access to a range of courses at the Defence Medical Academy (Lichfield)
- An environment with flexible working options available
- Regular protected education meetings
- Protected Lunch hour
- Appointments scheduled for 15 minutes duration
- Free on-site parking
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Selection Process : The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. The
interview will be based on the following behaviours:
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Please ensure the
required skills, qualifications and memberships are demonstrated in your
application form and saved under your name.
Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which
outlines the role requirements in further detail.
To be eligible to
be considered for this role, the essential criteria detailed must be held in
full, prior to submitting your application.
Travel to interview
costs will not be reimbursed.
We encourage all
our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further
information document for full details.
There is no
requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will
form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
If found successful
for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to
Hepatitis B. Failure to do so may result in the offer of employment being
withdrawn.
Successful
candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.
All employees
joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to
a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the
employment start date.
As a result of the
changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021,
the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa
under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business
critical.
The role currently
being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore
NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the
points-based system. Should you apply and be found to require sponsorship, your
application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment
withdrawn.
This vacancy is
part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information
copy and paste the following into your browser or search gov.uk:
Making-the-civil-service-a[1]great-place-to-work-for-veterans
The Civil Service
embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability
Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum
selection criteria.
If you need to
advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the
recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) GMC, and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- A Certificate of Prescribed Equivalent Experience or Statement of Acquired Rights (now known as Certificate of Completion Training (CCT) from the Joint Committee in Post Graduate Training in General Practice (JCPGT(GP).
- Post Graduate Training Certificate in General Practice and a Certificate of General Practice Vocational Training (GPVT).
- Holding a current Licence to practice.
Experience
Desirable
- Desirable:
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) GMC, and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- A Certificate of Prescribed Equivalent Experience or Statement of Acquired Rights (now known as Certificate of Completion Training (CCT) from the Joint Committee in Post Graduate Training in General Practice (JCPGT(GP).
- Post Graduate Training Certificate in General Practice and a Certificate of General Practice Vocational Training (GPVT).
- Holding a current Licence to practice.
Experience
Desirable
- Desirable:
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
- Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
- Please use double spacing where possible
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
