MOD General Practitioner (MOD GP)

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, organised and enthusiastic MOD General Practitioner (MOD GP) to join our primary health care team at Station Medical Centre RAF Honington. There may be a requirement to provide support at RAF Marham as part of the Valiant Combined Practice as required by business needs.

Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) provide a unique blend of traditional team based primary care and occupational health support to military personnel. DPHC also has a strong emphasis on education with numerous opportunities to train military medics, nurses, and Doctors.

This position is full time and offers 37 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Does this sound like the role for you?

Benefits Include:

Access to Civil Service Pension
A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
On-site free parking
Access to gym
Access to Pay-As-You-Dine facilities

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be providing 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. The post holder may be required to cover other facilities within the network/combined practice group as required

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.

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£85,451 to £104,560 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-24-0380

Job locations

Station Medical Centre

RAF Honington

Bury St Edmunds

IP31 1EE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

Providing general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
Maximising the levels of health, wellbeing, and employability of Service personnel to ensure the needs of the single Services are met.
Undertaking mandatory medical examinations and provide appropriate occupational healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.
Appropriately supervising the management of communicable diseases, including monitoring and reporting through single Service chains.
Representing the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) on Medical Practice related issues where necessary, including participation in unit health committees where appropriate.

Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.

Selection Process Details

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel for interview.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours.

Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. You will need to copy and paste the link into a browser. https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

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.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

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.

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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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.

For details on our complaints procedures, please refer to the attached Important Information document.