Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Ministry of Defence General Practitioner (MOD GP)

The closing date is 10 June 2025

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 Ministry of MOD GP who will be working within our Primary Healthcare team.

This post is located at Cranwell Medical Centre, RAF Cranwell, NG34 8HB, however, you will be required to provide cover at other facilities within the Lincs Combined Practice (Waddington & Coningsby) as required by business needs.

This is a full-time role consisting of 37 hours a week.

Does this sound like the role for you?

We offer the following benefits:

Civil Service Pension
Free Parking
Inclusive Working Environment
Pay as You Dine
On Call Allowance

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

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.

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£85,451 to £104,560 a year Pro rata for part time *Pay award pending

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0236

Job locations

Cranwell Medical Centre

RAF Cranwell

Sleaford

NG34 8HB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

Providing general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
Undertaking mandatory medical examinations and provide appropriate occupational healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.
Providing primary care emergency treatment to any patient who may require this within the Establishment.
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 see the attached job description and person specification for further information.

Selection Process

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

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

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

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

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

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.

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

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

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.

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

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEpdNWKQSRI

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

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.