Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
- The primary purpose is to deliver OH care and advise the Chain of
Command (CoC) on how to employ and deploy Service Personnel within
their healthcare limitations.
- Provide OH support to primary care clinicians and the CoC via remote
and face to face working where appropriate.
- Promote a patient safety culture where staff are encouraged to report
concerns, errors and near misses and where staff concerns, and
significant events, are taken seriously, investigated and lessons are
identified and implemented.
- Provide clinical OH advice and support in the development and delivery
of individualised Return to Work (RtW) programmes and where
appropriate undertake workplace OH visits.
- Protected study time will be made available for continuing professional
development during working hours. While the amount of CPD
(Continuing Professional Development) undertake may vary between
individuals, ROHT MOD GPs will be expected to undertake sufficient CPD
to ensure revalidation as per GMC guidelines.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further
information.The sift will be completed within 10 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 expenses for the interview.
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.
At application stage you will be assessed against Experience:
- Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history
and previous skills and experience.
Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job
Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have
tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factuallyaccurateand taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has beenidentified(presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please seeourcandidate guidancefor more information onappropriateand inappropriate use.
At interview you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:
- Working Together
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,
knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and
that you have saved it.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 contactdbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, inthe majority ofcases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure thatappropriate mitigationscan be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts azero toleranceapproach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
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-handsmokeand supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy,Smokingand the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not bepermittedanywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors,visitorsand other non-MOD personnel. All applicantsseeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place ata number ofDefence Establishments.
