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 (GP) who will be working within our
Primary Healthcare team within the Portsmouth Combined Medical Practice (PMX),
a large military practice based across six sites within the Greater Portsmouth
area, Hampshire. The candidate will work primarily from HMS Nelson but may also
be required to work flexibly across the other sites within the PMX.
This post will be 29 hours a week and requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Benefits:
- NHS Pension.
- Free parking.
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
- Access to Gym.
- A challenging yet rewarding and dynamic role working at the interface between primary care and occupational medicine,in support of our military population.
Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will be responsible for
providing primary and occupational healthcare in line with General Medical
Council (GMC) Standards to ensure that our objectives to optimise patient care
are met, supporting DPHC in delivering a safe and effective service.
Whilst
the Post Holder may not have direct Line Manager Responsibilities, they will
participate in the mentoring of junior personnel, helping to ensure that their
training needs, as defined in the Practise Development Plan, are met and that
any shortfalls are identified and addressed
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
Primary duties will include but not be limited to:
- Providing general healthcare to all registered patients
during normal practice hours.
- Maximising the levels of health, well being 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.
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
- Delivering at Pace
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.
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on 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/@DMS_MilMed
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application
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 ofall 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.
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 ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
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.
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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary duties will include but not be limited to:
- Providing general healthcare to all registered patients
during normal practice hours.
- Maximising the levels of health, well being 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.
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
- Delivering at Pace
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.
Please copy and paste the following link to our YouTube channel for on 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/@DMS_MilMed
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application
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 ofall 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.
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 ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
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.
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.
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.
Person Specification
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Person Specification
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.
- To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided.
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number.
- You required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
- Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
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).
