Civilian Medical Practitioner

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Civilian Medical Practitioner looking for an exciting role,working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Merville Barracks, Colchester. Please note there may be a requirement to provide cover at other facilities within the Iceni Combined Practice (Woodbridge and Wattisham) as dictated by business needs.

The vacant post is part time working 23 hours per week.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits Include:

Access to learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
Civil Service Pension
Free on-site parking
Access to Gym
Savings and discounts
Pay as you dine facilities

Main duties of the job

To 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 parentalleave 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

09 December 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£85,451 to £104,560 a year Pro-Rata for part time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-24-0335

Job locations

Merville Barracks

Circular Road South

Colchester

CO2 7UT

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Provide general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
Maximise the levels of health, well being and employability 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 (CoC).

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

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 expenses for the interview.

The selection at sift stage will be assessed on the following

Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Managing a Quality Service

At interview stage you will assessed on the following

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

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https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

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.

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 theMinistry 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.