Civilian Medical Practitioner

Job summary Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!Are you a highly skilled General Practitioner looking for an exciting and rewarding role as a primary care Civilian Medical Practitioner (CMP)?
Are you seeking job satisfaction, numerous benefits, and training opportunities?
Would you like your career to take a new direction in a professional and supportive organisation?
If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a CMP to deliver Primary Healthcare service to our entitled personnel based at Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote.
You will gain access to the additional benefits of a competitive salary, paid holiday entitlement and numerous opportunities for continuous professional development!The vacancy offers hours per week.BenefitsOn-site free parkingAccess to gymAccess to Cafe and Restaurant (mess)Civil Service Pension Main duties of the job We are seeking a highly motivated CMP who will be responsible for delivering a clinical service to patients registered with the practice, to include both military and where applicable their dependent families as well as other entitled personnel.
You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team alongside Nurses, Physiotherapists and Pharmacy Technicians.
As our successful candidate, you should be an efficient and supportive asset to the team.
This means being able to provide safe and appropriate medical advice, whilst being expected to carry out associated administrative tasks in accordance with MOD policy and General Medical Council (GMC) standards.
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 We believe in strong clinical leadership and take pride in looking after all our staff to enable them to deliver our vision of the future.
Our key focus is to allow you to concentrate on supporting your patients and developing your clinical experience.Main duties of the role include but are not limited to:Providing primary and occupational Healthcare in line with General Medical Council (GMC) Standards.
Mentoring of junior personnel, helping to ensure that their training needs, as defined in the Practice Development Plan, are met and that any shortfalls are identified and addressed.
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 providing appropriate occupational healthcare and advice, and all supporting administrative duties.
Providing appropriate preventative medical advice to both individuals and Chain of Command.Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.Selection ProcessThe selection at sift stage will be based on your CV/ application form.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Civil Service behaviours:Leadership Communicating and Influencing Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Managing a Quality Service Delivering at PaceThe sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date.
Interviews will be held a on a date to be confirmed.There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.Additional InformationPlease see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based 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: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.Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check.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.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.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 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.There is no requirement to redeploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when they are based at home.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.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, 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 contact .
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Certificate of Prescribed Equivalent Experience or Statement of Acquired Rights (now known as CCT) from the Joint Committee in Post Graduate Training in General Practice (JCPGT(GP)).
Post Graduate Training Certificate in General Practice and a Certificate of General Practice Vocational Training (GPVT).
Current GMC registration: on GP register and with a licence to practice.
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.
Registration Details Essential Please provide your membership registration number.
You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the above, prior to submitting your application.
Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid registration number.