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MOD General Practitioner
The closing date is 11 June 2026
We are looking for a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic MOD GeneralPractitioner to join our primary health care team at Excellent Medical Facility.
Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC) provides a unique blend of traditionalteam based primary care and occupational health support to militarypersonnel.
The primary place of work will be HMS Excellent but there isan expectation that the Post Holder may be required to work across all sixsites of the Combined Practice (the other sites are Collingwood, Nelson,Southwick Park, Sultan and Thorney Island) as and when required.
DPHC also has a strong emphasis on education with numerousopportunities to train military medics, nurses, and Doctors.The position is full time and offers 37 hours a week.Does this sound like a role for you?
Benefits Include
* Inclusive working environment
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options available
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will provide primary and occupationalHealthcare in line with General Medical Council (GMC) Standards to ensurethat the organisational and Principal/Senior Medical Officer's objectivesare achieved to optimise patient care.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservistmilitary, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, workingtogether seamlessly to deliver for us.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining peoplefrom across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways ofworking as the norm.
We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeksfull pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeksunpaid, 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 andpart of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more. see more, go further or be better, wehave roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Lets seewhere your future will take you, together
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
* Providing general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours.
* Maximising the levels of health, wellbeing, and employability of Service personnel to ensure the needs of the single Service 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.
* Representing the Principal Medical Officer (PMO) 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.
The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV along with:
* Leadership
* Changing and Improving
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working together
* Managing a Quality Service
* Delivering at Pace
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
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
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, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (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 see our candidate guidanceathttps://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
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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/@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.
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.
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.
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 dbscivperssgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative,https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-agreat-place-to-work-for-veterans
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, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can 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 a zero-tolerance approach 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-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.
Change
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register
* Hold a current UK licence to practice
* Please provide your membership registration number.
* You are 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.
Registrations and Memberships
* Registered General Practitioner.
* Current GMC registration with license to practice on the GP register.
Provide a CV
* 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.
Experience
* To be proficient in relevant Information Technology (IT) systems subject to appropriate training being provided
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.
Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
£91,535 to £108,743 a yearPer Annum. Pro Rata for Part Time *Pay award pending
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