Ministry of Defence General Practitioner (MOD GP)

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services); Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A major government health service based in Aylesbury is seeking a Civilian Medical Practitioner for a full-time position. You will provide general healthcare and emergency treatment to service personnel, ensuring their health and wellbeing. The role offers numerous benefits including an inclusive work environment, access to training, and flexible working options. Effective communication and organizational skills are essential. Registration with the UK General Medical Council is required. Salary ranges from £91,535 to £108,743 per annum, pro-rata for part-time.

Benefits

Inclusive working environment

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Free on-site parking

Access to Gym

Savings and discounts

Qualifications

• Must have a membership registration number with the GMC.
• Experience in providing primary care and emergency treatment required.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide general healthcare to all registered patients during practice hours.
• Maximise the health and wellbeing of Service personnel.
• Liaise with the practice manager on all service administration matters.

Skills

General healthcare provision

Emergency treatment

Communication

Education

Registration with the UK General Medical Council (GMC)

General Practitioner (GP) Register

Job description

The closing date is 07 January 2026

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 Medical Centre, RAF Halton, Aylesbury

The vacant post is Full time working 37 hours per week.

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

Benefits

• Inclusive working environment
• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working option
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Free on-site parking
• Access to Gym
• Savings and discounts

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 responsibilities

Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Provide general healthcare to all registered patients during normal practice hours. Provide primary care emergency treatment to any patient who may require this within the Establishment.
• Maximise the levels of health, wellbeing and employability of Servicepersonnel 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.
• Appropriately supervise the management of communicable diseases, including monitoring and reporting through single Service chains
• Provide emergency treatment and accident reporting for Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff. Liaise with the practice manager (PM) on all matters of service administration. Be familiar with relevant major incident and infectious disease outbreak plans. Have a working knowledge of and be actively involved in clinical governance. Participate in audit, in accordance with both personal and practice development plans

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
• Working together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

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 artificialintelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internalcandidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidateguidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

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.

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 note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

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.

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.

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 [e-mail].

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successfulcandidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible withMOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment inMOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriatemitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actualconflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptablebehaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment,discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not beconsidered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for suchunacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if youresign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would havebeen dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Preemployment 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 in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Registration

• 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

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.

Registrations & Memberships

• Registration with the United Kingdom (UK) General Medical Council (GMC), and on the General Practitioner (GP) Register.

Behaviour statement

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

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