Navy Command - Civilian Consultant in Radiation and Occupational Medicine

Job summary

The Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) is the Royal Navy's Medical Centre of Excellence, bringing together scientists and medical professionals to improve the health of the UK Armed Forces.

The Submarine and Radiation Medicine Division at INM is responsible for the provision of submarine occupational medicine advice and radiation medicine advice to the Royal Navy and wider MOD, as well as to the National Poisons Information Service. The Civilian Consultant in Radiation and Occupational Medicine (CCR&OM) is a consultant occupational physician post within the Division.

The post-holder will be engaged in the provision of specialist advice in 2 main areas:

1. Submarine medicine, providing advice on fitness for submarine service and diving, management of diving and submarine incidents and the environmental aspects of submarine operations.
2. Radiation medicine (including both ionizing and non-ionizing). This includes advice on the medical aspects of exposure to radiation, the management of radiation casualties and fitness to work with ionizing radiation.

In addition to the core occupational medicine activities, there is also a commitment to teach on a variety of medical and non-medical courses at INM and to other units.

There are opportunities to engage with wider INM medical and scientific work (including work with a wide range of clinical, environmental, physiological and psychological specialists) and support wider RN Occupational Medicine outputs, including training of Specialty Registrars in Occupational Medicine.

This position is advertised at 40 hours per week (10 Programmed Activities per week).

Job description

The work portfolio is broad and includes remote clinical assessments, occupational medicine advice, research activities, clinical governance and teaching. The main tasks include:

• Occupational healthcare and specialist employability assessments for work with ionizing radiation, work in submarines and in diving.
• Provision of Subject matter Expertise (SME) in radiation medicine to the RN and wider MOD and NPIS.
• Teaching in radiation, submarine and diving medicine to clinical and non-clinical personnel.
• Provision of advice on the medical aspect of exposure to radiation and diving and submarine incidents.
• Participation in an on-call rota providing urgent and emergency advice on diving, submarine and radiation incidents.
• Undertaking research and ‘horizon scanning’ into all medical aspects of radiation exposure.
• Participating in departmental and INM clinical governance activities and in GMC required personal appraisal and revalidation.

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Person specification

This vacancy is for a Consultant in Occupational Medicine or an individual who is within 6 months of obtaining a Certificate of Completion of Training and is to enter on the Specialist register. You must hold an in date appraisal and revalidation as per current GMC requirements.

Evidence of Immunity to Hepatitis B is required.

Desirable Experience:

• Desirable previous experience working in a military environment
• Experience of working on submarines
• Experience or training in submarine medicine
• Experience or training in radiation medicine

Licences

Licence to practice with the UK General Medical Council and on the GMC Specialist Register for Occupational Medicine.
All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date.

Qualifications

Medical Degree and Membership / Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
Evidence of qualification will be required at interview. All qualifications/licenses declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Memberships

Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (M/FFOM).
All qualifications/licenses declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme if eligible.
• 30 days annual leave on commencement rising to 32 after 7 years.

Discover My Benefits:

Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD:

https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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 guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At sift you will be assessed on:

• Your CV, submitted in sections through the online portal.
• Your Statement of Suitability

At interview you will be assessed on your experience as set out in your CV and the following:

Behaviours-

• Managing a quality service
• Making effective decisions
• Working together
• Communicating and Influencing

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.

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 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 mitigation’s can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Surgeon Commander James Harrison
• Email : james.harrison650@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : +44 303 371 4246

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see further information document attached

Attachments

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