1. The Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry for Health invites applications for the post of PrincipalGeneral Practitioner (Lead - Administrative) at the Active Ageing and Community Care in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry for Health.

2.1 This appointment is subject to a probationary period of one (1) year .

2.2 The salary for the post of Prinicipal Gneral Practitioner (Lead - Administrative) is Salary Scale 4, which in the year 2026 is equivalent to, €42,916 per annum.

2.3 The appointee will be able to choose to work on a Contract A or Contract B basis.

2.4 The appointee on Contract A or Contract B will be required to work at least five (5) clinical onsite sessions per week, but job planning will follow the same procedure as for Senior General Practitioners.  The five (5) clinical onsite sessions per week may be substituted by other sessions if some required by the Chief Medical Officer.  Two (2) extra sessions, shall be offered to the appointee. Additional extra sessions, up to a maximum of six (6) extra sessions perweek may be offered to the appointee on both Contract A and Contract B.

2.5 The appointee will be directly accountable to the Chief Executvie Officer.

2.6 In terms of the requirements emanating from Directive 16, regarding the “Governing Framework for Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Administration”, issued by the Principal Permanent Secretary on 27th November 2023 and which came into force on 1st February 2024, the Selection Board will assess candidates’ previous employments to assess potential conflicts of interest.  In this respect, candidates are to provide a completely updated CV, including qualifications and employment history with their application.  Any potential conflict of interest matters noted will be reported to the respective Permanent Secretary, to ensure that should the candidate be recruited, such conflicts of interest would be appropriately managed.

3.1 The job duties for the post of Principal General Practitioner (Lead - Administrative) may be viewed in Annex A attached to this Circular.

3.2 An appointee may be required to perform duties in any of the healthcare services of the Government of Malta at the discreation of the Management.

4.1 By the closing time and date of this call for applications, applicants must be Public Officers in the Malta Public Service or Public Officers in the Malta Public Service on loan/detailed with/deployed with/on attachment to Public Sector organizations. 

In addition applicants must be:

(i)  able to communicate in the English and Maltese Languages in order to succieciently and adequately carry out the duties applied for;

and

(ii) are in the grade of Senior General Practitioners with two (2) years experience in the grade.

Public Officers applying for this post must be confirmed in their current appointment, unless the current appointment is in a different class/career stream or in a definite position, but may apply for a lower grade/position even if not confirmed and whether in the same stream or not. Reversion to previous unconfirmed appointment is not possible.