St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Hiring for Medical Appraisal Revalidation & Governance Lead – HR NHS AfC: Band 6 at Prescot Full Time

Main area

Human Resources

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

409-3808607-A

Site

Whiston Hospital

Town

Prescot

Salary

£32,306 – £39,027 Per Annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

28/06/2022 23:59

Interview date

06/07/2022

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the HR Medical Workforce Team as the Appraisal Revalidation & Governance Lead.

This is a new post which is integral to supporting the Responsible Officer (RO) and Clinical Appraisal Lead (CAL) in the delivery of their duties to include the implementation and embedding of Medical Appraisal Revalidation & Governance for the Trust medical workforce. To include;

The post holder will be responsible for the end to end support of doctors and dentists on an individual basis in the appraisal & revalidation process. The post holder will work closely with the Medical Revalidation & Appraisal Officer (MARO) to ensure the development of robust systems and processes to support the equitable and consistent robust management of medical staff appraisal, revalidation and governance across the Trust.

The post holder will also work closely with the Fitness to Practice Governance Lead providing an element of cross cover when and as required.

The post holder will assist the RO in the development of a process and system to manage the review of clinical governance concerns raised through for e.g. Datix, SUI. Working closely with the Fitness to Practice Lead.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 6th July 2022.

Main duties of the job

To manage and ensure the smooth running of all supporting aspects of the appraisal and revalidation process for Trust medical staff. Ensuring that all doctors with a prescribed connection to the Trust are in scope.

To manage the Trust-wide application and implementation of the medical appraisal and revalidation process , and its related policies and procedures on a day to day basis and to provide Trust medical staff with ongoing day to day advice across a range of issues, ensuring consistency.

Together with the Clinical Appraisal Lead manage the quality assurance process for medical appraisal and revalidation. To do this by conducting an individual review of completed appraisals in line with national guidance to ensure that all elements of the process have been complied with from the perspective of the doctor and the appraiser.

The post-holder will co-lead with the Clinical Appraisal Lead on the development of activities to support the education, training and mentoring of appraisers. To include the facilitation and delivery of workshops, provide user updates etc.

Guide and support the Medical Revalidation & Appraisal Officer/Administrator in the delegation of their roles.

To support the RO and Clinical Appraisal Lead in ensuring that appraisals are completed within timescales, meeting with medical staff to discuss any concerns regarding delayed appraisals.

Working for our organisation

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our ‘5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Our latest achievements include:
Acute Trust of the Year – HSJ Awards November 2019

Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC – Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal)

Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)

Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas;

Standard of care

Best place to work

Care of patients being the Trust’s priority

Staff engagement

Staff morale

Compassionate and inclusive

Providing a safe environment for staff

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain Professional Registration with CIPD.

Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Develop and implement project plans for Medical Revalidation, Appraisal and Governance including change management processes across the Trusts medical & dental workforce.

Develop systems and processes to ensure Medical Revalidation, Appraisal and Governance is continually embedded into the organisation.

Recommend courses of action for implementation of robust and fit for purpose systems and processes to support Medical Revalidation, Appraisal & Governance and ensure actions are completed by all stakeholders.

GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Develop and maintain a Medical Revalidation, Appraisal risk assurance framework.

Develop policies and processes to support Medical Revalidation, Appraisal for the medical workforce.

Ensure the Trusts Medical Revalidation policies, systems and processes meet national audit standards.

Undertake annual self-assessment against national audit standards and support external audits of the Trusts Medical Revalidation, Appraisal policies, systems and processes.

COMMUNICATION

Ensure effective communication mechanisms are in place so the whole of the medical & dental workforce with a prescribed connection to the Trust and key stakeholders are kept informed with regard to Medical Revalidation. Appraisals and all related HR issues including briefing sessions and the development of an intranet page/newsletter.

Maintain regular communication with the Responsible Officer about matters relating to medical workforce governance.

Develop and maintain effective networking by attending Medical Revalidation meetings across the North West and national network, establishing effective working relationships with Medical Revalidation, Appraisal leads from other Trusts and the GMC.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

To maintain a thorough knowledge of the appropriate legislation, policies, guidelines and working practices relating to medical appraisal and revalidation, governance and to anticipate and react to changes in guidance or legislation.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage the Appraisal and Revalidation Officer (Band 4) and Administrator (Band 3) ensuring that they have objectives, personal development plan and an annual appraisal.

Support the continuous professional development of junior staff within the team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject and/or equivalent level of experience

CIPD Level 5 or working towards it

Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of implementing change and managing the process

Experience of Policy development.

Skills

Essential criteria

Highly developed leadership and motivational skills.

Highly developed communication skills including the ability to be persuasive, negotiate and influence people at all levels.

Ability to create and maintain constructive relationships at all levels and disciplines both internal and external to the organisation.

Creative and responsive to the implementation and management of change.

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are committed to providing an environment and services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the communities we serve to enable us to reflect their diversity and improve the delivery of the services we provide.

Any information gathered during the application process relating to protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010, is gathered for statistical purposes only and is not made available to recruiting managers at any stage of the recruitment process.

As a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to have a disability and who meet the minimum selection criteria (essential) at each stage of the selection process. You can indicate your wish submit an application under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme in the personal information section of the online application form.

Transitional arrangements are in place for EU,EEA and Swiss Citizens following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Should you this apply to you, you are advised to familiarise yourself with these arrangements to ensure you continue to have right to work in the UK and how to evidence that right in the future. Please see the document attached to this vacancy. This requirement does not apply to Irish citizens, who can continue to freely enter, live and work in the UK.

The Trust is a non-smoking site. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.

Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed therefore you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience. The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience.

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