Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to undertake the role of the Guardian of Safe Working for Resident Doctors.
This role is responsible for the delivery of safe working hours for Resident doctors as outlined in the 2016 Terms and Conditions of Employment set out by NHS Employers which contributes to the maintenance of patient safety.
The post holder will be accountable to the Trust Board providing regular reports on issues relating to compliance and safe working. They will also form close working relationships with the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and PGME team to ensure that the educational element of the contract is met.
The successful post holder will be a senior medic, independent of the management structure within the organisation for which Resident Doctors are working and by which they are employed. The guardian is responsible for protecting the safeguards outlined in the Terms and Conditions of Service for NHS Doctors and Dentists in Training 2016. The guardian will ensure that issues of compliance with safe working are addressed, as they arise, with the doctor and/or employer, as appropriate; and will provide assurance to the Trust board that Resident Doctors working hours are safe.
Main duties of the job
You will be a Consultant, with knowledge and understanding of the terms and conditions of service for Resident Doctors; Working Time Regulations; safe working patterns; and rotas for doctors in training. You will act as the 'champion' of safe working hours and ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours across both organisations are safe.
You will have facilitation, interpersonal, and negotiation skills in order to promote medical education and challenge practice with a proven ability in leadership to achieve goals, manage change and deal with constraints. A strategic thinker, you will be sensitive to conflict and be able to analyse situations and facilitate creative solutions.
The time commitment for this role is expected to be 4 hours per week and remuneration will be in line with your substantive post.
For more information about this role or for informal discussion please contact Dr Satish Rao Chief Medical Officer, email satish.rao@nhs.net or Dr Victoria Clark, Guardian of Safe Working, email victoriaclark1@nhs.net
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as the champion of safe working hours for doctors in approved training programmes and ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours within the trust are safe.
- Provide assurance to the trust board that doctors are safely rostered and are working hours that are safe and in compliance with the TCS.
- Record and monitor compliance with the restrictions on working hours stipulated in the TCS, through receipt and review of all exception reports in respect of safe working hours.
- Work in collaboration with the DME and the JMNC to ensure that the identified issues within exception reports, concerning both working hours and training hours, are properly addressed by the employer and/or host organisation.
- Escalate issues in relation to working hours raised in exception reports to the relevant executive body for decisions where these have not been addressed at a local level.
- Require a work schedule review to be undertaken where there are regular or persistent breaches in safe working hours that have not been addressed.
- Directly receive exception reports where there are immediate or serious risks to safety and ensure that the organisation at a local level has addressed the concerns that led to the exception report. Where this is not addressed within the timescales identified in Schedule 5, and the guardian deems it appropriate, the guardian will raise this with the executive of the employing and/or host organisation.
- Have the authority to intervene in any instance where the guardian feels the safety of patients and/or doctors is compromised, or that issues are not being resolved satisfactorily.
- Distribute monies received as a consequence of financial penalties to improve the training and working experience of all doctors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as the champion of safe working hours for doctors in approved training programmes and ensure that action is taken to ensure that the working hours within the trust are safe.
- Provide assurance to the trust board that doctors are safely rostered and are working hours that are safe and in compliance with the TCS.
- Record and monitor compliance with the restrictions on working hours stipulated in the TCS, through receipt and review of all exception reports in respect of safe working hours.
- Work in collaboration with the DME and the JMNC to ensure that the identified issues within exception reports, concerning both working hours and training hours, are properly addressed by the employer and/or host organisation.
- Escalate issues in relation to working hours raised in exception reports to the relevant executive body for decisions where these have not been addressed at a local level.
- Require a work schedule review to be undertaken where there are regular or persistent breaches in safe working hours that have not been addressed.
- Directly receive exception reports where there are immediate or serious risks to safety and ensure that the organisation at a local level has addressed the concerns that led to the exception report. Where this is not addressed within the timescales identified in Schedule 5, and the guardian deems it appropriate, the guardian will raise this with the executive of the employing and/or host organisation.
- Have the authority to intervene in any instance where the guardian feels the safety of patients and/or doctors is compromised, or that issues are not being resolved satisfactorily.
- Distribute monies received as a consequence of financial penalties to improve the training and working experience of all doctors.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Medical or dental practitioner with postgraduate qualifications or appropriate HR or management qualification
SKILLS/ABILITIES/KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of TCS of Resident doctors
- Ability to manage budget
- Knowledge and understanding of Working Time Regulations and safe working patterns and rotas for doctors in training
- Facilitation, interpersonal, mediation and negotiation skills in order to promote medical and dental education and challenge practice within the LEP.
- Proven ability in leadership to achieve goals, manage change and deal with constraints
- Ability to act as an effective champion for safe working
Desirable
- Knowledge of recent development in medical education and of key issues
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Minimum consultant /GP level or equivalent senior medical or management level
- Relevant experience and or employment with a local NHS organisation
Desirable
- Previous experience of postgraduate education & training
- Previous management experience and training
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Enthusiasm for preserving safeguards for the benefit of patients and doctors in training
- Excellent communication skills
- Clear understanding of equal opportunities
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Medical or dental practitioner with postgraduate qualifications or appropriate HR or management qualification
SKILLS/ABILITIES/KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of TCS of Resident doctors
- Ability to manage budget
- Knowledge and understanding of Working Time Regulations and safe working patterns and rotas for doctors in training
- Facilitation, interpersonal, mediation and negotiation skills in order to promote medical and dental education and challenge practice within the LEP.
- Proven ability in leadership to achieve goals, manage change and deal with constraints
- Ability to act as an effective champion for safe working
Desirable
- Knowledge of recent development in medical education and of key issues
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Minimum consultant /GP level or equivalent senior medical or management level
- Relevant experience and or employment with a local NHS organisation
Desirable
- Previous experience of postgraduate education & training
- Previous management experience and training
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Enthusiasm for preserving safeguards for the benefit of patients and doctors in training
- Excellent communication skills
- Clear understanding of equal opportunities
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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