Revalidation and Appraisal Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder role is:

To support the Responsible Officer and Clinical Lead in their responsibility to drive forward the development and quality of medical appraisal and Trust requirements in respect of revalidation.

To develop policies and procedures as required in line with local and national requirements.

To arrange and facilitate the Trust medical appraiser network and training sessions and to deliver training sessions as required.

To act as a point of contact in relation to appraisal and revalidation enquiries. This will involve liaising with all stakeholders including the Medical Director, Divisional Directors, Clinical Directors, individual doctors, GMC.

To oversee the allocation of appraisers and appraisees in line with Trust Policy and implement dispute process when necessary.

To keep under review the GMC Connect system to ensure that the list of doctors with a prescribed connection to the Trust is accurate.

To draft the annual revalidation and appraisal report for the Trust Board of Directors and complete the required reports for NHSE (quarterly and annual audits and self assessments).

To attend the quarterly Responsible Officer Network and Regional Appraisal Leads Network meetings.

To manage the revalidation and appraisal e-portfolio system, liaising with the contractor regarding changes to the system and providing training to staff as necessary. To liaise with key stakeholders regarding requirements and tendering processes for new systems as required.

To provide accurate and timely reports to Clinical Directors and Divisional Directors regarding appraisal compliance.

To ensure all doctors with a prescribed connection to the Trust are provided with timely and accurate guidance regarding the requirements for revalidation, providing support where necessary.

To draft correspondence to all non-training grades doctors in relation to revalidation and appraisal.

To continuously monitor the appraisal system and identify areas of development and produce plans to ensure and improve quality.

To provide and present complex data on request and draft reports supporting the good practice and quality of Medical Appraisal and Revalidation processes within the Trust.

To be the first line manager of the Appraisal and Revalidation Administrator

To be the authorised signatory for the revalidation budget.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent
• Willing to undertake additional training as required.

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

• Specialist, expert level of knowledge of medical revalidation, appraisal and governance.
• Experience of drafting correspondence and reports
• Experience in the use of Microsoft 365 and experience in using TEAMS for both meetings and live events
• Experience of managing change
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritise own workload and act on own initiative.
• Ability to recognise and deal with problems as they arise and identify when issues need to be escalated.
• A flexible approach to work and work hours.

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Experience of working with people from a variety of backgrounds within a complex organisation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating assertiveness in dealing with medical professional/senior staff.
• Confident in the ability to present effectively in front of large groups.
• An ability to maintain a professional manner in interactions with colleagues.
• Experience of line management of staff.
• Good working knowledge of performance management.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

CHFT Cross site

Halifax/Huddersfield

HD3 3EA

Employer's website

https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)