Revalidation and Appraisal Manager

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Revalidation and Appraisal manager will be responsible for ensuring that the Trust has a robust and efficient system for management of doctor's appraisal and revalidation and registration, as required by the General Medical Council and national guidance.

You will manage all processes related to appraisal and revalidation and will work closely with senior clinicians and the trust Medical Director (Responsible Officer) to ensure all doctors have completed an appraisal, 360 degree review and are ready to revalidate.

You will also ensure that appraisals are of a high quality and meet national requirements.

Development and delivery of training will form a key part of this role, this will include training to all new appraisers and ensuring all appraisers receive regular feedback on the quality of their appraisals and are kept up to date with both trust and national requirements through delivery of ad-hoc and annual update sessions.

In this role you would be expected to work autonomously and manage your own workload, driving changes in line with national requirements and managing projects and system developments.

As a senior member of the medical workforce team you may also be expected to support projects and policy work related to medical terms and conditions and will be expected to support the team in documenting consultant interview panels.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job include the following, however please see the job description for the full list of duties:

Ensure effective appraisal and revalidation system in place and ensure this is continually reviewed in line with GMC/National guidance
Pro-actively monitor/manage/develop appraisal database to ensure all medical appraisals are completed within the required timeframes as set out by the Trust and any postponements agreed and documented.
Maintain accurate records on GMC Connect in relation to Trust doctors and ensure revalidation recommendations as directed by the Trust Responsible Officer (RO) are made prior to revalidation date.
Ensure all doctors have required appraisal and 360 degree feedback within the timeframes set by the Trust and in line with revalidation requirements.
Produce standard and ad-hoc reports including the annual appraisal board report
Maintain up-to date list of appraisers, ensure enough appraisers in post and be the lead to actively recruit new appraisers.
Develop, organise and deliver training at appraiser and appraisee training events and ensure that trends identified through QA are feedback to appraisers.

About us

Our offices are at Preston Business Centre, we expect all the team to participate in the office rota 9-5pm (currently 1:8), as Revalidation and appraisal manager you may need to be on site more often depending on the needs of the role. We are happy to support agile working and working your hours more flexibly.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

In medical workforce you will make an impact, you will be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

23 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB1228

Job locations

Preston Business Centre

Watling Street Road, Fulwood

Preston

PR2 8DY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team

Person Specification

Qualification and Education

Essential

Good general education to degree level or equivalent
Excellent IT skills and experience of using spreadsheets/databases

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Demonstratable knowledge of medical appraisal and revalidation and legislation related to this
Experience of working within the NHS and working closely with medical staff
Experience of working independently in own specialism within minimal supervision
Experience of producing and presenting complex reports including board reports for executive meetings
Experience of writing and implementing policies
Evidence of proposing and managing change through to working practices
Experience of devising, arranging, and leading training events

Desirable

Experience of Project Management
Experience of Process Mapping

Person Specification

Qualification and Education

Essential

Good general education to degree level or equivalent
Excellent IT skills and experience of using spreadsheets/databases

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Demonstratable knowledge of medical appraisal and revalidation and legislation related to this
Experience of working within the NHS and working closely with medical staff
Experience of working independently in own specialism within minimal supervision
Experience of producing and presenting complex reports including board reports for executive meetings
Experience of writing and implementing policies
Evidence of proposing and managing change through to working practices
Experience of devising, arranging, and leading training events

Desirable

Experience of Project Management
Experience of Process Mapping

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

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).

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