Medical Appraisal - Prescot, United Kingdom - St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As per GMC and NHS England guidance, all doctors are required to participate in annual medical appraisals and 5 yearly revalidation.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, team player with excellent communication skills. The post-holder will have experience of using computer programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.

The post-holder will be predominantly based at Whiston Hospital but will be required to travel across sites as and when required.

Previous applicants need not apply.

To support the provision of a professional and efficient appraisal and medical revalidation process to the Trust and medical workforce.

To coordinate and process accurate and timely administration in line with standard operating procedures and department key performance indicators.

In this post, you will provide professional and efficient administration support to the Trusts appraisal and medical revalidation process.

You will be required to assist with the collation of supporting information, provide reports regarding appraisal compliance and collate information for the Responsible Officer to be able to make a revalidation recommendation.

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 201
Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC
Inspection August 201
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

KEY DUTIES

To support doctors employed by the Trust to collate supporting information for appraisal and Medical Revalidation
To provide 1:1 training and support to the medical workforce on the use of the electronic appraisal system.
To liaise with appraisers and doctors to advise of the requirement for appraisals to be undertaken and the date appraisals are required
To work with appraisers and doctors to capture the date of appraisals and assurance appraisals have been undertaken
To provide advice regarding the Trusts Medical Appraisal and Revalidation and Policy and processes
Support the Medical Appraisal, Revalidation & Governance Lead in liaising with external organisations to obtain appraisal information for new starters and doctors who have appraisals undertaken by external organisations
To support the Responsible Officer, Clinical Appraisal Lead and Medical Appraisal, Revalidation and Governance Lead, in the performance assessment of appraisers
Support the Medical Appraisal, Revalidation & Governance Lead in collating the required information for the Responsible Officer to be able to make a revalidation recommendation
To support the Medical Appraisal, Revalidation and Governance Lead in collating supporting information for annual audits
To monitor and identify appraisal noncompliance and escalate to the Medical Appraisal, Revalidation and Governance Lead as required
Contribute to the achievement of the HR Directorate and Trust Corporate Objectives.
Seek customer service feedback and make recommendations for further improvements to the Human Resources Team
Assist with the development of processes and policies
Refer complex queries to the Medical Appraisal, Revalidation and Governance Lead as required

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To support with the data input on to the Trusts central electronic systems, ensuring data quality at all times and security of information in line with Records Management, Information Governance, Caldicott, Confidentiality and Data Protection policies
Contribute to the continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the HR Department and Medical Appraisal and Revalidation Process
Work in partnership with HR colleagues to optimise opportunities for working collaboratively
Work in partnership with the HR department to plan and prioritise own workload. Proactively highlight peaks in work to Medical Appraisal, Revalidation & Governance Lead
Work flexibly within the Me