- To continually review the quality and timeliness of appraisals for non-trading medical staff within the Trust, to achieve a consistent and high standard in line with guidelines prescribed in "Good Medical Practice" and the Medical Appraisal Guide.
- Keeping abreast of local and national developments in appraisal and revalidation.
- To act as a "champion" for quality appraisals, liaising with Clinical Directors and lead clinicians to build support for a high-quality appraisal system
- Providing advice and leadership to appraisers on best practice in relation to appraisals and the appraisal process
- Carrying out for quality assurance purposes an annual review of the feedback obtained and an audit of two appraisals per appraiser.
- Attending all the Appraiser Update meetings to provide leadership and support as required to appraisers. Collating learning needs and ensuring adequate training and workshops are in place and taking the lead on all appraiser training and delivery.
- Monitoring performance of existing appraisers, ensuring that appraisals are conducted in line with national, regional and local guidance and regular feedback is provided.
- Promoting and supporting the continuing professional development (CPD) of medical appraisers.
- To be alert for signs of concern about the performance and capability of all medical appraisers, managing appeals and difficult situations as required.
- Assessing feedback from the appraisal process and liaising with the Responsible Officer regarding any issues
- Provide feedback to all appraisees on an annual basis.
- Report any issues that could impact on the quality of medical appraisal to the RO.
- Supporting the role of the responsible officer (RO) by ensuring that the outputs of appraisal provide the required information to enable robust revalidation recommendations to be made.
- Ensuring appraisals are carried out before the end of year deadline.
- Appraising a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 consultants or SAS doctors allocated to them on an annual basis.
- Carrying out appraisals in line with the Medical Revalidation and Appraisal policy.
- Arranging for job plan time to enable the appraisal discussions to take place.
- Completing all appraisal training as required
- Participating in ongoing support and development to address their own development needs in their role as an appraiser.
- Completing the required Trust documentation following appraisal.
- Appropriately referring clinical or other issues which become known during the appraisal process.
- Continually reviewing and improving their practice as an appraiser
- Participating in appraiser meetings as required
- Participate in any other quality assurance activity in relation to appraisal as requested by the Responsible Officer.
- Referring to the Trust's other policies and procedures for any grievance or disciplinary related issues which emerge during the appraisal discussion.
- Work in collaboration with the MCh Appraisal Lead covering each other in time of absences.
- Medical degree
- any postgraduate qualification required
- GMC licence to practise
- Where appropriate, entry on GMC specialist register
- 2 years' experience of delivering appraisals
- Experience of managing time to ensure deadlines are met
- Experience of applying principles of quality assurance
- Experience of mentoring/coaching /supporting colleagues
- Experience of applying principles of adult education or quality improvement
- Experience of delivery of training
- Experience of leading on projects
- Experience of managing a team
- Attendance at appraisal training and up-to-date refresher training
- Experience of managing time to ensure deadlines are met
- Experience of applying principles of quality assurance
- Motivating, influencing and negotiating skills
- Good oral communication skills, including active listening skills, the ability to understand and summarise a discussion, ask appropriate questions, provide constructive challenge and give effective feedback
- Good written communication skills, including the ability to summarise clearly and accurately
- Objective evaluation skills
- Proven leadership skills, including delegation, time-management, and networking skills
- Appropriate IT skills for the role (familiarity with web-based appraisal support systems, on-line resources, web based discussion forums, reliable electronic communication skills)
- Understanding of the role of medical appraiser
- Fully conversant with the Trust Appraisal policy
- Understanding of the purpose and process of medical appraisal
- Understanding of the principles of revalidation
- Understanding of the educational principles and techniques which are relevant to medical appraisal
- Fully conversant with the responsibilities of doctors as described in "Good Medical Practice"
- Understanding of principles of clinical governance, evidence based medicine and clinical effectiveness
- Understanding of local professional development and education structures Detailed understanding of principles of information governance
- Understanding of legislation and guidance relating to data protection and confidentiality
- Understands relevant legislation, trust policies and guidance including equality and diversity, bullying and harassment
Medical Appraisal - Wigan, United Kingdom - Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
The role of Medical Appraisal & Revalidation Lead is to provide overall leadership and support to the medical appraiser workforce, coordinating guidance, educational and benchmarking opportunities and performance review to all the Trust appraisers. Working closely with the Medical Appraisal Manager and Appraisers, the post holder will promote, support and facilitate the appraisal process.
The consistent application of medical appraisal underpins the Trust's approach to clinical governance and is fundamental to the principles of lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Annual medical appraisal informs the process of medical revalidation.
Through appraisal each consultant and SAS doctor understands what is expected of them, has clear and objective feedback
Main duties of the job
In addition to their own appraisal caseload, the post holder will act as a champion for medical revalidation and appraisals. They will be accountable to the Trust Responsible Officer in ensuring the quality assurance of the appraisal process by supporting the Appraisal Manager and Appraisers together with providing peer support, coaching and mentoring.
The post holder will organise workshops to share best practice, review outcomes from appraisal in terms of learning needs and ensure appropriate training takes place. They will ensure that the in-house training of appraisers is robust and appraisers are recruited and re-trained in line with Trust policy and GMC guidelines.
The post holder will be expected to proactively take part in NHS England events, attending three of the four networking events held each year, and should ensure that all times he/she is fully up to date with General Medical Council and NHS England requirements and our own internal Trust policy.
To assist the Responsible Officer (RO) in ensuring Quality Assurance of the appraisal process for all non-training doctors within the Trust (with exception of MCh doctors) through supporting the Medical Appraisal Manager and Medical Appraisers, advising on best practice, and acting as "Champion" for quality appraisals across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
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The post holder will be accountable to the Responsible officer, in carrying out the appraisal of a specified list of consultants and/or SAS doctors
Carrying out the role of appraiser
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