Lay Assessor - London, United Kingdom - Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you interested in becoming a Lay/Patient representative assessor?

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is recruiting lay assessors to represent the needs of patients and service users in accreditation assessments.

The Accreditation Unit (AU) at the RCP delivers a supportive process of evaluating the quality of clinical services against a nationally agreed set of standards, highlighting good practice and areas of change and encourages the continued development of clinical services, as well as delivering workforce training programmes to ensure they reach their potential and deliver high quality services.

The AU runs 6 clinical service accreditation programmes in the following areas:

Endoscopy
Allergy
Primary Immunodeficiency
Liver
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Diabetes

We are currently recruiting lay assessors who are patients or members of the public who bring their own experience, fresh insight, and an independent perspective to the accreditation process.

Lay assessors will have a specific role in the accreditation assessment representing the views of patients and the public.

They will be required to ask powerful questions and contribute to the accreditation process, offering fresh views and a reality check rather than to formally represent a group of patients or the public.

No formal qualifications are required, simply a commitment to support the continued development of healthcare through the accreditation process, an objective approach, a genuine interest in participation and an ability to constructively challenge the views and assumptions of professionals.

Training will be held remotely via MS Teams on Thursday 25th January 2024 at 10am-12pm. If you are successful, we ask that you are available for the training session.

For further information, please view the role description here.

How to apply

The RCP is all about our people our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21stcentury medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us._