Are you interested in becoming a Medical Appraiser?
Help support the ongoing development and support for our medical workforce through appraisal and revalidation.
We are inviting applications to recruit AFC Senior Appraisal Officers via the NCIC Bank to join our established medical appraiser team. This is a fantastic development opportunity to enhance your career.
The minimum number of appraisals we’d like you to do is 6 annually in an appraisal year with 4 hours per appraisal allocated.
A fully paid training package, which has been developed by the CD for appraisals covers: Good medical practice framework, links with revalidation, conducting a medical appraisal, drawing up a PDP, etc.
It is an excellent opportunity for a specialist AFC practitioner to further enhance and develop skills, knowledge, and experience out with own professional/clinical boundaries by leading, coaching, and facilitating a medical appraisal for Medical colleagues.
The successful candidate/s will utilise specialist extensive knowledge of AFC appraisals, supervision, and management to assist the medical appraisal team with the delivery and development of continuous quality improvement of this project to develop new innovative processes/systems of supporting medical staff through the appraisal process. Full training will be given as well as ongoing support.
Provide a key appraiser role in the Medical Appraiser system by autonomously leading and conducting medical appraisals. You will be expected to carry out a minimum of 6 medical appraisals within the standard appraisal year (from 1 April to 31 March) to maintain competency, skills, and knowledge.
* The post holder will be expected to be flexible in offering face-to-face appraisals or via Microsoft Teams depending on appraisee preference and travel to training and peer group meetings or attending online. The post holder will be expected to be self-motivated and highly reflective and able to guide their ongoing learning and development as well as supporting quality reflection and development in appraisees.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high-quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation.
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust.
A positive patient experience every time.
A great place to work.
Managing our money well.
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
Junk Mail is checked regularly.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
youth cautions, reprimands, and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure; the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website.
Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years.
Flexible working Scheme.
Excellent opportunities for development.
Competitive NHS Pension scheme.
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies.
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems.
These schemes are subject to availability.
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