Medical Revalidation, Appraisal, and Job Planning Support Manager

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Medical Revalidation, Appraisal, and Job Planning Support Manager. This pivotal role involves coordinating appraisal activities, supporting medical staff, and managing job planning processes. You'll be instrumental in shaping the future of healthcare by contributing to a new hospital development set for 2030. With a commitment to equality and diversity, this organization values your unique experiences and perspectives. If you're passionate about improving lives and making a difference in the NHS, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a transformative journey.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Car Leasing

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Health and Wellbeing

Extensive Reward Scheme

Counselling Service

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Training in appraisal and job planning is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate appraisal, performance, and outcomes activities.
• Administer study leave and support the Revalidation Team.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Web-based IT products

Information analysis

Confidential issue management

Written and verbal communication

Flexibility under pressure

Revalidation IT systems

Change/system redesign

Presentation and training

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Training in appraisal and job planning

Training in electronic systems for appraisal

Tools

Revalidation IT systems

Job description

Medical Revalidation, Appraisal, and Job Planning Support Manager

NHS AfC: Band 6

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.

Job overview

Due to retirement a rare opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Director's Office to support established medical staff with appraisal, revalidation, and job planning.

Supporting the Responsible Officer and other members of the team, you will coordinate the trust's approach to aspects of professional practice including appraisal, study leave, and the wider management of the education centre facility.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this post is:

1. To coordinate the activities required of the Appraisal, Performance and Outcomes (APO) Unit and the APO Operational Group in accordance with the Trust’s Appraisal Policy.
2. Administer study leave for EMS in accordance with the Trust’s Professional & Study Leave Policy.
3. Support the RO and the Revalidation Team to ensure that robust systems and processes are in place such that the RO is able to discharge their responsibilities in a comprehensive and timely way.
4. To liaise with the Trust’s postgraduate education team in relation to performance and revalidation issues involving a trainee whilst in placement at the Trust.
5. To coordinate the activities of the Job Planning Framework Group and Job Planning Scrutiny Group to ensure that the Job Planning Process at the Trust is delivered in accordance with the Trust’s Job Planning Framework Policy.
6. To assist with the input of Job Planning information to the Trust’s Job Planning IT systems and to assist with training on the ongoing use of the system.
7. To liaise with the HR department on aspects of recruitment, performance and other concerns relating to established medical staff, including the maintenance of an up to date RO list.

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for details of the roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Skills

• Use of Microsoft Office products
• Use of web based IT products
• Monitor and analyse information
• Deal effectively with confidential & sensitive issues
• Written and verbal communication and liaise with senior managers and doctors of all grades
• Written and verbal communication and liaise with regulatory bodies and external stakeholders
• Ability to work flexibly in rapidly adjusting plans / meetings / activities at short notice and under pressure
• Revalidation, Appraisal or Job Planning IT systems
• Change / system redesign
• Presentation & training

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent knowledge / experience
• Training relating to appraisal and job planning
• Training relating to electronic systems for appraisal and job planning
• Evidence of system specific training for L2P

Experience

• Working in NHS environment
• Working with medical staff
• Handling confidential, personal and sensitive data
• Liaising with a range of internal & external stakeholders
• Working in an acute hospital environment
• Revalidation, Appraisal or Job Planning environment
• Use of Revalidation, Appraisal or Job Planning IT systems
• Liaising with regulatory bodies

Personal Attributes

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name: Jenny Newbury Job title: General Manager, Medical Director's Office Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01535294024

Name: Susan Clark Job title: Medical Revalidation, Appraisal & Job Planning Support Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01535 294410