Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v3.0 Job description review form Consultant/honorary consultant posts This form must be completed by the appointing body (employer) to start the review process. Use a new blank form for each job description – please do not overwrite an existing one. Email this form and the job description to your RCP regional office. Find your regional office’s contact details on the RCP website. The JD and person spec should be submitted in one document Employer: Fill in the Basic information section and the ‘Employer’ column in the Checklist Criteria section. Make sure each criteria is cross-referenced to the relevant page in the job description. If a criteria is not addressed, leave the check box blank and explain why in the ‘Employer comments’ section below the checklist. Regional Specialty Advisers (RSAs): Check that each criteria is addressed in the job description and tick the corresponding box. If it isn’t, leave the box blank and enter a comment in the comments log. Regional Advisers (RAs): Taking into account the RSA’s comments, check that each criteria is addressed in the job description and tick the corresponding box. If it is not addressed leave the box blank and enter a comment in the comments log. After each review round, complete the ‘Outcome of review’ section at the end of the form. Basic information To be completed by the employer *These fields must be completed before the form is submitted Job description reference (RCP admin) *Post title 2260059900 Consultant in Palliative Care Main hospital base of postholder *Number of posts Fairhaven's Hospice 1 *Grade (We do not approve locum or 1-year fixed-term posts) *Reason for post Consultant Retirement *Main specialty *Contract type Palliative Medicine Full-time Sub-specialty(s) *Is the post already advertised? [Subspecialty 1] (The job description should be reviewed before advertising [Subspecialty 2] the post.) No *DCC 8.25 *SPA 1.75 *Is there a general internal medicine (GIM) requirement? Date and time of Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) No GIM component [AAC date] Primary contact details Clinical lead / job description author contact (optional; will *Name Uche Erukunuakpor be cc’d into correspondence) Job title Medical Recruitment Officer Name Kate Gretton Phone 01702435555 Job title Clinical Lead for Palliative Medicine *Email [email protected] Phone [Clinical lead contact number] Email [email protected] © Royal College of Physicians 2018 (v3.0) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v3.0 Checklist criteria All parties should tick the relevant box against each criterion. If the job description does not meet the criterion, leave the box blank and insert comments in the comments log section. RSA 2 *Employer *Page number RSA 1 RA Criteria (if applicable) 1. Inclusion of a job description that includes a job plan and Click or tap here ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ person specification to enter text. Job description 2. A commitment to secretarial support and an adequately equipped office, including information technology (IT) ☒ ☐ ☒ ☒ 16 facilities ☒ 3. A statement on expectations regarding medical audit 14 ☒ ☐ ☒ 4. A statement on expectations for continuing professional ☒ 14 ☒ ☐ ☒ development (CPD) ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ 5. A statement on commitment to revalidation 14 6. A description of the department/directorate (a list of ☒ 8 ☒ ☐ ☒ colleagues’ names and titles) 7. Workload figures are included, eg: inpatient and outpatient workload (new and follow- Click or tap here ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ up) to enter text. expectations of the personal workload 8. A statement about staff that will be available to support ☒ 13 ☐ ☐ ☒ the appointee 9. A statement that there will be consideration of time off ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ in lieu (such as for weekend working) 14 10. A reference to information about access to mentoring for newly appointed consultants (job descriptions should ☒ 15 ☒ ☐ ☒ always include this) Job plan 11. A sample weekly timetable that takes account of the programmed activities (PAs) outlined below and is broken down into AM and PM sessions with timings Common issues: ☒ 13 ☒ ☐ ☒ o full-time posts should have a 10 PA framework o include time for lunch and travel © Royal College of Physicians 2018 (v3.0) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v3.0 RSA 2 *Employer *Page number RSA 1 RA Criteria (if applicable) 12. Honorary consultant posts only: ☐ Click or tap here NHS academics will usually have a ratio of direct clinical ☐ ☐ ☐ care to supporting professional activities of 3:1 (eg a 5 to enter text. clinical PAs should be split into 3.75 DCC and 1.25 SPAs). 13. Direct clinical care (DCC) ☒ a) 7.5 PAs per week should be dedicated to direct ☒ ☐ ☒ 13 clinical care (7 in Wales) b) Of the 7.5 DCC PAs, 1.5–2.5 should be assigned to dictating letters, attending multidisciplinary team ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ meetings, seeing relatives, reviewing results and 13 attending X-ray meetings and case presentations 14. Supporting professional activities (SPAs) a) A minimum of 1.5 SPA is included for revalidation ☒ 13 ☒ ☐ ☒ only (a minimum of 1 if the post is less than 10 PAs). This includes audit, CPD, and appraisal. b) Additional SPAs have been allocated such as for teaching, research, assessment of trainees, clinical ☒ n/a ☒ ☐ ☒ governance and service development. c) Honorary consultant posts only: Where SPAs are expected to contain a contribution to research that is specified, it is reasonable that the following commitment is required, depending on the ☐ Click or tap here ☐ ☐ ☐ size of research study: to enter text. • acting as principal investigator 0.1–0.5 SPAs • acting as chief investigator 0.1–1 SPAs • research and good clinical practice (GCP) training 0.125 SPAs. 15. On-call commitments should be clearly stated (the overall or weekday and weekend frequency if applicable) ☒ 14 ☒ ☐ ☒ 16. If acute on-take duties are part of the job description, ☐ n/a ☐ ☐ ☐ there must be a specific commitment to post-take ward rounds. Person specification 17. The post-holder should hold the MRCP(UK) or an ☒ 20 ☒ ☐ ☒ equivalent qualification. 18. Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of ☒ 20 ☒ ☐ ☒ the interview) b. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c. European Community Rights © Royal College of Physicians 2018 (v3.0) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v3.0 19. Desirable - an appropriate higher degree (eg an MD, PhD ☒ 20 ☒ ☐ ☒ or equivalent) Comments log Indicate the relevant checklist number above when inserting comments Initial employer comments Employer comments Click here to enter text Review round 1 Would you like to be made aware of the final review outcome? Select an option No GUM posts only Should this JD be reviewed by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH)? Select an option No This is a relevant post for an expanding team. Working closely with Cancer cnetre staff at a hospital and provididng hospice cover. There is clear mention of SPA support , revalidation and education . Person specification is rel;vant to this post and it is also clear that RSA comments supervision of juniors is expected. My main concern is that it lists 6 current consultants within the department with no clear understanding of WTE or WTE across sites at hospital and Hosptal. This mean that the incombent in the post may or may not have sufficent syuppotr and the expanding serivce may not be covered adequalty . I would expect an indication of WTE and what amount of ciumminty cover is expected or provided before I would fully support this. Once this is completed I would approve this post. As this is inteded to cover retirement I expect these details are already available Good JD with a clear layout and personal specification etc. It was however, the indcative time table did not include start/finish time or RA comments PA allocation for each duty. I wouldalso advice to clarify the duty in more detail i.e., out patient clinic or in patients ward at hospital. And also to explain what particular duty at Hospice the time was allocated for. I noted a day in Lieu for weekend work. But will oncall work otherwise will be included in allocated PA or will it be separate oncall payment, Updated Job plan with times and clarity around clinic/inpatient work Employer response Added a section to reflect WTE plus the amount of community/hospice and hospital cover expected from the team On call availability payments separate to PA allocation Review round 2 RSA comments Click here to enter text RA comments Happy to approve this Employer response Click here to enter text Additional review rounds (continue in the box below, stating whether you are the employer, RSA or RA) Click here to enter text Outcome of review Final sign-off is by the regional adviser only Not approved ☐ Approved ☒ (tick this box if the JD requires changes or cannot be approved) Approver: Regional adviser Regional Adviser: Dr Myint Regional Specialty Adviser: Dr Proffit Date of final review 01/10/2019 © Royal College of Physicians 2018 (v3.0) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v3.0 ! For RCP admin use only Review expiry date The review is valid for 1 year, provided the job 01/10/2020 description remains completely unchanged. The AAC must be within the review validity date. DCC 8.25 SPA 1.75 © Royal College of Physicians 2018 (v3.0) Information Pack Consultant in Palliative Care x 2 Page | 1 About Southend University Hospital Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute services from our main Prittlewell Chase site and at outlying satellite clinics across the region. We maintain nearly 600 inpatient beds, serving a local population of 338,800.