Job summary
Thank you for expressing an interest in the post of Lay Chair for the Advisory Appointment Committee at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. This is a opportunity to join us in supporting our appointment process for our future medical consultant workforce.
An Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) is a legally constituted interview panel established by an employing body when appointing medical consultants. The function of an AAC is to decide which, if any, of the applicants is suitable for appointment and to make a recommendation to the employing body.
We are looking to appoint external lay chairs with the aim of providing an independent view-point and an external perspective to our appointment process, previously our AAC panels have been chaired by our Chair or non-executive directors.
Main duties of the job
- The Lay Chair is responsible for making sure that each AAC is planned effectively, conducted according to the policy/national regulation and that matters are dealt with in an orderly, efficient manner.
- Facilitate constructive and productive panel discussions, enabling all panel members to contribute to decision making and managing disagreements between panel members.
- Bring independence, external perspectives, skills and challenge to strategy development
- Ensure that key decisions around selection are objective, based upon the per-son specification and that these decisions can be justified
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpa-tient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping. We employ 3,500 people and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
We have 414 general and acute beds at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and provide a full range of general acute services, including a 24/7 emergency department; an intensive care unit; a maternity unit and a neonatal intensive care unit. We also provide outpatient and diagnostic services across all three hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
- Experience chairing senior committees and working in complex governance structures.
- There is no requirement to have a back-ground in healthcare but the post holder must have an awareness of the range of work undertaken by PAHT.
- Applicants should live in or have strong connections with Essex.
- We particularly welcome applications from women, people from the local black and minority ethnic communities, and disabled people. Our Trust is taking positive action to increase our diversity and reflect the diverse population we serve.
For more information please see the candidate application pack.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Ogechi Emeadi, director of people, on 01279 827834 or via Jill.vaughan@nhs.net.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
- Experience chairing senior committees and working in complex governance structures.
- There is no requirement to have a back-ground in healthcare but the post holder must have an awareness of the range of work undertaken by PAHT.
- Applicants should live in or have strong connections with Essex.
- We particularly welcome applications from women, people from the local black and minority ethnic communities, and disabled people. Our Trust is taking positive action to increase our diversity and reflect the diverse population we serve.
For more information please see the candidate application pack.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Ogechi Emeadi, director of people, on 01279 827834 or via Jill.vaughan@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services
- Experience chairing senior committees and working in complex governance structures
- No requirement to have a background in healthcare but the post holder must have an awareness of the range of work undertaken by PAHT.
Person Specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services
- Experience chairing senior committees and working in complex governance structures
- No requirement to have a background in healthcare but the post holder must have an awareness of the range of work undertaken by PAHT.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
