PGME - SAS Advocate

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with the SAS Tutor, Medical Workforce Team, Trust Health and Wellbeing 2020 Hub, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, and LNC Chair, as appropriate
• Collaborate with Post-Graduate Medical Education/Medical Staffing and the SAS Tutor to ensure that new SAS doctors are introduced to the SAS Advocate as part of their induction, and identify all SAS doctors working within the Trust, explaining the SAS Advocate Role and the different ways in which they can help and support
• Research and collate information on the Trusts performance in supporting the HHHealth and Wellbeing of SAS Doctors, understanding the extent to which Health and Wellbeing Conversations and Career Conversations with SAS doctors are taking place
• Review SAS Doctors access to Occupational Health Services, and review the Trust Data Intelligence on bullying and harassmen
• Manage the SAS Doctors Forum in collaboration with the SAS Tutor, to enable SAS doctors to exchange suggestions, seek and offer advice, and discuss relevant topics
• Ensure SAS Advocate Report is tabled for all Senior Trust Meetings
• Engage and share best practice with Fellow SAS Advocates in other NHS Organisations for example, through a facilitated network
• Be available to support and advise individual SAS doctors where required, complementary to existing structures, including signposting internally and to external organisation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with GMC without any conditions or restrictions on licence to practice
• Employed as either an SAS Doctor or a Consultant with SAS experience at GHNSHFT

Experience

Essential

• Employed as a current SAS Doctor with demonstrable experience in that grade.
• Significant recent experience at a senior level

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Understanding and appreciation of Equality, Inclusion and Diversity
• Understanding the key issues and complexity and pace of change facing the NHS Nationally and Locally
• Understanding the impact of the NHS Constitution
• Coaching and Values Led Leadership Style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst Staff and Stakeholders
• A high level of communication skills, to include, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training, and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts
• Solve complex problems, and be solution focussed demonstrating a high level of persuasive and influencing skills
• Analyse complex data and information, including preparing responses to complex reports and complaints, weighing clinical risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales
• Lead development of Policy supporting SAS Doctors, and ensure successful implementation of new Policies across the whole Trust is actioned in timely manner
• Cope with competing priorities and a heavy, demanding and complex workload
• Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations daily

Desirable

• Sound knowledge and understanding of GMC guidelines and advice
• Sound knowledge and understanding of complex governance arrangements and standards in the NHS including an understanding of the SAS Contract and SAS Charter

Qualities

Essential

• High performing and achieving ethos
• Leads and manages with compassion and self-awareness
• Willing to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-Wide as and when required to do so
• Resilient under pressure
• Team focused - demonstrating Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)