Appraisal Revalidation and Job Planning Coordinator Lead

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

The closing date is 11 May 2025

Job summary

We need an effective and efficient communicator to support the Deputy Chief Medical Officer responsible for Revalidation and the HR Advisor -Medical to establish and maintain a robust local process to support appraisal and revalidation.

You will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of a robust annual appraisal system for all medical staff. To support in providing a professional and proactive revalidation process, giving advice on revalidation, appraisal and 360 appraisals to medical staff, Directors and Service Managers.

You must:

Be computer literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Database Applications

Be able to develop and prepare reports and collect and analyse data.

Be able to work to tight deadlines, working effectively under pressure.

Be an effective communicator - both verbally and written.

Possess excellent interpersonal skills.

Good written communication skills ability to draft correspondence and take minutes at meetings.

It would be an advantage if you have had experience working within a Medical Human Resources Department.

Main duties of the job

  • To develop and demonstrate effective and productive working relationships with all stakeholders and external contacts where applicable. To communicate with all doctors on a regular basis providing and receiving information, monitoring appraisal compliance and ensuring there is no slippage. When there is slippage bringing this to the attention of the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Medical Staffing Manager to help support the doctor to become compliant.
  • To administer the process for quality assurance of the appraisal and job planning systems including the analysis of surveys and production of reports on the feedback and to ensure that the results input into the development of both the process and the appraisers skills To proactively monitor progress against the Trust's compliance target, sending timely reminders to key stakeholders, reporting on a regular basis as agreed, escalating any issues, concerns or potential barriers for not meeting our compliance target

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0648

Job locations

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To keep abreast of developments in national revalidation expectations and to participate in the further development of Trust systems for appraisal, revalidation and job planning.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role and essential criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To keep abreast of developments in national revalidation expectations and to participate in the further development of Trust systems for appraisal, revalidation and job planning.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role and essential criteria.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level

Desirable

  • Demonstrable Experience in HR/Medical Staffing

Experience

Essential

  • Previous relevant and demonstrable experience within a complex administrative role, working in a busy environment
  • Experience of managing competing demands and priorities
  • Experience of data input and analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve
  • Experience of drafting correspondence, producing minutes and meeting notes
  • Experience of supporting and coordinating Training sessions

Desirable

  • Previous administration experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word; Excel; PowerPoint)
  • Ability to work to defined deadlines and within predetermined timescales
  • Ability to effectively organise and prioritise own workload and ensure deadlines are met
  • Provision of workforce reports
  • Excellent communication skills in a variety of formats, both verbal and written to interact and resolve queries

Desirable

  • Knowledge of revalidation systems
Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level

Desirable

  • Demonstrable Experience in HR/Medical Staffing

Experience

Essential

  • Previous relevant and demonstrable experience within a complex administrative role, working in a busy environment
  • Experience of managing competing demands and priorities
  • Experience of data input and analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve
  • Experience of drafting correspondence, producing minutes and meeting notes
  • Experience of supporting and coordinating Training sessions

Desirable

  • Previous administration experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word; Excel; PowerPoint)
  • Ability to work to defined deadlines and within predetermined timescales
  • Ability to effectively organise and prioritise own workload and ensure deadlines are met
  • Provision of workforce reports
  • Excellent communication skills in a variety of formats, both verbal and written to interact and resolve queries

Desirable

  • Knowledge of revalidation systems

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Medical Staffing Manager

Jacquie Dixon

Jacqueline.Dixon3@nhs.net

01622926779

Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0648

Job locations

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


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