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Advisory Appointments Committees
-Introduction
-Information for Medical Staffing
-Information for College Assessors
-List of College Regional Chairs
Information for College Assessors
England
Eligibility
The College maintains a list of assessors who are eligible and willing to serve on consultant post AACs. To become a College assessor you must meet the following criteria:
- Assessors must have been working in a substantive consultant post for at least 5 years
- Assessors must be a Fellow of the College in good-standing
- Assessors must have received training in fair and non-discriminatory interview and selection techniques and have received appropriate training in the application of equal opportunities legislation to appointments procedures in line with the Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission for Racial Equality Codes of Practice
- Assessors must be working in active practice.
In addition to these criteria assessors must not work for the employing NHS Trust. Ideally, assessors would be working in a neighbouring Region.
The College requires many assessors in each region and is currently recruiting. If you would like to become a College Assessor and feel that you meet the above criteria please download an application form here, complete and return to the College. If you meet all the criteria you will be added to the College assessor database and sent a copy of the latest College advice for assessors.
AAC Process
When the College is asked to provide an assessor the College will provide the employer with a list of potential names, asking them to contact the assessors directly. The employer should contact the first assessor on the list, only contacting the next assessor if the first is unable to serve. The College will not notify assessors when their name has been short-listed.
The shortlist sent to the employer is compiled bearing in mind the following factors:
- Proximity to the employing hospital/Trust (The College will provide names from a neighbouring region, if that is not possible or practical then names will be provided from the same region but geographically distant from the employing Trust)
- The frequency with which assessors have been short-listed before
- The frequency with which assessors have been selected before.
The College aims to ensure that requests for assessors will be divided as evenly as possible between the College assessors.
The employer will then contact the assessors. If you are contacted and agree to serve on an AAC please notify the College AAC administrator. The employer should send you all the details regarding the job description, short-listing of candidates and the interview.
The College will send you the latest version of the College advice for assessors together with a report on the AAC for you to complete and return. If you have any query regarding the AAC process that is not answered in the advice document please contact the Registrar via the AAC administrator.
Resources
All assessors should be familiar with the College guidance (available upon request) and The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations: Good Practice Guidance (January 2005). A copy is available to download here.
Contact information
All queries should be directed to the College AAC Administrator, Philip McMillan.
Direct Tel: 020 7067 1269
e-mail: philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk
Address: AAC
The College of Emergency Medicine
Churchill House
35 Red Lion Square
London
WC1R 4SG
Northern Ireland
Guidance for College assessors is as outlined for England.
Scotland
EM specialists on the National Panel of Specialists will be contacted directly by Medical Staffing to serve on AACs. The process of Consultant appointments in Scotland is currently under review by the Scottish Parliament.
Wales
Guidance for College assessors is as outlined for England.
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