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class="text-block__title">Setting up an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC)</h2> <h3>Role of the college representative</h3> <p>Role of the The Royal College of Physicians representative is a core member of an AAC panel. Their main role is to assess the training of applicants to make sure they are suitable for the post and have the necessary qualifications. RCP representatives are full members of an AAC and should be included in the shortlisting process except for SAS doctor AACs where shortlisting is not required.</p> <p>As soon as an RCP representative is secured for an AAC, the health authority should contact them with details of the AAC. The RCP will send college representatives a guidance pack detailing the role. Here is more detailed information on the <a href="/membership/college-roles/represent-the-rcp-at-advisory-appointments-committees/" title="Represent the RCP at Advisory Appointments Committees">RCP representative role</a><a href="https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/education-practice/volunteering/represent-rcp-advisory-appointments-committees" title="Represent the RCP at Advisory Appointments Committees">.</a></p> <p><strong>AACs</strong></p> <p>Royal College of Physicians recommends:</p> <ul> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">any upcoming AACs are planned in good time (at least eight weeks’ notice)</span></li> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">college representatives have options to either use video conference software or attend in person to conduct interviews</span></li> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">to contact us immediately if a college representative is no longer available to attend a forthcoming AAC</span></li> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">to contact us if AACs are rescheduled or cancelled.</span></li> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">email everyone on the list <strong>simultaneously.</strong> You should ideally hear back within three working days, however, please do not wait any longer than one week to contact us if you have not managed to secure someone as a result of contacting everyone on the first list (we can send second and even third lists out provided we have eight weeks of notice). For subsequent lists, please contact us if you have not secured anyone within three working days of contacting everyone on those lists.</span></li> <li><span class="shield-bullet-mint">for any niche specialties, where there aren’t that many Fellows for us to approach, we can let you know, and some amount of flexibility needs to be built in - for e.g. when you try to get in your Execs’, HR/medical workforce representative and other stakeholders’ diaries for possible AAC dates, some trusts have more than one date ear-marked for an AAC, to plan for contingencies. It might be worthwhile asking in your organisation if this is a viable option.</span></li> </ul> <p>We will, of course, endeavour to do what we can to support the AAC process<a href="https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/file/47933/download"></a>.</p> <a class="text-block__cta btn btn--cta-dark display-shield" button-cta href="/media/njxazk00/aac-process-for-trusts-2-_0.pdf" target="_blank">Read the full AAC process<span class="btn__arrow"><span class="btn__arrow-shield"><i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-long-arrow-right"></i></span></span></a> </div> <div class="text-block__image-col text-block__image-col--image-right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-block top-bottom-spacing colour-theme-teal"> <div class="container-xl"> <div class="accordion-block__info"> <h2 class="accordion-block__info-title">Process for requesting a college representative at an AAC</h2> </div> <div class="accordion" id="accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading1"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-1" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-1"> NHS trusts </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-1" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading1" data-bs-parent="#accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>For NHS trusts, the RCP has a statutory role to play in the appointment of consultants. The NHS (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (amended 2004) states that an external representative from the relevant college or faculty should be included in the core membership of an AAC. The Department of Health (DoH) website has useful guidance on this subject.</p> <p>If your post is based in Wales, please refer to the updated NHS (Appointment of Consultants) good practice guidance, June 2022.</p> <p><span class="shield-bullet-mint"><a rel="noopener" href="/media/b3zn3oy0/nhs-appointment-of-consultants-good-practice-guidance-january-2005_0.pdf" target="_blank" title="NHS (appointment of consultants) good practice guidance">NHS (appointment of consultants) good practice guidance</a></span></p> <p><span class="shield-bullet-mint"><a rel="noopener" href="/media/mz4aqmyj/appointment-of-consultants-in-the-nhs-in-wales-revised-guidance.pdf" target="_blank" title="Appointment of consultants in the NHS in Wales revised guidance">Appointment of consultants in the NHS in Wales revised guidance</a></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading2"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-2" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-2"> Consultant posts </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-2" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading2" data-bs-parent="#accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>It is a legal requirement for all doctors to be on the GMC’s specialist register before they can take up a consultant appointment. Specialist registrars who have CCT dates no more than six months from the date of an AAC may apply and be interviewed. It is advisable that all other categories of doctors should be on (or likely to be on) the specialist register, before being considered for a consultant appointment by an AAC.</p> <p>For advice on job planning requirements refer to the RCP guidance for approval of NHS consultant job descriptions.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading3"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-3" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-3"> Academic posts with honorary consultant status </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-3" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading3" data-bs-parent="#accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>The RCP strongly advises universities wishing to appoint to senior clinical academic posts with honorary consultant status to seek advice from RCP regional advisers on the clinical component of job descriptions. Please note that holders of honorary contracts cannot fill paid NHS consultant posts without fulfilling the provision of the regulations.</p> <p><strong>Please refer to the NHS guidance above on senior clinical academics/honorary consultant contracts.</strong></p> <p>Universities should bear in mind the great importance attached by the profession to obtaining approval of the job description.</p> <p><em>Please use the above 'Job description review form - consultant' when making approval requests for these job descriptions.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading4"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-4" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-4"> SAS doctor posts </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-4" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading4" data-bs-parent="#accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-body"> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-text"> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Specialist grade</strong></p> <p>The specialist grade introduced in April 2021 requires employers to use the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/-/media/Employers/Publications/SAS-Paper-2--Specialist-Grade--Generic-Capabilities-Framework-010221.pdf?la=en&hash=DBA9808D91D89179598B43090A49CB67766EC9DF" target="_blank">generic capabilities framework</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/-/media/Employers/Publications/SAS-Paper-3--Specialist-Grade--Template-Person-Specification-010221.pdf?la=en&hash=1B18C1FC88B815962B458D832584A31AB62B805F" target="_blank">template person specification</a>, which they will develop based on the requirements of the service. A doctor in this grade:</p> <ul> <li>shall have full registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council</li> <li>shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty</li> <li>shall meet the criteria set out in the generic capabilities framework that has been developed.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-media"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-media-fc field-type-field-collection field-label-hidden"> <div class="media-wrapper-container default"> <div class="flexy-file"><a href="/media/1dzoi2zo/guidance-for-approving-nhs-specialist-dr-posts.pdf" title="Guidance For Approving NHS Specialist Dr Posts">Guidance for approving NHS specialist doctor posts</a></div> <div class="flexy-file"></div> <div class="flexy-file"></div> <div class="flexy-file"></div> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-text"> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Specialty doctor</strong></p> <p>A doctor in this grade:</p> <ul> <li>shall have full registration and licence to practice with the General Medical Council</li> <li>shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or equivalent experience and competencies.</li> </ul> <p><a rel="noopener" href="/media/gbkb0jsc/guidance-for-approving-nhs-specialty-dr-posts.pdf" target="_blank" title="Guidance For Approving NHS Specialty Dr Posts">Guidance for approving NHS specialty doctor posts</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-media"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-media-fc field-type-field-collection field-label-hidden"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading5"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-5" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-5"> NHS foundation trusts </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90-5" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading5" data-bs-parent="#accordion45659d20-856b-47cc-a24d-ff542fb20c90"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>The RCP recognises that the majority of foundation trusts continue to involve the RCP in the AAC process, which is supported by a named RCP representative service. Medical staffing departments should email requests to the RCP who will try to secure an RCP representative for you. For NHS foundation trust AACs we can only process requests for a college representative with at least <strong>eight weeks’ notice</strong> prior to the AAC date.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-divider colour-theme-teal"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="section-divider__curve svg-fill-white" width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0.113 0 639.682 75" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g transform="matrix(1.03, 0, 0, 1, -46.463917, 0)"> <path d="M35.9747 301.797C35.9747 371.314 34.889 440.867 36.3366 510.348C37.4586 564.192 51.3558 614.28 90.1163 654.834C111.831 677.549 138.757 691.778 166.696 704.887C227.425 733.416 287.9 762.522 348.664 791.015C352.609 792.857 358.87 793.038 362.743 791.196C432.446 758.442 502.512 726.265 571.384 691.814C628.348 663.321 660.341 615.219 671.162 552.852C676.193 523.673 677.387 494.313 675.686 464.773C675.577 462.968 675.647 461.195 675.647 459.389C675.393 344.118 675.14 228.882 674.85 113.61C674.85 104.293 674.235 94.9401 674.669 85.623C674.959 79.4116 673.008 76.0562 667.109 73.3477C613.365 49.0439 557.486 31.6014 499.508 20.7315C424.05 6.57532 348.085 3.9752 271.795 12.0283C193.08 20.3703 116.101 40.2684 43.9729 73.2032C37.7842 76.02 35.7938 79.3785 35.83 86.0593C36.0834 157.96 35.9747 229.896 35.9747 301.797C35.5404 301.797 36.409 301.797 35.9747 301.797Z"></path> </g> </svg> </div> <div class="accordion-block top-bottom-spacing colour-theme-white"> <div class="container-xl"> <div class="accordion-block__info"> <h2 class="accordion-block__info-title">FAQs</h2> </div> <div class="accordion" id="accordionce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading1"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-1" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-1"> Where can I send my JD review form and JD for review? </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-1" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading1" data-bs-parent="#accordionce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9"> <div class="accordion-body"> <div id="ui-accordion-1-panel-0" class="group-accordion-inner field-group-div ui-accordion-content ui-helper-reset ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-accordion-content-active" aria-labelledby="ui-accordion-1-header-0" aria-expanded="true" aria-hidden="false"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>Please check your regional office by region > <a rel="noopener" href="/membership/rcp-community/uk-regional-network/" target="_blank" title="UK regional network">Browse UK regions</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading2"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-2" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-2"> Is the RCP the right college for my JD review? </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-2" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading2" data-bs-parent="#accordionce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9"> <div class="accordion-body"> <div id="ui-accordion-2-panel-0" class="group-accordion-inner field-group-div ui-accordion-content ui-helper-reset ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-accordion-content-active" aria-labelledby="ui-accordion-2-header-0" aria-expanded="true" aria-hidden="false"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>Here is <a rel="noopener" href="/media/5xfnbtwf/rcp-specialty-list_1.pdf" target="_blank" title="RCP Specialty List 1">a list of specialties</a> covered by RCP.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading3"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-3" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-3"> Who do I contact to request a rep for an AAC? </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-3" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading3" data-bs-parent="#accordionce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9"> <div class="accordion-body"> <div id="ui-accordion-3-panel-0" class="group-accordion-inner field-group-div ui-accordion-content ui-helper-reset ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-accordion-content-active" aria-labelledby="ui-accordion-3-header-0" aria-expanded="true" aria-hidden="false"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"> <p>The AAC team on <a href="mailto:aac@rcp.ac.uk">aac@rcp.ac.uk</a> or +44151 3181899 / +44 1513181896 / +44 2030751580 / +44 1513181871</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item"> <h4 class="accordion-header" id="heading4"> <button class="accordion-button collapsed" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-4" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-4"> Will I be paid for my time as a rep </button> </h4> <div id="collapse-ce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9-4" class="accordion-collapse collapse" aria-labelledby="heading4" data-bs-parent="#accordionce77af88-0596-446d-bec0-c52f017be1a9"> <div class="accordion-body"> <div id="ui-accordion-4-panel-0" class="group-accordion-inner field-group-div ui-accordion-content ui-helper-reset ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-accordion-content-active" aria-labelledby="ui-accordion-4-header-0" aria-expanded="true" aria-hidden="false"> <div class="field field-name-field-body 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