Update on regional roles: 5 November 2008.
This document outlines the main regional roles that the College supports whether as an employer; through its governance or with partner
organisations such as the Schools of Surgery. Please feedback comments to your Regional Coordinator or to collegereps@rcseng.ac.uk.
Role
‘Parent’
Appointment/recruitment
College Council
 Council Lead
Regional Policy
 Regional
Council leads
Coordinator
(College staff)
College
From College Council –
Council Lead for Regional
Policy, College Revision
Committee.
College Assessors
College
College
(College) Surgical Deanery/
School of
Tutor
Surgery &
College
Regional Specialty College
Adviser
Main functions
College lead in region
Contact with College Coordinator;
Head of School; School of Surgery
Board member; on appointment panel
for Head of School/senior roles;
Council notified
supports Presidential visits.
College advertising &
Support College activities in regions;
interviews
Manage relationships and feedback
with regional representatives;
Council notified following
curriculum implementation - School of
completion of probation.
Surgery Board Member.
Member of Core Surgical Training
Committee Forum (CSTC Forum).
Application form approved
Support AAC process – job
by Council Lead
descriptions, job planning &
Compulsory training session interviewing consultants on panel.
Council ratify appointment.
1) Deanery undertakes local In line with local School of Surgery
local advertising & interview requirements:
(Coordinator link) OR
Curriculum guidance
2) College processes
Quality assurance
Council notified
Pastoral care
Ballot run centrally by
Support AAC process – job
College based on surgical
descriptions, job planning &
consultants in deanery
interviewing for hospital appointments.
May chair Specialty Training
Future of role
Development of regional
professional affairs
infrastructures.
Maintained; support
implementation of professional
affairs infrastructure and
recertification processes.
Maintained & developed in line
with any legislation changes and
College policies.
Any development in line with
schools; core training curriculum
& ISCP evaluations. Important &
increasing link with the Trust and its
educational governance systems.
Subject to professional affairs
pilot findings. In the West
Midlands and South West these
roles have been discontinued at
Role
Regional
Advisor/Deanery
Advisor
‘Parent’
College
Appointment/recruitment
Main functions
Future of role
Council ratify
Committee depending upon local
school processes.
RA: Representing RSA’s
Review consultant job descriptions
RA role had moved to DA role except
in NW, London, Wales, NI & may be
subject to local arrangements.
present in line with the pilots.
RA: Appointed from local
RSA’s
DA: College-Deanery –
advertising & interview with
College Council member on
interview panel
DA: Support establishment of School
of surgery
General advertisement and PILOT - Establish local professional
interview by College Council affairs network – links with surgeons;
leads.
RSPA’s (below); Strategic Health
Council ratify
Authorities.
Develop Professional Affairs Board.
RA - Subject to professional
affairs pilot findings
No further DA appointment to
take place in this form.
Council ratify
Director for
Professional
Affairs – PILOT:
West Midlands &
South West (SHA)
College
Regional Specialty Specialty
Association/
Professional
Advisor – PILOT: College
WM & SW
Head of School of
Surgery
Deanery
(managerially)
& College
(professionally)
Core Surgical
Training
Programme
Director/Training
Committee Chair
Specialty/Training
Programme
Director/Training
Committee Chair
Deanery/
School of
Surgery
Appointment by Specialty
Association.
Council notified.
Deanery-College – Deanery
process of advertising,
interview with College
Council member on
interview panel
Deanery processes
PILOT - identify the support required
by individual surgeons for:
recertification; CPD; appraisal,
careers support, job planning;
Develop Professional Affairs Board.
Manage the delivery of surgical
training in a deanery.
Subject to professional affairs
pilot findings.
Subject to professional affairs
pilot findings.
Subject to deanery/COPMeD
developments
College – Head of School Forum
Member of Head of School Forum
Deanery – lead core level programme
delivery as determined by School.
In line with development of the
core curriculum & their School of
Surgery
College – CSTC Forum members.
Deanery/
School of
Surgery
Deanery processes
Deanery – lead surgical specialty
programme delivery
Joint Committee on Surgical Training
– confirms appointment with Deanery;
SAC links.
With School of Surgery
developments.