The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Mr Anthony Victor Babu BathulaCo-Chair, SAS Committee. The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Mr Victor BabuMS; DNB; FRCSEd; Dip Lap; [MBA ( Health Executive)]

Staff Grade Doctor, General SurgeryGlan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales

Member -EWTD- Working party, RCSEMember – All Wales LNC forum and Trust LNC member

Ex –Chairman- SAS Subcommittee, Glan Clwyd Hospital

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Aims of the Committee

• To provide a formal mechanism for SAS surgeons to be represented within and outside the College

• To communicate the views of surgeons to the College and its Council

• To promote involvement in all relevant areas of College activity

• To support SAS surgeons

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

• The Royal College of Surgeons of England understands the concerns of NCCG doctors and welcomes the opportunity to address their unmet needs and aspirations.

• The College believes that practising surgeons in all career grades

should meet the same standards of clinical and technical competence, regardless of job title.

• NCCG doctors recognise that many of their colleagues wish to assume

responsibilities other than direct clinical care. These tasks, which may include training, research, basic science, examining, and direction of clinical departments or hospital management, require additional training and skills extending beyond those needed for clinical practice.

Choice and Opportunity; Modernising Medical Careers for Non Consultant Career Grade Doctors: Response to the Department of Health’s consultation document . RCSE Publication. October 2003.

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Recommendation Three

A system of limited accreditation of competencies is required through which NCCGs with formally recognised skills can work independently at the appropriate level.

Accreditation would be expressed in terms of a level of competency and must be done against national standards.

• Accreditation is specialty-specific.

• It would enable NCCGs to work in a role consistent with their formallyrecognised skills according to the requirements of the post they occupy.

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The College is currently investigating how SAS surgeons can be allowed to use the ISCP.

Ms Hardiment is investigating whether some of the DH £12m can be used by SHA’s to recruit an SAS Programme Director and a network of SAS Tutors to act as Educational Supervisors.

The use of ISCP remains optional for SAS surgeons as it would be unsuitable for some of the more senior surgeons.

RCSE SAS Committee minutes, July 2009

Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project ISCP   

The role of the Royal Colleges in Training and Professional Development of SAS Doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Four:The medical Royal Colleges in working with the

Department of Health and the PMETB to establish competency-based assessment (covering knowledge, skills and attitudes) for trainees should seek to identify linked competencies for NCCGs.

SAS Committee is involved in writing up a separate revalidation template for SAS Surgeons/doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Five

Local employers, Workforce Development Confederations (WDCs) on behalf of Strategic Health Authorities and postgraduate deans should ensure that resources and infrastructures are available for the CPD needs of NCCGs

• Training facilities are available for SAS grade @ equal measure with that of training grade

• Bringing awareness- Publication of an article about SAS funding

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Department of Health announces an extra £7m for the professional development of Specialty Doctors and Associate Specialists24 June 2008 Update 24 June 2008

The BMA Staff and Associate Specialists Committee received a response letter from the Department of Health on 12 March 2008 regarding the press release announcing an extra £7 million for the professional development of SAS doctors.

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

SAS doctors in need of cash for training, survey revealsMost Welsh doctors in staff and associate specialist grades need financial support to help them train for specialist registration.

    

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Six Postgraduate deans should support the education and

development of NCCGs.

• Associate Dean (SAS Doctors Wales)• Educational Supervisors• Network of SAS Tutors• Membership in the SAC (Specialist Advisory

Committees)

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Miss Su-Anna Boddy and Mr Victor BabuCo-ChairsSAS CommitteeRoyal College of Surgeons of England

13 October 2009Dear Miss Boddy and Mr BabuSAS Representation on Specialist Advisory Committees (SACs)

The SACs are now in the process of considering your request individually, bearing in mind that the concentration of SAS surgeons, along with the number of Article 14 applications, varies significantly among specialties.  Any more formal changes to the constitution of the JCST and its SACs will be a matter for the Surgical Colleges on whose behalf we act.

Many thanks again, and best wishes

Chris MunschChairman of JCST

The role of the Royal Colleges in Training and Professional Development of SAS Doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Seven All NCCGs whether employed on local or on national

terms and conditions of service should be appraised annually and have a personal development plan PDP

The Royal College fully support this view

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Eight Workforce planners, both nationally and locally, should in

co-operation with postgraduate deans ensure that a meaningful number of training slots for senior entrants are available in specialist training programmes. Entry to such training slots should be through formal, open competition according to the needs of the service.

• SAS Doctor in the SAC• Issue will be represented in the College council• We will write to Department of health for

guidance

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PMETB• Administrative delays in processing Article 14 CESR

applications • Guidance available

Agenda for the future:• Recognition of overseas qualifications• Top up training slots following PMETB assessment

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• Large number of applications• Poorly presented applications• Dedicated staff• Appropriate guidance

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Recommendation Thirteen

Further scoping work is required to determine the size and makeup of the current NCCG workforce .

• NCCGs as a group are not well defined or understood.

• Better information about their numbers, distribution and roles (workforce survey) will help in improving this grade .

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

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SAS Who are SAS surgeons? How to enter the SAS grade Career Development SAS Committee Women in Surgery

Who are SAS surgeons? SAS surgeons work at various career grades in hospitals. Although the term “SAS” or Staff and Associate Specialists, is frequently used, there are a number of career grade posts. It is likely that in the future the most common of these will be the specialty doctor.

http://surgicalcareers.rcseng.ac.uk/surgeons/sas/who-are-sas-surgeons

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

Joint College SAS Conference 29th January 2009

Venue: The Royal College of Surgeons England London

All are invited

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER

Carpe diemAnn R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl) 2009; 91:42–43

Will it cost a lot of money? No. With areasonable number of hours worked bytrainees, the number of doctors requiredfor out-of-hours work will be fewer. Thenon-training grades, already difficult orimpossible to recruit, will no longer benecessary.

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The Royal College Agenda for SAS doctors

The role of the Royal Colleges in Training and Professional Development of SAS Doctors