Head of Policy & Public Affairs
- Employer
- RCOA: Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Location
- WC1R 4SG, London (Greater)
- Salary
- c. £50,000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)
- Closing date
- 22 Feb 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Public Affairs / Policy, Research
- Seniority
- Executive, Director / Head / Vice-President
- Sector
- Education, Healthcare
Job Details
Join the Royal College of Anaesthetists to work on some of the biggest issues facing our members, healthcare and the work of anaesthetists - the largest single specialty group of doctors within UK hospitals. The Royal College of Anaesthetists is committed to improving patients’ safety, wellbeing and outcomes through the maintenance and advancement of standards in anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine. Through our services, anaesthetists are well trained and supported, and we uphold a central role in the development and delivery of high quality healthcare across the UK, and increasingly internationally.
Anaesthetists have overall responsibility for patients’ well being before, during and after surgery and work across the hospital setting, in the operating theatre, A&E, critical care and obstetrics. 16% of all hospital consultants are anaesthetists and over two-thirds of hospital in-patients will see an anaesthetist. The Royal College of Anaesthetists supports over 18,000 members and fellows and over 4,000 from the College’s associated Faculties of Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine.
Reporting into the Director of Communications and External Affairs, this role will be responsible for effecting change through policies, public affairs and public engagement. The College has a growing influential profile with policy makers and parliamentarians, and this is an exciting time to join us to lead and further develop our policy and public affairs work as we embark on launching a new Centre for Perioperative Care.
Your work will involve providing specialist knowledge and insight to develop robust policies on key external issues for the College. Proactive and collaborative in your approach, you will foster a range of high level contacts, working with them regularly to build positive working partnerships.
As a line manager, you will effectively manage a small Policy and Public Affairs function, as well as being a member of the broader senior management team.
The ideal candidate for this position will have experience of working in a similar position with responsibility for developing policy outputs and managing a range of projects simultaneously within the medical/health sector. As a result of this, you will be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the current health agenda in the UK and the challenges that affect our members, the specialty and wider healthcare. You will also have a sound knowledge of public affairs processes and will have a high level of political awareness. Ideally, you will have experience within membership organisations.
Educated to degree level (or equivalent), you will have good experience of building and maintaining relationships both internally and externally as well as managing budgets and working to tight deadlines.
Closing date: Monday 11th February 2019 at 9:00am
Company
Who we are
The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) is the third largest medical Royal College in the UK by membership. With a combined membership of 22,000 fellows and members, it represents and ensures the quality of patient care by safeguarding standards in the three specialties of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.
The College is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the UK at all stages of our fellows’ and members’ careers. As anaesthetists, we have overall responsibility for patients’ wellbeing before, during and after surgery. We are the lynchpin that holds secondary and tertiary care together and are the UK’s largest hospital specialty.
16% of all hospital consultants are anaesthetists and
over two-thirds of hospital in-patients will see an anaesthetist
The College champions the diverse and critical work of anaesthetists, and the science that underpins our work. We recruit, train and examine anaesthetists to the most exacting standards. We support our fellows and members throughout their careers irrelevant of age and region. We fund research to ensure that anaesthesia continues to advance at a rapid rate. We promote the sharing of knowledge and best practice, as well as working with government on crucial policies, and with other stakeholders in the UK and overseas to make sure that anaesthesia and anaesthetists play a central role in shaping and delivering the healthcare agenda.
The College is the home of the Faculty of Pain Medicine and one of the eight parent Colleges of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
What we do
We are committed to supporting our combined membership of 22,000 fellows and members throughout their careers. Our key areas of work include:
- setting high standards of clinical care to ensure the constant rise in quality of patient care and safety
- establishing the standards and curriculum for the training of anaesthetists, including examinations
- the continued medical education of all practising anaesthetists to ensure their skills remain up-to-date
- working collaboratively, through the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia’s (NIAA) Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) to advance, fund and promote research activity
- acting as the voice of the specialty on behalf of our membership
- professional and personal development to support the development of our fellows’ and members’ careers and practice.
We promote the sharing of knowledge and best practice working with government and other stakeholders in the UK and overseas to make sure that anaesthesia and anaesthetists play a central role in shaping and delivering the healthcare agenda.
With our fellows’, members’ and patients’ interests underlying everything we do, the RCoA strategy 2016–2021 reflects our vision for the future of anaesthesia and the College’s work. This five-year strategy defines the values and purposes that will provide a solid, coherent and focused foundation upon which to build our shared future.
- Website
- https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/
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