Lay Advisor – Heritage Committee (enterprise and sustainability)
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Glasgow
- Closing 26th May 2023
- Advertised from 2nd May 2023
Role
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a worldwide community of inspiring health professionals working together to advance the profession and improve patient care. At a time when the health service faces great challenges, we are determined to make a positive difference, and are passionate about speaking up for the profession. We play an active leadership role in influencing and shaping healthcare policy.
Our community is made up of the expertise and experience of our 15,000+ outstanding, hardworking members, supported by over 100 College staff and volunteer lay advisors. College staff work with clinicians, who give their time freely to the work of the College to provide an innovative and inspiring programme of activity across the organisation.
We are a global and inclusive organisation with members working across medicine, surgery, dental surgery, travel medicine and podiatric medicine. Many of our members are actively involved as educators, examiners and ambassadors for the College.
The College’s heritage spans over 400 years, since it was founded in 1599. It records the stories, achievements and changes in medicine, surgery and health history, preserved in its archive, library and museum collections. You can find out more about how we provide access to our heritage on our website - heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk.
Role and Responsibilities
Heritage Committee
The College would like to recruit a Lay Advisor for its Heritage Committee.
In particular we would like to recruit a Lay Advisor to contribute to our new Heritage strategic priority area of enterprise and sustainability. This will help us ensure the College’s outstanding heritage and museum status contributes to the organisation’s financial sustainability. During the next three years, we hope to develop opportunities for sustainable income generation that supports the College’s charitable purpose.
In addition to the Honorary Librarian (chair) and Fellows and Members, the Committee includes external advisors from heritage and academic sectors.
The role of the Heritage Committee is to –
- Advise on the management, development and use of the library and historical collections in line with recognised professional practices.
- Oversee strategic planning and development of policies relating to the library, its services and the historical collections of the College.
- To advise on the development of the events and exhibitions programme as devised by the Heritage team.
- To liaise with other committees as appropriate
Lay Advisory Group
The broad role of a Lay Advisor is to provide non-medical input and perspective into the discussions and decision making of College committees and boards which support the charitable purposes of College.
Lay Advisors contribute to the openness, diversity and transparency of College affairs. Lay Advisors are not patients or public representatives.
The main responsibilities of the volunteer Lay Advisor shall be to: -
- Provide lay representation on one or more of the collegiate committees and boards.
- Provide, as requested by the College’s committees and representatives, individual and collective lay input on matters relating to the work of the College and primarily in line with College’s key aims and objectives as detailed in the strategic plan.
- Represent, when required, the College on intercollegiate committees when specific lay representation is required.
- Comment on and/or respond to appropriate health related consultations and/or papers, policy documents from a lay perspective as directed by the Honorary Secretary and in line with the consultation process. The details of which are contained within the Terms of Reference for the Lay Advisory Group.
- Provide members who may, if required, serve on other professional medical bodies associated with the College e.g. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) Patient Liaison Group.
- Provide a potential source of lay examiners for College and intercollegiate examinations.
- Identify members to contribute to any Lay Advisory Panel(s) i.e. reference group which may be established, from time to time, to deal with specific matters of importance/areas of expertise as and when required.
- Contribute to discussion and debate, within College, both directly and indirectly on matters which are of interest to the College and the wider general public.
- Respond to relevant requests from the Executive Board or College Council asking for comment.
Lay Advisor Person Specification
- Experience of working in, or advising, heritage sector organisations, or historical visitor attractions and venues
- Knowledge of best practice relating income generation or fundraising in a heritage or visitor attraction context
- Good communication skills. Able to work effectively with people in groups and in formal meetings
- Ability to challenge, constructively, the views and assumptions of others
- Able to maintain confidentiality appropriate to the circumstances
- Willingness and/or experience to participate in and provide input to a wide range of public policy and health related consultations
- Able to attend Heritage Committee meetings - 2 per annum. Meeting are hybrid and normally run from 5.30pm until 6.30pm.
- Able to attend Lay Advisory Group meetings – typically 3 per annum. Meetings are held in the College in Glasgow and normally run from 5:30pm until 7:30pm
Eligibility Criteria
- Lay Advisors must not be qualified in either medicine, dentistry, nursing, podiatry or travel medicine
- The current or immediate past employment of a Lay Advisor must not give rise to any potential conflicts of interest.
Remuneration
- The post of Lay Advisor is voluntary, however, expenses incurred in carrying out the role of Lay Advisor will be reimbursed in line with the College Travel and Expenses policy.
Application notes
To apply for a committee vacancy, please send an updated CV, covering letter and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to Ross.McGregor@rcpsg.ac.uk.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the position informally, please get in touch with Ross McGregor, Deputy Head of Heritage – Ross.McGregor@rcpsg.ac.uk.
The closing date for these positions is 5pm on Friday 26th May 2023.
A Charity Registered in Scotland: Charity Registration Number SC000847
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Members of the RCGP Scottish Patient Forum
- Management Board
- Sessional
- Remote (Remote)
- Closing 15th April 2024
RCGP Scottish Patient Forum
The Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland is recruiting new members to the RCGP Scottish Patient Forum.
As a member of our Patient Forum, you will help to ensure that the patient voice is woven through the work of RCGP Scotland.
From feeding into policy consultation responses, to assisting with the development of campaigns and College communications; members of the RCGP Scottish Patient Forum will play a key role in helping to shape the work of the College in Scotland.
The Patient Forum operates as a virtual advisory group via Microsoft Teams. There will be up to 3 virtual meetings per year plus an online forum to communicate and to progress work outside of meetings. Members of the Patient Forum will be provided with advanced notice of these meetings.
This is a voluntary role for a term of up to three years.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
RCGP Scotland
The Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland (RCGP Scotland) is the professional membership organisation for general practitioners in Scotland. We represent approximately 5,000 members in Scotland and our purpose is to encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in general medical practice.
Major Tasks
To be a subject expert on benefits and welfare related areas.
Prepare and brief colleagues and departments as required.
Main Job Activities
1. To be a subject expert:
Understanding the rules, laws and regulations within the relevant subject area.
Review and highlight key information to colleagues from relevant literature, journals, and reports.
Identify areas of improvement for the organisation’s advice service, working with colleagues to implement strategic development plans.
Support relevant marketing and media activities.
2. To influence the operational processes associated with the relevant subject area:
Identifying and implementing key improvements across both advisor and customer journeys.
Strong depth of understanding related to enquiry patterns and trends.
Planning and horizon scanning to provide the most up-to-date information for our advisors.
3. Identify and develop collaborative partnerships with stakeholders within the subject area:
Partnership working with organisations we are currently engaged with, in addition to establishing possible new partnership opportunities with those we are not.
Monitoring, understanding, and responding to external consultations and changes within the relevant subject area.
4. Prepare and brief both senior colleagues and external stakeholders as required:
Regular development of reports and written briefings.
Inform and collaborate with our internal training department to influence training content.
Support advisory staff when required, providing subject specific guidance.
5. To undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by Line Manager.
eLogbook Data Manager
- Part time
- £35,690 – £44,612 pro-rata
- Edinburgh (Hybrid)
- Closing 5th April 2024
About The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an independent membership organisation dedicated to the education, training and advancement of surgeons, dental surgeons, doctors, and various individuals throughout healthcare who are involved in the surgical care of patients. The College has a current membership approaching 29,000 and growing, with members spanning over 100 countries around the world.
From our founding in 1505, the College has been committed to the advancement of surgery and driving patient safety standards worldwide. In our 515-year history, there has never been a better time to join the College than now.
Working with us
At the College we aim to embrace views from across the organisation, sharing common goals and values for the betterment of healthcare through the advancement of surgical and dental professionals. We aim to develop teams that are reflective of the needs of our members and maximise the potential of every employee.
To reflect the varying needs across the organisation, we offer a range of policies and benefits for our workforce including a generous 42 days annual leave, flexible working practices, enhanced employer pensions contribution and various discounts throughout the College including the Ten Hill Place Hotel, 1505 Café and free entry to Surgeons’ Hall Museums.
If you’d like more information about this role, please contact recruitment@rcsed.ac.uk
About the Role
Working within the Digital Applications and Analytics Department, the postholder will work with the Intercollegiate Surgeons eLogbook, undertaking data analysis and reporting tasks.
There may be requirement for the role holder to work outside of normal working hours and travel for work occasionally.
Experience/Qualifications/Key Skills
This is a superb opportunity for an individual who is confident, methodical, organised and conscientious.
Holding a degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Healthcare Informatics) you will be able to demonstrate strong proficiency in data analysis tools and software.
You will have the ability to work in a cross functional team delivering the eLogbook service and have an excellent understanding or relational and other data structures. You will collaborate with external intercollegiate bodies to further the knowledge and insights around surgical training in the UK.
You will have excellent communication and team working skills.
Freelance Operations Consultant working with and reporting to interim CEO
- Full time
- Sessional
- Edinburgh or Glasgow (or nearby). You will be invited to work from our working space one day per week, with the option to co-work more often (Hybrid)
- Closing 8th April 2024
Tiny Changes is Scotland’s first national young people’s mental health charity. We run projects with young leaders that help young minds feel better. The charity was set up in memory of artist and Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Through his music and art Scott made tiny changes that had a big impact on people from all walks of life.
We believe that Scotland’s young people deserve great mental health, and we believe in their insight and innovation to make this possible. We exist to nurture the talent of young people to find solutions that work for them.
In three years, we’ve funded 69 innovative mental health ideas - from bubble therapy with refugees to peer-led crisis prevention cafe and d/Deaf youth wellbeing resources - supporting over 4,000 children and young people, with many of them leading change in their communities. You can read more about our strategy here.
The Tiny Changes team is growing all the time. We currently have 6 Trustees and will be looking to recruit another 2 trustees to join the Board later this year. The Tiny Changes Team is made up of 3 employees and 1 consultant, creative partners and young advisors. You can read more about our team over on our blog.
Role Summary
As a freelance operations consultant at Tiny Changes, you will support the interim CEO with the management of all charity and day to day operational activities, continuing the development of the charity in line with organisational objectives and strategic direction. Working closely with our small team, you will contribute to the overall direction of charity-wide operations. Supporting the management of co-production (youth lead projects), fundraising, human resources, health and safety and equality diversity and inclusion, to ensure our processes are up to date, compliant, meet the overall needs of the organisation and reflect our values.
What will you bring to Tiny Changes?
We are looking for applicants with the following characteristics:
1. Share our vision and values - we are Hopeful, Brave, Honest and Kind
2. Have knowledge of or interest in mental health issues affecting children and young people in Scotland
3. Active listener, equalities driven and self-reflective
We particularly welcome applications from the following groups:
• Young people under 30
• Young people with experience of mental health issues
• Disabled people
• Neurodiverse people
• People with experience of caring roles
• Care experienced people
• People from minority ethnic communities
• Asylum seekers or refugees
• People who identify as any gender that’s not cisgender
• People who identify as LGBTQIA+
• People from gypsy traveller communities
• People from a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds
You can find more information in the Job Description and Person Specification linked below.
Role Accessibility: This role requires frequent travel and use of your own vehicle
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