Core Trainee Representative Job Description
Role: Trainee representative
Post Duration: Up to 2 years
Benefits Of The Role:
- Greater understanding of Severn School of Psychiatry organisation and roles within training framework
- Opportunities to demonstrate leadership and project management skills
- Opportunity to gain experience working in committee structures
- Develop understanding of training and recruitment issues at a national level
Requirements:
- An interest in recruitment and training and representing colleagues
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Effective communication skills
- Be able to reliably commit to attending meetings and managing projects
- Have support from your TPD prior to applying
Trainee Responsibilities:
- Trainee representation at Severn School of Psychiatry level at relevant committee meetings
- Ability to call on network of personal contacts for information, canvas opinions and advice. This will include working alongside other trainee representatives and coordinating roles.
- Dissemination of information from these meetings to trainees
- Representatives will need to ensure timely preparation of reports to feedback to colleagues
- Take a proactive approach to enhancing training
- Including contribution to and leadership of new and existing initiatives and forming part of the committee to develop Severn School of Psychiatry training
- Co-ordinate advertisement of post at end of position and election of successor
- This includes arranging a formal handover
Severn School of Psychiatry Responsibilities:
- To work with trainees to improve training delivery
- If there are issues outside of the Severn School of Psychiatry remit, then to direct trainees to the right channels
- Administrative support to fulfill the role
- To aid with the dissemination of information
- Expenses to cover travel to meetings
- Support for leave to attend meetings
- Recognition of the role at ARCP
Description updated by VNS & RM Oct 2015