• Advert number: 185429-0
• Posted Date: 11/12/08

Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health

www.rcpch.ac.uk/

Main contact: Tanya Rehman

5-11 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8SH. Email: paedjobs@rcpch.ac.uk

Location of vacancies

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is coordinating the recruitment process for all posts for England and Wales.

Profile

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is one of the Medical Royal Colleges - the oldest of which was founded in 1505. Like the other colleges, we have a major role in postgraduate medical education and professional standards: setting syllabuses for postgraduate training in paediatrics, overseeing the training, running examinations, organising courses and conferences, issuing guidance and conducting research.

We are one of the newest Colleges, having been founded in 1996. We trace our origins back, however, to the British Paediatric Association, founded in 1928, which acted as a focus for professional activity in the field of paediatrics prior to the formation of the College.

Objectives: Re-educate and examine those concerned with the health of children, advance the art and science of paediatrics, raise the standard of medical care to children, advance the education of the public in child health.

Most of this work is carried out in the UK, but we have a small but important programme of work overseas supported in part by the David Baum International Foundation.

The College currently has about 10,500 members worldwide, the majority of whom are based in the UK and Ireland.

MMC Recruitment timetables for 2009

Applications open on the 5th January and close on 13th January 2009. Shortlisting will take place as soon as the applications close and will be completed by 6th February. Interviews are scheduled to take place between February and mid March and will be held at the deaneries. It is anticipated that offers will be made by the end of March.

MMC Recruitment responsibilities

The College will be coordinating the recruitment process in collaboration with participating deaneries across England and Wales. Details of the Paediatric recruitment process and information on available posts will be available in early January on the College website www.rcpch.ac.uk/recruitment and also on individual deanery websites.

Applications will be made via an online form found at www.rcpch.ac.uk/recruitment between 5th January 2009 and 13th January 2009. Applicants will be asked to indicate their preferred deaneries. 1st and 2nd choice deaneries will then access the application forms and complete the shortlisting process. Shortlisted candidates will then be interviewed by their 1st and/or 2nd choice deanery. The progress of applications will be shown on the college website.

Recruitment procedures

The advertisement will appear in the BMJ, NHS jobs, the college website and on individual deanery websites.

Key personnel

Tanya Rehman, Recruitment Co-ordinator
Claire Ormandy, NTN Grid Administrator
Georgia Stephanou, Education Secretary

More information

Please see our website at www.rcpch.ac.uk

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