Job Description

British Society for Rheumatology 

We are a UK wide membership organisation for all health professionals working in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology. BSR works to promote excellence in the care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and to support those delivering it, involving patients and carers at every step.

We work to ensure that our rheumatology professionals have access to the latest in education, research and clinical best practice to provide high quality care. Our members look after patients of all ages, from children to adults and across the whole patient pathway. 

Job Summary 

Working closely with clinicians, the Clinical Guideline Development Manager will ensure that BSR guidelines continue to meet the standards for NICE accreditation, and are widely publicised amongst and used by the rheumatology community.

Clinical guidelines sit within the BSR Practice & Quality Directorate and form a vital part of our work to foster excellence in all aspects of rheumatology.This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to extend their previous experience of research and guideline development to lead the development of a high profile and vital output from BSR.

Location

Our office is based in Central London but we are currently working remotely and you will be given the support and equipment needed to make this possible.

In this role you will:

• Supporting the clinicians on the BSR Standards, Audit and Guidelines Working Group (SAGWG) to oversee the full guideline development, dissemination and implementation process.
• Supporting the Guideline Working Group (GWG) meetings and teleconferences taking meeting notes, making reports, maintaining records of action points and decisions, drafting correspondence as required.
• Building and maintaining good working relationships with GWG leads and GWG members through transparent, clear and friendly communication.
• Collecting and assessing Declarations of Interest forms of individual GWG members, following the Interests Policy and maintaining a Register of Interests, updated annually or when new interests are acquired.
• Supporting excellent consultation processes, ensuring engagement with a wide and representative group of stakeholders.
• Ensuring excellent project management across the programme to ensure guidelines are delivered to a high quality and on time.
• Prioritising communication with members, with accurate dates for revisions and publication and clear accounts of progress.
• Manage agreements with external stakeholders to a high standard on behalf of the society.
• Creating reports, posters and/or PowerPoint presentations to present at stakeholder and dissemination events and use in publicity, and creating or assisting in creating infographics or podcasts with partners e.g.Rheumatology Journal, as appropriate.
• Liaising with the Journal team in the identification of peer reviewers prior to submission and all final publication processes.
• Attending BSR Annual Conference and any other guideline relevant events: contributing to smooth running of any guideline sessions and attending presentations of guideline projects.
• Implementing appropriate support to our Patient and Public Involvement volunteers who serve on each guideline group, ensuring that we properly select and support ‘patient representative’ group members, in line with best practice in managing patient volunteers.

We'd love to hear from you if you: 

• Have excellent project management, time management & planning skills
• Have strong interpersonal, negotiation, oral and written communication skills - key contacts will be senior and junior clinicians, staff from varied backgrounds, patients, professional members and non-members.
• Have excellent presentation skills and are detailed oriented
• Have a good grasp of medical terminology
• Have a keen interest in developing clinical guidelines and proactive in acquiring expertise/knowledge in rheumatology and  in health communications generally
• Have the ability to apply professional expertise confidently and exercise independent judgement, to problem solve and/or delegate appropriate tasks.
• Can collaborate effectively and meet deadlines
• Can apply empathy and understanding for patient contacts involved in the development process and professional contacts in GWG’s that have NHS workloads and competing demands on their time

We want your experience of the following: 

• Experience of contract management
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Strong IT skills and experience in using MS Office
• Excellent project management, time management & planning skills
• Demonstrable experience in handling multiple external stakeholders and communicating effectively.
• Ability to develop strong positive working relationships across different teams and groups.
• Experience in research, analysis and problem-solving as well as thinking of new ideas to improve processes or stakeholder experiences.

We can offer: 

• A great place to work, we are Investors In People accredited and committed to Equality, Inclusion and Diversity

• Performance related pay and incentive schemes that include colleague nominated awards 
• Group pension scheme 
• 25 days holiday 
• A heap of benefits, such as BUPA health insurance, cycle to work schemes, buy/sell leave etc.

• Regular staff social events
• Year round learning and development programmes 

To apply: Pleasse visit our website and follow  instructions on how to apply.

Closing date to submit applications: Sunday 11th July 2021

Interviews will be held virtually the week commencing on Monday 12th July 2021

Pre- employment Checks:  Please note that any Employment with the BSR will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• receipt of two satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the UK

Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications that we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Industry 

• Hospital & Health Care / Charity

Employment Type 

Permanent & Full-time.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010. 

We want a working environment free of all the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all BSR employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity. 

Recruitment agencies are asked not to contact BSR for this role.