Professional Support and Standards Board (Clinical Radiology)
The Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board (CR PSSB) is responsible on behalf of the Faculty Board for all the following activities:
- Preparation, approval and review of arrangements for revalidation in the specialty including the arrangements for CPD;
- Commissioning, oversight and presentation to the Faculty Board for approval: standards, guidelines, advice and statements for practice in the specialty and ensuring that such documents are regularly reviewed and updated as required;
- Oversight and development of arrangements for collecting and analysing data and producing reports on the workforce in the specialty including the Advisory Appointments Committee function;
- Liaison and communication arrangements with national or UK devolved country bodies dealing with practice, standards, advice, guidance, revalidation, CPD and workforce among others;
- The development and delivery of research in clinical radiology ensuring such work is co-ordinated with work pre the award of a Certificate of Completion of Training undertaken by the Clinical Radiology Specialty Training Board.The CR PSSB commissions specific pieces of work or projects from CR PSSB committees, sub-committees or working parties and/or establishes time-limited working parties for the particular purpose (setting terms of reference and work programmes accordingly).
The CR PSSB works, as required by the Faculty Board, with other boards, committees, sub-committees or working parties within the Faculty, or with the Faculty of Clinical Oncology on related activities where there is a practice-related component.
The CR PSSB works in a cost-effective manner and monitors the impact of its activities.
Members
- Dr R Uberoi
- Dr D Fascia (Clinical Radiologist Informatics Adviser)
- Dr R Greenhalgh (Chair of the Clinical Radiology Audit Committee)
- Dr K Halliday (President)
- Dr S Harden (Vice-President, Faculty of Clinical Radiology)
- Dr K Hawtin (Clinical Radiologist Less Than Full-Time Training and Working Adviser)
- Dr Q Malik (Medical Director, Membership & Business)
- Professor R Morgan (Chair of CR Academic Committee)
- Dr S Redman (Radiation Protection Adviser)
- Dr T See (Clinical Radiologist Patient Safety and Human Factors Adviser)
- Dr P Set (Human Factors Adviser)
- Dr J Smith (REAL Panel Chair)
- Dr S Suresh (MDET, Clinical Radiologist)
- Dr D Blunt
- Dr N Dugar
- Dr C Gan
- Dr N Karunanithy
- Mr S Ainsworth
- Dr A Taylor (JRF rep)
- Dr C Hammond
- Dr E Hughes
- Dr V Parulekar (SAS doctor)
Terms of reference
1. Commission, approve and periodically review professional standards, guidelines, advice, and statements for practice.
2. Prepare, approve, and review arrangements for the RCR continuing professional development scheme and RCR support for appraisal and revalidation.
3. Oversee and develop arrangements for collecting and analysing data and producing reports on the workforce and other aspects as required.
4. Oversee and review periodically the Advisory Appointments Committee function.
5. Develop and deliver RCR policy on and support for research ensuring such work is co-ordinated with work pre the award of a Certificate of Completion of Training undertaken by the Specialty Training Board.
6. Approve any publications associated with its work.
7. Develop for consideration by the Faculty Board new developments or initiatives which may require review and scrutiny by the advisers to Council or as directed by Council.
8. Undertake any other developments, projects, or initiatives at the request of the Faculty Board.
9. Ensure there is full and appropriate engagement of the Faculty more widely and other RCR bodies and external groups in respect of the above functions, and that views expressed are fully considered in making decisions.
10. Where a matter has implications for the Clinical Oncology Faculty, ensure that that Faculty is appropriately consulted or involved and the resultant outcome is co-ordinated and consistent across the Faculties, taking account of any directions in this regard issued by Council.
11. Where proposals or initiatives discussed by the Board would incur expenditure or future financial commitment by the College which is not within the approved budget, refer the proposal or initiative for financial appraisal and consideration under the out-of-budget expenditure procedure as agreed from time to time by Council.
12. Ensure the Faculty Board is updated on its work.
Subsidiary bodies
13. Establish such subsidiary bodies as are required and that can be resourced to enable the work of the Board and its plan to be effectively discharged, ensuring that each such body has a clear purpose and terms of reference, that programmes of work are appropriate and agreed and reported on.
14. Periodically review the purpose and remit of each subsidiary body.
Membership
15. Ex-officio members
• Clinical Radiology Medical Director, Professional Practice
• Vice-President, Faculty of Clinical Radiology
• Clinical Radiology Medical Director, Education and Training
• President, RCR
• Medical Director, Membership and Business, RCR
• Chair of the Clinical Radiology Academic Committee
• Chair of the Clinical Radiology Audit and Quality Improvement Committee
• Radiology Informatics Adviser
• Clinical Radiology Less Than Full-Time Training and Working Adviser
• Clinical Radiology Patient Safety Adviser
• Clinical Radiology Human Factors Adviser
• Clinical Radiology Radiation Protection Adviser
• Chair of the Radiology Events and Learning (REAL) Panel
16. Elected Members
• There will be four members elected by means of nomination and election processes that as far as possible parallel those that apply to the election of members to the CR Faculty Board.
• Elected members will serve for a term of three years.
• They may subsequently apply, in common with all other eligible RCR members, to be an appointed member of CR PSSB.
17. Appointed Members
• There will be two appointed members who will serve for a term of three years.
• Appointed members will be Fellows of the Faculty of Clinical Radiology and resident in the UK and shall be in active clinical practice at the time of their appointment.
• Appointed members may subsequently, in common with all other eligible RCR members, be candidates for elected membership of CR PSSB.
• Applications from Fellows for appointed membership will be ranked against the person specification by a selection panel comprising the CR Medical Director Professional Practice, the Vice President Clinical Radiology and two elected members of Faculty Board.
18. Any elected or appointed member of the Board shall cease to hold office if they fail to participate in person or by video/teleconference in two consecutive meetings of the Board without providing an explanation which the Chair considers satisfactory.
19. Lay Membership
• There will be one lay member who will be selected from the College lay member network.
20. Junior Radiologists’ Forum
• A representative of the Junior Radiologists’ Forum will attend meetings as an observer.
Chair
21. The Board will be chaired by the Medical Director, Professional Practice. In their absence, another Clinical Radiology Officer will chair the meeting.
22. The duties of the Chair include:
• Chairing all meetings
• Ensuring that the purpose and terms of reference are observed
• Engaging all members of the Board in the work being done
• Ensuring regular reports are made to the Faculty Board
• Ensuring that relevant matters are drawn to the attention of the Vice President, the Faculty Board or Leadership Team as appropriate
• Acting as media spokesperson for the College in respect of matters within the remit of the Board at the request of the President.
Operation
23. The Board will meet three times per year, unless exceptionally required to transact urgent business.
24. Meetings may be held by virtual means/remote attendance.
25. Board members will be called upon to consider or determine matters electronically between meetings, via regular interim reports, and are expected to contribute to such considerations or decisions as part of their duties as Board members.
26. Board members will not speak on or behalf of the College unless authorised to do so.
27. Board members will abide by any stated or implied confidentiality that attaches to the work of the Board during or after any period of membership.
28. Board members will comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 as regards processing (as defined in the Act) of any personal data where it is made available to them as part of their work.
29. At meetings of the Board, three members including one Officer eligible to attend and one elected member shall form a quorum.
Approved by PSSB in September 2021
Approved by Faculty Board in April 2022
Governance
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