Quality Assurance Assessor
High-quality education is essential for surgeons to deliver the best possible patient care. Our Assessors play a vital role in us achieving this through the accreditation of educational activities worldwide.
In this role, you will use your expertise to help review educational activities against our standards framework and contribute clear, expert recommendations that improve learning across surgery.
This includes undertaking online and in-person reviews of everything from surgical education centres and senior clinical fellowships through to short courses and the allocation of CPD points to events.
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Who can apply
You can apply if you:
- are a Member or Fellow of the College;
- are interested in supporting accreditation reviews for a range of national and international courses and surgical training providers;
- are experienced in your field as a consultant, specialist, or similarly skilled surgeon or educationalist;
- are in good standing with your employer, the General Medical Council, the Royal College and/or your specialist association;
- have knowledge, skills and experience in surgical education and training, and can make sound, informed judgements using our standards framework;
- are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We welcome applications from all surgical specialties and are committed to building an inclusive profession that reflects the diversity of our community.
What to expect as a Quality Assurance Assessor
In this role, you will:
- represent the college on accreditation review panels for desktop, online and in‑person accreditation assessments;
- assess accreditation applications against the relevant standards and contribute to the overall recommendation for the Quality Assurance Operational Group, including any conditions, improvements or examples of good practice;
- complete documentation and summary briefs for inclusion in reports;
- provide clinical input to continuing professional development (CPD) applications, and offer educational expertise when reviewing portfolios;
- contribute to the remote assessment of surgeons in the Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme.
Before your first accreditation review, you will receive a comprehensive induction and typically join a small review team managed by a member of our Quality Assurance team.
Travel may be required, sometimes internationally, and all expenses are paid.
The benefits of being a Quality Assurance Assessor
By joining our assessor community, you will:
- help shape accreditation across centres, senior clinical fellowships, continuing professional development, courses, university and surgical care practitioner programmes;
- work with a wide range of providers, from universities and hospitals to med‑tech organisations;
- strengthen your expertise in standards, assessment and feedback, contributing to high‑quality learning experiences worldwide;
- be part of a trusted, expert network that raises standards in surgical education.
Terms of the post
- Initial term of three years.
- Available for a minimum of two review panels each year, plus desktop assessments of continuing professional development applications where relevant to your expertise.
- Travel and subsistence costs are reimbursed at agreed rates.
- You will be asked to adhere to the College’s Code of Conduct, reflecting the values and professionalism expected when working with the College.
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We're not actively recruiting assessors currently.
To register your interest in the role, please complete our short expression of interest form.
We will keep your details on file and contact you during our next recruitment round.
Contact
If you have any questions about applying for a Quality Assurance Assessor role, email qa@rcseng.ac.uk, and we’ll be happy to help.