We welcome applications from medical professionals with a
broad range of experience in the field of cardiology. While your professional
background and experience is important, what we are most interested in is the
way in which you use your experience.
We are looking for engaged and enthusiastic panel members
who can support our panel, challenge constructively and robustly, and provide a
rich diversity of information and advice that will help DVLA to licence drivers
appropriately.
You will be joining us at an
exciting time where we have gone through the enormous challenge of managing the
COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in relation to the UK’s exit from the European
Union. This is a time that continues to bring huge and exciting opportunities.
Our organisation has come together and adapted quickly to change, developing
new ways of working that ensure we continue to deliver first class services
that meet the needs of the country’s drivers.
While
we have made a tremendous start on this huge programme of change, there are
still ample opportunities to help us continue to learn, adapt, innovate and
continuously improve how we do things.
If this sounds like the sort of role that excites you, we
would love to hear from you.
The
panels and your role
As a panel member you will be expected to:
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Play an integral part in this by providing
advice about the medical standards for fitness to drive that accurately
reflects the current understanding of cardiology and its effect on an
individual’s ability to drive
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Notify the panel of developments in cardiology,
which could have an impact on the standards, guidance or DVLA processes
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Attend a panel meeting on two separate days a
year, plus preparation time beforehand to consider papers ahead of the meeting
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Make the panel aware of the full range of opinion
within the world of cardiac medicine
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Challenge assumptions on which advice is
formulated and question/comment on information provided
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Attend joint panel meetings to discuss issues or
cases, which cover areas relevant to more than one medical panel
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Where appropriate, on request, produce written
reports for consideration at panel meetings. This would include reports with
recommendations on specific issues identified by DVLA or the panel for presentation
to, and discussion by, the panel (e.g. identification and evaluation of current
research and literature)
·
Provide written advice in a timely manner on
individual complex cases, if/when requested by DVLA
·
Identify new areas of research that will/could affect
drivers and DVLA policy in the future, and present research findings to the
panel
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Explore and research any identified gaps in the
evidence base through panel discussions or working/subgroup work and make
proposals for how these are to be addressed eg. recommendations for
departmental sponsored research and agreeing relevant terms of reference
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Contribute to an annual horizon scanning
exercise that will be used to inform discussions on a forward work plan at an
annual review
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Apply your knowledge wherever relevant, and share
that knowledge in a way that invites further questions
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Exercise independent judgement and
constructively challenge and encourage panel members
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State and support your own decision whilst able
to follow verbal argument/discussions
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Engage with panel members and stakeholders
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Draw upon specialist research and present your
own findings through written and oral communications
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Demonstrate excellent listening skills with the
ability to be open and honest
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Read and interpret large quantities of complex
information from a range of different sources
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Use logical reasoning and a structured approach
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Weigh up evidence, keep to the facts and apply
objectivity
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Offer an alternative perspective based on an
ability to consider sensitive issues from an informed and balanced viewpoint
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Abide by the “Seven Principles of Public Life”,
sometimes referred to as the Nolan Principles. Further information can be found
at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life