Welcome to the NHS Revalidation Support Team (RST)

Responsible officers and the HR team

The Medical Profession (Responsible Officer) Regulations 2010 outline a number of duties that will have considerable overlap with HR processes.  

HR can support ROs with:

• systems and procedural expertise
• advice on employee relations and employment law
• resources for case management and investigation
• training and induction

ROs and HR - working together:

• Establish working relationships between the RO & HR Director and also with the individuals who will be working alongside and supporting you
• Review current pre-employment check processes and make any necessary amendments – for example recording the name of the RO of all doctors who carry out work in your organisation for any period of time
• Explore how current employment procedures align to Maintaining High Professional Standards – this can be a useful guide even for non NHS organisations
• Ensure policies and procedures for investigating and handling concerns are in place and aligned with those for other employees.
• Identify now with HR who in the organisation could act as a case manager or investigator when a concern about a doctor does arise
• Look at the training requirements of appraisers, case managers and investigators and explore how HR can assist in this area
• A unified HR and RO record may well be beneficial – HR will be able to guide you on record keeping and storage requirements
• Review processes for the medical workforce against processes for other groups of professional staff to ensure equity and consistency