Back to top
Assessor's report form and criteria
Faculty Assessors for senior public health appointments are asked to complete this form following the appointments committee meeting for any senior public health appointments.
Criteria for external assessors for senior public health appointment
Assessors must comply with the criteria set by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Board which are also in line with the NHS (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations and must continue to comply with them to remain eligible. The criteria are:
- to be a Fellow, Member, or Honorary Member of FPH ‘in good standing', including meeting FPH's minimum CPD standards
- to have full specialist registration via either the GMC Specialist Register, the GDC Specialist List in dental public health, or the UK Public Health Register
- to have been working for a minimum of five years in public health posts and currently to be working in an NHS/government/public health post (or honorary NHS public health post) as a consultant, or as a consultant in a related specialty (eg CCDC, CHP, consultant epidemiologist, etc) in the UK
- to have been trained in fair and non-discriminatory interviewing and selection techniques and to have received appropriate training in the application of equal opportunities legislation to appointment procedures
Definition of FPH's minimum requirements for CPD
'In order to comply with FPH's minimum standards for CPD and to remain in good standing, all FPH members must have submitted a satisfactory CPD return for the previous calendar year, or have been exempted from this requirement.'
Good practice guidelines
- Assessors should undertake CPD on the application of equal opportunities legislation to appointment procedures at least every two years and be able to provide evidence of this
- Assessors should ensure that they are normally available for at least four Advisory Appointments Committees (AACs) over a two-year period*
- Assessors should return their report to FPH within five working days of the AAC
* FPH recognises that this might not be possible during the current climate of health reforms.
