Appraisal for Doctors and Dentists
(excluding General Medical
Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners)
General
Appraisal is a professional process of constructive dialogue, in which
the doctor or dentist being appraised has a formal structured opportunity to reflect on his/her work
and to consider how his/her effectiveness might be improved.
It is a positive employer led process to give doctors and dentists feedback
on their performance, to chart their continuing progress and to identify development needs. It
is a forward-looking process essential for the developmental and educational planning needs of an individual.
It is not the primary aim of appraisal to scrutinise doctors or dentists to see if they are performing
poorly but rather to help them consolidate and improve on good performance, aiming towards excellence.
However, it can help to recognise, at an early stage, developing poor performance or ill health,
which may be affecting practice.
The aims and objectives of the appraisal scheme are to enable HPSS employers
and doctors and dentists to:
- review regularly an individual’s work and performance, utilising relevant and appropriate comparative performance data from local, regional and national sources;
- optimise the use of skills and resources in seeking to achieve the delivery of service priorities;
- consider the doctor's/dentist's’s contribution to the quality and improvement of services and priorities delivered locally;
- set out personal and professional development needs and agree plans for these to be met;
- identify the need for the working environment to be adequately resourced to enable any service objectives in the agreed job plan review to be met;
- provide an opportunity for doctors/dentists to discuss and seek support for their participation in activities for the wider HPSS.
Appraisal Documentation
Consultants
- Circular HSS(TC8) 3/2001 - Consultants' Contract: Annual Appraisal for Consultants (PDF 552 KB)
- Circular HSS(TC8) 11/2001 - Consultants' Contract: Annual Appraisal for Consulants (PDF 800 KB)
- Circular HSS(TC8) 11/2001 - Consultants' Contract: Annual Appraisal for Consultants (MS Word 157 KB)
Consultants in Public Health Medicine
- Circular HSS(TC8) 9/2003 - Further Guidance on Appraisal for Consultants in Public Health Medicine (PDF 740 KB)
- Circular HSS(TC8) 9/2003 - Further Guidance on Appraisal for Consultants in Public Health Medicine (MS Word 112 KB)
Consultant Clinical Academic Staff
- Circular HSS(TC8) 10/2003 - Appraisal for Consultant Clinical Academic Staff (PDF 135 KB)
- Circular HSS(TC8) 10/2003 - Appraisal for Consultant Clinical Academic Staff (MS Word 136 KB)
Non-Consultant Career Grade Staff
- Circular HSS(TC8) 1/2003 - Non-Consultant Career Grade Doctors: Annual Appraisal (PDF 1.15 MB)
- Circular HSS(TC8) 1/2003 - Non-Consultant Career Grade Doctors: Annual Appraisal (MS Word 208 KB)
Junior Doctors
Information on appraisal for junior doctors can be found at the Northern
Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency website.
