Who can be an Assessor
- Must be a BSACI member
- Accredited GPwER,
- Consultant Allergist (Paediatric or Adult)
- Paediatrician with a Special Interest in Allergy
- Consultant Immunologist with a Special Interest in Allergy
What is the role of the Assessor
- Each GPwER candidate will have two assessors
- The assessor would need to review the candidate’s paperwork to sign off the applicant
- Assessors will be given 4-6 weeks to complete the assessment. The assessors’ forms may be found here
- Both assessors must approve the candidate before the national lead can provide final sign-off and grant GPWER accreditation
- Assessors shall confer with one another and/or the GPwER National Lead to reconcile any discrepancies in assessments or to address queries and concerns
To apply to become an assessor, please visit our vacancies page here.
Would assessors be paid for the assessment
- Yes, assessors would be paid (BSACI pay £150) for each assessment
The role of the Assessor [merge with above]
- In terms of assessors BSACI would have two for each application. An existing GPWER and specialist
- Assessors would be paid (BSACI pay £150) for each assessor
- To work with the applicant to sign off on application/standard applicant would need to do this through clinical supervisor and allergy specialist
- All folders can be sent to assessor via secure SharePoint
- Spreadsheet of applicants will be colour coded to identify what stage of their application/assessment process they are at
- Ensure everyone is given a unique ref number only use these instead of name for data protection services and for sending via email link to assessors
- Both assessors fill out their report form and share notes and need to come to an agreement as to the outcome of the application
- Assessors should have a month but in essence our internal deadline will be six weeks. A call for assessor is put out to the membership only need about 3 from specialist and 3 from Primary Care which can be rotated and ensure the same assessors are not always together as they can get too comfortable with each other and familiarity can take over from the objectives
- Both assessors to agree on final outcome of applicant if not we need to appoint a senior assessor
- Assessors have a contract with BSACI this enables some obligation on their part to fulfil this role
- TIP: Specialists naturally know more about topic area than those applying for GPwER status therefore have a tendency to be more hard on the candidate but have to remember these are GPs. The important area to consider is have they identified their capabilities and boundaries in order to be able to safely manage patients and know when to seek advice when appropriate
To apply to become an assessor, please visit our vacancies page here.
