Information day for PIC and DC vacancies

Are you interested in upholding standards of veterinary professional conduct? Would you like to help us maintain public confidence in the veterinary profession? Would you like to find out more about our concerns investigation processes?

If so, and you have ideally a minimum of five years’ experience in clinical veterinary practice, why not consider applying to join either our Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) or Disciplinary Committee (DC)?

We currently have a number of vacancies on both PIC and DC, including for a new PIC Chair Designate.

To help you find out more about the work of both these committees, we are holding an informal information day at our offices on 22 October 2018.

You will be able to meet and chat to the chairs and some veterinary members of both committees, as well as the key staff involved in handling the concerns we receive.

There will also be a short presentation on the application process from Thewlis Graham Associates – the external agency handling the recruitment.

In two separate 45-minute sessions, we will present some anonymised PIC case studies and example DC cases to talk through in small informal groups, to help convey an idea of the work involved, and the challenges you could expect to face, when making decisions on allegations of serious professional misconduct or fitness to practise. You would be welcome to attend either or both of these sessions, as you wish.

The overall programme will be run in the morning and repeated in the afternoon, to suit differing diaries and travel times – please see the programme details below.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided, and we will reimburse reasonable travel expenses.

To reserve your free place, please contact Dawn Wiggins ([email protected] / 020 7202 0737)

Alternatively, if you cannot attend on the 22nd, but would like to speak to our Director of Legal Services Eleanor Ferguson about the vacancies, please contact Dawn to arrange a convenient time.

Morning session

10.00     Introduction and welcome – Eleanor Ferguson, Registrar

10.10     An overview of the application process – Thewlis Graham Associates

10.30     Preliminary Investigation Committee case studies

11.15     Coffee break

11.30     Disciplinary Committee Case Studies

12.15     Round-up and general discussion

13.00     Lunch

Afternoon session (repeated)

13.00     Lunch

14.00     Introduction and welcome – Eleanor Ferguson, Registrar

14.10     An overview of the application process – Thewlis Graham Associates

14.30     Preliminary Investigation Committee case studies

15.15     Tea break

15.30     Disciplinary Committee Case Studies

16.15     Round-up and general discussion

17.00     Close