The Clinical Assessment - Quality Assurance Lead is a member of the senior clinical leadership team for examinations within the RCOG and serves on the Examination and Assessment Committee (EAC).
The postholder is responsible for providing quality assurance oversight of the MRCOG Part 3 exam, which includes a review of all selected exam material for each diet, monitoring assessment performance and outcomes, identifying areas for improvement, and leading the development and implementation of quality assurance processes and strategies to ensure the validity, reliability and fairness of the examination.
The Clinical Assessment - Quality Assurance Lead is expected to attend all meetings of the EAC which are held four times per year (three face-to-face and one virtual meeting). They are also expected to attend all relevant Examination Board meetings (two per year) following each examination diet to review examination performance and candidate outcomes in addition to attending all London diets of the Clinical Assessment (two diets per year) and subsequent examination wash-up meetings (two per year).
UK Fellows and Members are eligible to apply for this position.
The appointment will be made by application and interview (with a five minute presentation – topic will be confirmed with applicant).
Please see the role description, person specifications and other information at the bottom of the page.
How to apply
To apply, please complete the form via the button below, where you will also have to upload a brief CV on one page of A4.
Should you have any additional enquiries please email ExamCommittees@rcog.org.uk.
Application deadline: Friday 19 June 2026
Interview date: Friday 10 July 2026
Start date: Friday 17 July 2026
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Role description
Clinical Assessment - Quality Assurance Lead, Examination and Assessment Committee
- Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee, RCOG
- Education Board, RCOG
- President and Council, RCOG
This appointment is for a three-year term, beginning in July 2026
The Clinical Assessment - Quality Assurance Lead will have the following particular areas of responsibility:
- Proof reading and robust quality assurance review of all exam materials for each diet of the MRCOG Part 3 examinations
- Coordinating the quality assurance team of examiners & QA exercise at each Part 3 diet at RCOG, Union Street
- Providing senior supervision and quality assurance oversight in collaboration with the Part 3 Exam Chair and Exam Department Leads for each Part 3 diet at RCOG, Union Street
- Providing senior supervision and quality assurance oversight of the QA team of examiners for QA exercises in MRCOG Part 3 international centres, when required
- Reviewing and vetting for approval of UK & International Part 3 examiner applications
- Attending and provide senior input into Examination Board meetings for MRCOG Part 3 - reviewing examination performance and candidate outcomes
- Participating as senior faculty for Part 3 new Examiners online training events
- Providing supervision and joint leadership, along with the Chair of Part 3 committee, for the RCOG Part 3 Examiners refresher resource on LMS and any performance review decisions, where required
- Advising the Chair of the Part 3 sub-committee on question quality and standardisation
- Developing and implementing QA strategies to ensure clinical and lay examiner standardisation within centres and between centres
- Monitoring examiner performance and advising the Examination Department on actions required to mitigate any identified issues
- Chairing Examination Task and Finish Groups, when required
Person specification
Essential
- MRCOG/FRCOG
- Currently practising in the UK
- Registered with a licence to practise with GMC or Irish Medical Council, in good standing
- Included on the GMC Specialist register and CCT
- Member of the College’s Panel of Membership examiners
- Member (or past member) of one of the Examination Sub-Committees
- Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and assessment
- Active or previous participation in the writing of relevant types of examination questions
- Evidence of Equality and Diversity training within previous two years
Essential
- Able to maintain confidentiality and security
- Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the objectives and targets aligned to the Examination and Assessment Committee and RCOG Goals and Visions
Desirable
- Attention to detail
- Flexibility
- Collaborative working
- Leadership experience
- Experience of chairing an Examinations Committee
- Understanding of Quality Assurance and Quality Management paradigms
- Understanding of question analysis
- Understanding of question writing pedagogy
- Understanding of unconscious bias and equality and diversity issues
- Insight to statistical exam modelling
- Insight to reasonable adjustment and differential attainment in exams
CPD information
Information about the RCOG CPD Framework can be found here.
Committee Chair/Member/Course Convenors and Organisers
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For those who prefer to follow RCOG recommendations, the CPD Framework still provides a suggested number of credits that can be claimed for different CPD activities.
Further information can be found in the RCOG CPD Framework document.
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