Join our newly created Advisory Panels
IBMS Specialist Advisory Panels are groups of experts who specialise in their discipline area and advise the IBMS on science and policy, as well as helping the IBMS to put together the scientific programme at our biennial congress event. Panels are comprised of around twelve "expert" members that include a Chair, Deputy Chair, certificate of expert practice module tutors as well as 'ordinary' members.
Currently, there are vacancies on the newly created IBMS Advisory Panels for:
- Molecular Pathology
- Point of Care Testing (POCT)
- Quality Management
About the panels
The specialist advisory panels are vital in ensuring the success of the IBMS’s work.
Their work includes:
- Organising the scientific programme for their discipline for the IBMS Congress.
- Working with the IBMS on development of our professional qualifications, including Specialist Portfolios, Diploma of Expert Practice and Higher Specialist Diploma.
- Representing the IBMS at local and national professional healthcare groups and committees.
- Advising on IBMS professional guidance documents and statements.
- Providing advice on topics, including patient/service users, emerging technologies and laboratory training.
- Working with the IBMS’s Education and Professional Standards Committee and other working groups.
Get recognised for your expertise
Being a specialist advisory panel member can support your career progression, giving you the chance to undertake different roles, acquire new skills, develop your network, and share and contribute to the development of best practice.
"Being a panel member helps me to stay up to date with the plans and policies affecting pathology services in my discipline, and to contribute to them. It has broadened my network, my understanding of how laboratories around the country deal with issues and challenges and deepened my knowledge of current hospital laboratory practice.”
Dr Sarah Pitt – IBMS Council Member and Chief Examiner on Virology Advisory Panel
Credentials
To join as an "ordinary" member you need to:
- Be an IBMS Member or Fellow
- Have Scientific or managerial experience in your chosen discipline
- Show evidence of liaison with professional and/or academic contacts
Chartered Scientist (CSci) status is also desirable, although non-chartered individuals can be appointed initially as a co-opted member, moving to full membership once chartered.
“One of the most enjoyable aspects of being a panel member is helping to organise Congress – working with colleagues to find interesting and topical speakers and liaising with panel members on the day to ensure everything runs smoothly. Another aspect I enjoy is meeting colleagues from across the country, working together to keep the IBMS ahead of developments in clinical chemistry and thereby supporting our members and the profession.”
Joanna Andrew – IBMS Council Member and former member of Clinical Chemistry Advisory Panel
Terms of appointment
The standard term of appointment for each position on the panel is four years, with the option for further re-appointment. Panel meetings are held twice a year at the IBMS offices in London, reasonable expenses are covered.
How to apply
Please email a copy of your CV along with a supporting letter from your employer to: Donna Torrance, Head of Learning and Development, donnatorrance@ibms.org
Deadline - Friday 30th September 2022.