Becoming a DGM examiner and other vacancies

The DGM has an examiner pool consisting of experienced healthcare professionals, all of whom are expert judges of clinical skills relating to the care of older people.

Applications to be an examiner are currently closed. If you wish to be notified when they reopen, or have any questions regarding examining, please contact the RCP Assessment Unit via DGM@rcp.ac.uk.

To be eligible to apply to be a DGM examiner, applicants must provide evidence to show they meet the following criteria:

1. Hold current statutory registration with the relevant regulator – usually the General Medical Council (GMC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health & Care Professions’ Council (HCPC).
2. Be in good standing with their regulatory body.
3. Be actively employed in the UK.
4. Be able to demonstrate the following level of clinical experience:
   1. Doctors should hold MRCP(UK)/MRCGP/MRCPsych (or equivalent) and be working as a consultant or specialist (SAS) in geriatric medicine, an old age psychiatrist, or a GP. Working with older people should account for a significant proportion of both their current clinical workload and clinical workload over the last 3 years.
   2. Advanced clinical practitioners should have completed a relevant qualification (a master’s degree or equivalent). Working with older people should account for a significant proportion of both their current clinical workload and clinical workload over the last 3 years since obtaining advanced practitioner status.
   3. Physician assistants should have completed a relevant qualification (a master’s degree or equivalent). Working with older people should account for a significant proportion of both their current clinical workload and clinical work over the last 5 years.
5. Be able to demonstrate current experience in the following areas of working with older people:
   1. Conducting physical examinations, providing diagnoses and formulating management plans.
   2. Undertaking comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs).
   3. Understanding and implementing the relevant legal frameworks and ethical principles that underpin care of older people.
6. Be actively engaged in the training of junior practitioners to provide high quality person-centred care for older people.
7. Be up to date as appropriate with relevant national guidelines, CPD requirements, employer’s equality and diversity training and appraisal process.

Examiner appointments will be for an initial term of 3 years, subject to satisfactory performance, and renewable after review by the DGM Clinical Examination Lead and (in respect of continuing eligibility) by the RCP Assessment Unit.

The DGM examiner code of conduct and misconduct policies, which all examiners must abide by, can be found in the downloads section below.