Salaried Regional Medical Member of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber Pre-Application Seminar 2025
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in April to recruit one candidate for the post of Regional Medical Member of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber. The vacancy is offered on a 50% salaried part-time working basis only.
The Social Entitlement Chamber hears appeals relating to a wide variety of benefit decisions made by central and local government. The post holder will sit as a medically qualified panel member, which includes sitting on complex cases such as Industrial Injuries Benefits, Diffuse Mesothelioma compensation, Vaccine Damage and Infected Blood Compensation appeals.
The post holder will also be responsible for supporting and appraising medical members assigned to the region as well as supporting the Chief Medical Member.
The vacancy is in the following region: North East Region.
The seminar
The Judicial Office is organising a pre-application seminar that will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Monday 14th April 2025 (5-6pm).
The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an application and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’s selection process. As well as the JAC, you will also hear from the President of the Social Entitlement Chamber, the Chief Medical Member and a current Regional Medical Member.
Who should attend?
This role is open to registered medical practitioners with unconditional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC). The Lord Chancellor also expects that candidates for salaried posts will have sufficient directly relevant previous judicial experience sitting as a fee-paid medical member of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal. For fee-paid members this should be for a period of at least 30 sitting days since appointment at the point of application. Only in exceptional cases and if the candidate in question has demonstrated the necessary skills in some other significant way should an exception be made.
Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups (women, ethnic minority candidates, disabled candidates).
For more information on the work of the Social Entitlement Chamber click here - Social Entitlement Chamber - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
To attend, please register at the bottom of this page.
Further information
Here is a link to the JAC’s future vacancies page click HERE
To sign up for this recruitment campaigns alerts please click HERE
For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/selection exercise please contact the JAC selection exercise team 255SRMMTFTTSEC@judicialappointments.gov.uk
For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar please email JudicialHROutreachEvents@judiciary.uk
Please note that although the Judicial Office will be running the pre-application seminar, the actual recruitment campaign is being done and led by the Judicial Appointments Commission.
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