The process to appoint the new President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine gets underway on Monday 9 December 2024 when the nomination window opens.
The tenure of the current president Dr Adrian Boyle’s will come to an end at the AGM in the autumn of 2025.
From next week nominations will be sought from among the Fellowship to elect his successor, who will serve as President-elect from March 2025, formally taking up office in the autumn.
To be eligible to stand for President candidates must be a Fellow on the Specialist Register in a substantive consultant position in the NHS in the UK and be a member in good standing.
Nominations must be signed by a Fellow who practices Emergency Medicine in the UK, and by the applicant.
Applications should also include a personal statement of no more than 500 words.
The election process is being managed by Civica Election Services on behalf of the College.
Over the coming weeks eligible UK members (Fellow on the Specialist Register in a substantive consultant position in the NHS in the UK and be a member in good standing) will receive information via email on how they can nominate candidates. Emails will be sent from takepart@cesvotes.com
To ensure members receive these emails they are encouraged to ensure their registered email address is up to date. This can be done here
Members are also reminded to check their ‘spam’ or ‘junk’ email folders as sometimes emails of this type can be diverted there.
The President serves for a three-year term and all applicants must discuss the time required to perform the role with their clinical director to ensure the commitment is achievable with their current job plan.
A role description can be found here.
In the event of there being more than one nomination, a ballot will be authorised by Council and voting will open to all members on Monday 3 February 2025 and will close at 12pm on Monday 24 February 2025.
The election shall be decided by single transferable vote system.
Anyone who is interested in finding out more about the role is offered the change to discuss the position with the current president or the College’s CEO Gordon Miles. To arrange this please email membership@rcem.ac.uk and the team will assist.
From Monday 9 December further information, and details of how to make a nomination, will be available at www.cesvotes.com/rcempresident
