Governance

Meetings

SERN have had two meetings so far: 1st March 2023, 30th August 2023.

Board and Committees

The activities of the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network will be the responsibility of five distinct committees, reporting to a steering committee.

 

Steering Committee

  • Remit and Responsibilities
  • Corporate responsibility for the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network
  • Strategic direction
  • Liaison with other organisations and agencies.

Administrative Committee

Remit and Responsibilities

  • Finances (including maintenance of accounts)
  • Management of any assets that sit outside of NHS (including property, vehicles, equipment)
  • Procurement
  • Employment
  • Fundraising

Research Committee

Remit and Responsibilities

  • Set research strategy for the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network.
  • Liaison and collaboration with other research organisations.
  • Manage research grants offered by Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network

Governance committee

Remit and Responsibilitie

  • Establishing and maintaining a national acute circulatory failure registry
  • Responsible for information governance relating to the registry and all other non-research and non-financial aspects of the organisations operation.
  • In liaison with clinical committee, set and audit key performance indicators relating to clinical activities.
  • Set and undertake quality improvement projects.

Education Committee

Remit and Responsibilities

  • Set Educational Strategy for the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network
  • Design and delivery of public awareness campaigns
  • Design and delivery of general healthcare professional awareness and training programmes.
  • Design and delivery of specialist ECLS training programmes
  • Website design and maintenance
  • Social media output

Clinical Committee

Remit and Responsibilities

  • Development of guidelines and standard operating procedures
  • Set clinical strategy for the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network.
  • Responsibility for accreditation and revalidation for professionals undertaking clinical work under the auspices of the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network.