ART Committee
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Roger Moore - Chairman/Twitter Admin
I started my career as trainee renal technician at Wordsley Hospital in 1985, have over 13 years experience in renal technology, of which 7 years were as Chief Clinical Technologist at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. I have been an ART Committee Member since 2006, being Secretary from 2008 to 2015. I'm also the ART representative on the British Renal Society Council. I was a member of the West Midlands Renal Network group responsibly for developing Quality Requirements for Services for Patient with End Stage Renal Failure, including Renal Transplantation for use in self-assessment and peer review also participating in several peer review visits to Trusts within the West Midlands Renal Network. I was also a member of the West Midlands Renal Network Herefordshire and Worcestershire Workforce Group. I have presented to a regional Specialist Registrar group and dialysis unit nurses on the subject of The Role of Water in Dialysis and Principles of Water Treatment Plant Design and Operation. I also chair sessions and presented at the ART National Meetings and chaired technical sessions at BRS conferences. When not working for the NHS I have worked in the electronics service industry on products ranging from time and attendance recording equipment, radio paging and DECT telephony equipment. |
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Gerry Boyle - Facebook Admin & Patient Safety Link
I have more than 35 years experience in customer care, technical support and training. During that time I’ve worked in research and development of periscope optics testing for the MoD, as technical trainer for International Technical Service group in Gambro Sweden specialising in Water Treatment Systems, and (after 16 years with Gambro as service engineer) in Renal Technical Services at Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Trust in London, Salford Royal NHS Trust, BBraun Renal Services and St. Georges NHS Trust in London. I currently work in Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary Renal Unit. Since 2005 I have been part of the Association of Renal Technologists (ART) committee, specialising in website admin, regional training and Patient Safety, and I currently represent ART on the National Patient Safety Committee. I strongly believe in supporting the delivery of lifelong learning and putting patients first. |
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Terry Simpson - Treasurer
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Chris Pearson - ARI Representative
Prior to forming Health Tec Medical Limited in 1999, Chris had over 10 years technical experience at the Sheffield Renal Unit with 3 year’s experience at MTO level 3. Subsequent to this Chris also has 12 year’s experience in various commercial, technical, clinical, sales and senior managerial roles at Cobe Laboratories, Althin Medical, Organon Teknika, Gambro Hospal and Fresenius Medical Care. |
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Peter Jones - National Conference Organiser/RCT ART Representative
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Ian Wilde - Website Admin
I started in the NHS in 1995 securing a trainee MTO position as it was known back then within the Medical Engineering department at Manchester Royal Infirmary. In 1997 Medical Engineering took over the Renal Technical Service which is where I got my first taste of dialysis equipment. In 2001 the renal unit regained control of the technical service and I had to make a choice of stay with renal or move back to Medical Engineering full time. I stayed within renal becoming joint head of service in 2009 and then sole head of service in 2013. I left the NHS in 2022 to join Fresenius Medical Care UK as a regional manager and then moved to technical lead for UK&I in 2024. I have been an ART Committee member since 2014. I am also partly responsible for the ART website administration. |
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Kevin Gibbs - Secretary
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Drew Blackmore
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Stephen Palmer - Training Scheme Lead
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ART Committee Job Descriptions
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A Member of the Committee
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Experience
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 1 year.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
There will always be a variety of initiatives and programmes of work that need to be taken forward and as a committee member you will be expected to take an active role in these as required or as requested but preferably as volunteered.
Membership of the committee is not time limited but after a period of 3 years the member must be re-elected onto the committee.
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 1 year.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
There will always be a variety of initiatives and programmes of work that need to be taken forward and as a committee member you will be expected to take an active role in these as required or as requested but preferably as volunteered.
Membership of the committee is not time limited but after a period of 3 years the member must be re-elected onto the committee.
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Vice Chairman of the Committee
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Experience
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 2 years.
You will have been a member of the ART committee for a minimum of 1 year.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the ART chairman, in the event of the chairman’s absence. This will entail taking the chair at all meetings of the Association which he or she attends.
The Vice chairman will represent the Association at various meetings, either with or without the chairman.
The Vice chairman will act as a moderator at meetings when required and be available to discuss and formulate ideas and strategies for consideration at committee meetings.
The Vice chairman is not expected to ascend to the role of chairman, this would be the role of the chairman elect.
The post of Vice chairman is not time limited but after a period of 1 year the member must stand for re-election at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 2 years.
You will have been a member of the ART committee for a minimum of 1 year.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the ART chairman, in the event of the chairman’s absence. This will entail taking the chair at all meetings of the Association which he or she attends.
The Vice chairman will represent the Association at various meetings, either with or without the chairman.
The Vice chairman will act as a moderator at meetings when required and be available to discuss and formulate ideas and strategies for consideration at committee meetings.
The Vice chairman is not expected to ascend to the role of chairman, this would be the role of the chairman elect.
The post of Vice chairman is not time limited but after a period of 1 year the member must stand for re-election at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
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Chairman of the Committee
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Experience
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 2 years.
You will have been a member of the ART committee for a minimum of 2 years, 1 year as chairman elect.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
The chairman will take the chair at all meetings that he or she attends.
The chairman shall have the casting vote in the event of equality of voting.
The chairman shall arrange the committee meetings and produce all documentation, including an Agenda, for the meeting.
The chairman must present the strategy appropriate for the Association, always considering the aims of the Association, the role of the professional body and supporting the membership.
The chairman must endeavour to ensure that the membership are always informed and must operate a policy of “Inclusion”.
The chairman will be expected, whenever possible, to represent ART at meetings identifying ART strategies and membership views.
The chairman will be expected to sign all professional body documentation on behalf of the Association.
The chairman will be expected to write reviews and updates for Artery and the website and present an annual review at the AGM, held at the National Conference, which he will be expected to chair.
The post of chairman is not time limited but needs to be reviewed every year at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
If a chairman elect is in post, the current chairman must acknowledge this and work for a period of at least 1 year to develop a smooth hand-over of responsibilities to the chairman elect.
After a period of 3 years the chairman must stand for re-election to the committee at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
You will be currently employed as a Renal Technologist and also will have been a member of The Association of Renal Technology for a minimum of 2 years.
You will have been a member of the ART committee for a minimum of 2 years, 1 year as chairman elect.
Commitment
You must be able to attend, or have the support to attend, ART committee meetings, these will occur approximately every 2 months and you need to be able to attend for 6 – 8 days a year.
It is desirable that you are able to support and attend the annual 2 day ART National Conference.
You must be enthusiastic and keen to help develop and promote ART as the professional body for renal technology.
Duties
The chairman will take the chair at all meetings that he or she attends.
The chairman shall have the casting vote in the event of equality of voting.
The chairman shall arrange the committee meetings and produce all documentation, including an Agenda, for the meeting.
The chairman must present the strategy appropriate for the Association, always considering the aims of the Association, the role of the professional body and supporting the membership.
The chairman must endeavour to ensure that the membership are always informed and must operate a policy of “Inclusion”.
The chairman will be expected, whenever possible, to represent ART at meetings identifying ART strategies and membership views.
The chairman will be expected to sign all professional body documentation on behalf of the Association.
The chairman will be expected to write reviews and updates for Artery and the website and present an annual review at the AGM, held at the National Conference, which he will be expected to chair.
The post of chairman is not time limited but needs to be reviewed every year at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
If a chairman elect is in post, the current chairman must acknowledge this and work for a period of at least 1 year to develop a smooth hand-over of responsibilities to the chairman elect.
After a period of 3 years the chairman must stand for re-election to the committee at the first committee meeting after the AGM.
