President and vice president (health professionals)
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We will be seeking nominations for president and vice-president paediatric and adolescent rheumatology in November 2026. If you’re interested in standing, please get in touch.
The president and vice presidents are the three most senior elected officer roles at BSR. As well as being key ambassadors for the Society, our president and vice presidents act as the voice of our members across the whole multi-disciplinary rheumatology team. Our president and vice presidents oversee our organisational strategy, directly influencing how we improve best practice and shape the future of rheumatology in line with our mission.
Impact of the role:
As an elected ambassador for BSR and its members, our president and vice presidents have the visibility and influence to promote and shape the Society’s work.
Eligibility criteria:
President – candidates must be a consultant member of BSR for no less than five years and must have previously served on one of our standing committees or council.
Vice President health professionals – candidates must be a current member of BSR, practising as a nurse, AHP, pharmacist, psychologist or physician associate working in an NHS rheumatology service or clinical academia.
Vice President paediatric and adolescent rheumatology - candidates must be a current member of BSR and practising in the field of child/paediatric and adolescent rheumatology.
Minimum time commitment:
President – approximately one day per week
Vice President health professionals – approximately two hours per week
Vice President paediatric and adolescent rheumatology – approximately two hours per week
Length of term: Three years
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Become a Trustee
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- Member trustee
- Lay trustee
We elect member trustees to our Board to provide strategic direction and expertise across a variety of areas and champion BSR’s values. Enquire here.
Impact of the role: Our Board of Trustees advise and contribute their knowledge, experience and expertise in a way that directly influences the strategic direction of the Society. Through this, the Board keep our members needs at the forefront, ensuring that BSR delivers work that supports the rheumatology profession and improves patient care.
We may also appoint up to four lay trustees to join the BSR Board. Lay trustees are not practising in the field of rheumatology and are sought for their expertise in different areas such as finance or strategic communications.
Eligibility criteria: We look for individuals who share our values and have an interest in supporting BSR. You don’t need to have prior experience of being a Trustee nor have taken part in other committees.
Minimum time commitment: Approximately one day per month, including attending the quarterly board meeting.
Length of term: Three years
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MDT Advisory Council
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The MDT Advisory Council advises on issues across the multi-disciplinary team in paediatric, adolescent and adult rheumatology. It is key in sharing local developments and identifying how BSR can effectively support members.
It is made up of clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs), pharmacists, psychologists, physician associates and other health professionals representing the paediatric, adolescent and adult rheumatology community, from each of our seven English regions and the devolved nations. For more information, contact us.
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Work with our journals
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- Journal reviewers
- Editors
- Co-editors
- Associate editors
- Editorial board
There are a number of ways you can get involved and work with our academic journals, Rheumatology and Rheumatology Advances in Practice, including roles within the editing team, sitting on the editorial board and reviewing journal articles.
These roles play a key part in making sure our journals remain at the forefront of rheumatology research and publish the latest findings across the discipline.
The journals regularly recruit for Co- and Associate editors. Expressions of interest are welcome for our Editorial Boards and reviewer pools at any time.
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Get involved with our education courses
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- Education course steering group
- Digital learning board
Our education courses and digital learning are shaped by the expertise of our Education Course Steering Groups and Digital Learning Board. They ensure our CPD courses, online learning and podcasts meet the needs of the adult and paediatric rheumatology communities and are based on established best practice, clinical evidence and the latest research.
Eligibility criteria:
We welcome all members of the adult and paediatric rheumatology MDT, especially those with an interest in medical education and training, to help shape our educational offering.
Minimum time commitment:
Education course steering groups: 3 x steering group meetings, 3 hours project coordination and attendance at live event (1 day) per year.
Digital learning board meetings: This is a three year position, 3 x board meetings per year, project work and meetings as allocated.
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Contribute to our clinical guidelines
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- Guidelines steering group
- Guideline working group
Impact of the role:
Our guidelines steering group offers a unique opportunity to influence what guidelines we produce, how they are developed and to input into guideline content before they are published.
Or, if you are interested in working directly on the development of the next BSR guideline, join a guideline working group.
Our volunteers on these groups represent many different professions and bring together a diverse range of expertise and experience, to help ensure our guidelines continue to shape rheumatology care.
Eligibility criteria:
We welcome anyone based in the UK with experience in rheumatology to join our guideline working groups. To get involved with our guidelines steering group, you must be a member of BSR.
You can express your interest in joining either of these groups at any time.
Minimum time commitment:
For the guidelines steering group there are two half-day meetings per year, and members are active in reviewing draft guidelines and guideline scope documents regularly via email. For guideline working groups, this varies but on average there are around four meetings per year, with additional tasks for the members who take responsibilities in the tasks of the systematic literature review and writing of guideline manuscripts.
Length of term:
Guidelines steering group – 5 years
Guideline working groups – for the length of guideline development – approx. 2-3 years
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Join a committee
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- Research and registers committee
- Clinical affairs committee
- Heberden committee
- Education committee
- Trainee committee
- Data and monitoring ethics committee
We have a variety of committees that assist us to deliver our strategic aims. Each committee is set up to focus on different areas of work such a policy, service improvement and delivering our annual conference and education offer.
Members who sit on our committees contribute to exciting projects that make a real difference, influence what we do as an organisation and leave a legacy in rheumatology.
If you’d like to be a part of the Trainee committee, you must nominate yourself for election. Our other committees seek new members through open advertisement.
Eligibility criteria: To sit on one of our committees, you must be a member of BSR and need to demonstrate experience or interest in the specific area the committee supports.
Find out more about each individual committee and who sits on them.
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