Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (1:16 rota commitmemt)
- Job ref
- 361-R2R-2237-A
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £43,923 - £55,329 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Registrar
NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated trainee physician (ST4 or above) with an interest in leadership and management to join East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust as chief registrar in General Medicine (aligned with your parent specialty). There is one 12 month fixed term vacancy to start 7th August 2024 or 4th September 2024. The chief registrar role provides senior higher specialty trainees with the opportunity to develop valuable skills in leadership and management, and gives them a minimum of 40% protected time to put these skills into practice by developing initiatives that address local challenges. Chief registrars have a tangible impact on service improvement, workforce transformation, engagement and morale, and education and training, and work to deliver better outcomes for patients, colleagues and organisations.
Main duties of the job
Providing a ‘bridge’ between the junior doctor workforce, senior clinical leaders and managerial staff to improve engagement. Quality Improvement (QI) and service development/redesign to improve outcomes for patients, for example co-ordination of medical care. Planning, developing and improving the quality of education and training activities, and supporting/motivating other trainees. Involvement in workforce planning and transformation, and the deployment of medical staff and allied health professionals to meet healthcare challenges. Working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders and influence change. There is significant autonomy for individual chief registrars to use their leadership and management skills to address a wide variety of challenges faced by their organisations.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The chief registrar role is a senior leadership and management role for higher specialty trainee doctors. The role allows a minimum of 40% protected time to develop and implement local initiatives focusing on, for example, service improvement, workforce transformation, engagement and morale, and education and training. Chief registrars benefit from access to a bespoke leadership and management development programme provided by the RCP, which commences in August/September 2024.
The chief registrar will ideally report to and be mentored by the medical director, a nominated deputy, or other senior clinical leader. The mentor role requires a minimum time commitment of monthly meetings with the chief registrar, and this commitment should be taken into account when nominating a suitable mentor. The chief registrar will also have a named educational supervisor for their role, who may or may not be the same as their clinical supervisor. There will be formal educational oversight of the role, with an induction, educational agreement, personal development plan and regular appraisals.
Person specification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Should be ST4 or above.
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
- Hold a national training number and be enrolled in a medical specialty training programme that ideally includes internal medicine.
- Should not hold CCT or be within 12 months of completion of training on intended start date.
- Approval of TPD to apply
- Evidence of satisfactory/more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes
- Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs.
- Evidences engagement with appraisal and revalidation.
Desirable criteria
- Additional relevant degree (intercalated, masters or doctorate)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competences in managing medical emergencies.
- Evidence of clinical competencies in their medical specialty appropriate for their stage in training.
- An appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
- Ability to prioritise clinical need.
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
- Ability to work without supervision where appropriate.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies (e.g. ALERT, IMPACT certification, ALS instructor)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
- Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Understanding of research methodology
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications/presentations
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or workplace-based assessments
- Self-awareness, with knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, impact and areas for development
- Interest in and knowledge of the importance of leadership and management for clinicians
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in local management systems
- Evidence of effective leadership in and outside medicine (e.g. evidence of leading innovations or improvements)
- Understanding of leadership theory and practice
- Understanding of NHS management and resources
- Understanding of the local and national context of the NHS, including economic and political influences
Quality/Service Improvement or Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical governance, including the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of active involvement in quality improvement, audit, research or other activity that focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement and innovation
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of a portfolio of audit/quality improvement projects, including evidence that the audit loop has been closed and evidence of learning about the principles of change management
- Evidence of publications/presentations/prizes in quality improvement or audit
- Good knowledge of the UK healthcare system, including education, research, service provision, regulation, career structures, medical politics and ethics.
- Clear insight into issues facing the UK healthcare services
Education and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence of interest in and experience of teaching
- Evidence of good feedback on teaching approaches
Desirable criteria
- Development of teaching programmes
- Participation in teaching courses
- Participation in degree or diploma courses in education
- ALS/simulation instructor
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty.
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning.
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Pratik Solanki
- Job title
- Consultant for Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 314333
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