• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-MED-439?language=en&page=1730&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated trainee physician (ST4 or above) with an interest in leadership and management to join Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a Chief Registrar.

  The Chief Registrar role provides 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, and build a profile that marks them out as a future clinical leader. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in uncertain environments and across traditional boundaries, relish the opportunity to develop their own ideas and initiatives within the Trust and be committed to and passionate about improving the NHS

  Main duties of the job

  The Chief Registrar job description is broad in scope, in order to allow Chief Registrars and recruiting organisations to have autonomy and flexibility over the work the Chief Registrar undertakes. Chief Registrars should focus on addressing key local challenges and priorities, which may include some or all of the following:

  Providing a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement and morale.

  Service improvement, for example redesigning pathways, implementing new technology and establishing new services to improve flow and outcomes for patients.

  Improving the quality of clinical and non-clinical education and training activities, and supporting/mentoring other trainees to engage in quality improvement.

  Involvement in workforce planning and improving the deployment of trainees to meet service needs and improve morale.

  Improving efficiency and reducing waste.

  Working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders in quality improvement and influence change.

  Involvement in and exposure to senior management and organisational decision-making

  The Chief Registrar should attend departmental and divisional management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influences on healthcare delivery. Where possible and they should attend Board meetings. They should lead any sessions on service development, improvement and transformation.

  About us

  Our values are part of what make us different from other Trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

  Patient-centred

  Collaborative

  Fair

  Accountable

  Empowered

  All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Date posted

  22 February 2024

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Doctor - other

  Salary

  £55,329 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  C9298-MED-439

  Job locations

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Chief Registrar will 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 1-hour 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.

  The Chief Registrar job description is broad in scope in order to allow chief registrars and recruiting organisations to have autonomy and flexibility over the work the chief registrar undertakes. Chief Registrars should focus on addressing key local challenges and priorities, which may include some or all of the following:

  Providing a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement

  and morale.

  Service improvement, for example redesigning pathways, implementing new technology and establishing new services to improve flow

  and outcomes for patients.

  Improving the quality of clinical and non-clinical education and training activities, and supporting/mentoring other trainees to engage in

  quality improvement.

  Involvement in workforce planning and improving the deployment of trainees to meet service needs and improve morale.

  Improving efficiency and reducing waste.

  Working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders in quality improvement and influence change.

  Involvement in and exposure to senior management and organisational decision-making

  The Chief Registrar should attend departmental and divisional management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influences on healthcare delivery.

  Where possible and appropriate, they should attend Board meetings. They should lead any sessions on service development, improvement and transformation for which they have direct responsibility.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Chief Registrar will 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 1-hour 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.

  The Chief Registrar job description is broad in scope in order to allow chief registrars and recruiting organisations to have autonomy and flexibility over the work the chief registrar undertakes. Chief Registrars should focus on addressing key local challenges and priorities, which may include some or all of the following:

  Providing a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement

  and morale.

  Service improvement, for example redesigning pathways, implementing new technology and establishing new services to improve flow

  and outcomes for patients.

  Improving the quality of clinical and non-clinical education and training activities, and supporting/mentoring other trainees to engage in

  quality improvement.

  Involvement in workforce planning and improving the deployment of trainees to meet service needs and improve morale.

  Improving efficiency and reducing waste.

  Working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders in quality improvement and influence change.

  Involvement in and exposure to senior management and organisational decision-making

  The Chief Registrar should attend departmental and divisional management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influences on healthcare delivery.

  Where possible and appropriate, they should attend Board meetings. They should lead any sessions on service development, improvement and transformation for which they have direct responsibility.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • ST4 or above
  • Full GMC Registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Appropriate Clinical Experience for ST4 & above
  • Full GMC registration

  Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

  Essential

  • ST4 and above
  • Full GMS registration

  Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

  Essential

  • Effective communicator oral & written
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Highly motivated and able to lead by example
  • Prioritise workload and meet deadlines
  • Able to develop your own ideas and initiatives
  • Encourage engagement and good morale

  Desirable

  • Be adaptable and flexible
  • Desire to be a future Clinical Leader

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • ST4 or above
  • Full GMC Registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Appropriate Clinical Experience for ST4 & above
  • Full GMC registration

  Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

  Essential

  • ST4 and above
  • Full GMS registration

  Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

  Essential

  • Effective communicator oral & written
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Highly motivated and able to lead by example
  • Prioritise workload and meet deadlines
  • Able to develop your own ideas and initiatives
  • Encourage engagement and good morale

  Desirable

  • Be adaptable and flexible
  • Desire to be a future Clinical Leader

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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