Chief Registrar

Chief Registrar Post – University Hospitals Birmingham
An exciting opportunity for the post of Chief Registrar has arisen for 2 enthusiastic and motivated doctors (ST4 or above) in any medical or surgical speciality with an interest in leadership and management. The posts will be based at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) on either the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital or Good Hope and Solihull Hospital sites.
The Chief Registrar role provides senior higher specialty doctors 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.
Doctors benefit from a flexible training model that enables them to develop a portfolio of skills and experience that will benefit future consultant posts and leadership roles and build a profile that marks them out as a future clinical leader.
The appointee will receive close support locally from a senior clinician as their mentor, and nationally from the bespoke leadership and management development programme provided by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The RCP leadership and management development programme commences in August/September 2024 and will involve some travel.
UHB is one of the highest performing NHS organisations in Europe with a proven international reputation for its quality of care, information technology, clinical education and training and research. This post will provide the appointee a unique opportunity to develop management skills for future consultant posts.
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Applications are open to trainee doctors:
*National Training Number (NTN) ST4 level or above
*Working full time or less-than-full-time
*This is a fixed-term role for minimum of 12 months. The role may be undertaken in programme or out of programme (training or experience).
Applications must be discussed with your educational supervisor and Training Programme Director (TPD), and permission to apply must be granted by the TPD and evidenced as part of the application process.
To apply for the Chief Registrar post, please submit your CV and no longer than a one page expression of interest stating what you would like to achieve in this role together with signed confirmation of approval from your Training Programme Director to Molly Russon, Postgraduate Innovation and Engagement Lead: molly.russon@uhb.nhs.uk
Currently hold a national training number and are enrolled in a medical specialty training programme that includes Internal Medicine ST4 and above
*Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes
*Role discussed with educational supervisor and training programme director
Competence in managing medical emergencies
*Evidence of clinical competencies in their medical
specialty appropriate for their stage in training
*Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
*Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies (e.g. 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 .
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