Chief Registrar

The Chief Registrar position at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a unique opportunity for senior trainees to develop their leadership and quality improvement skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

• Provide a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers, and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement, and morale.
• Lead service improvement initiatives, such as redesigning pathways, implementing new technology, and establishing new services to enhance patient flow and outcomes.
• Enhance the quality of clinical and non-clinical education and training activities, and support/mentor other trainees in quality improvement.
• Involvement in workforce planning and improving the deployment of trainees to meet service needs and improve morale.
• Improve efficiency and reduce waste by working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders in quality improvement and influence change.

• Full registration with the General Medical Council.
• ST4 or above.
• Should not already hold a CCT or be within 12 months of completion of training on intended start date.
• Additional relevant degree (desirable).
• Evidence of clinical competencies in their specialty appropriate for their stage in training.
• Ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems.
• Ability to prioritize clinical need.
• Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Understanding of research methodology and ability to use basic qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications/presentations (desirable).
• Evidence of effective 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 of development.