Trust Registrar

**Working Full time**: 40 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen within The Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust for a full time Trust Specialty Registrar ST3+. This post offers an opportunity to expand and broaden your experience in a friendly and supportive environment.
Employed on Local Terms and Conditions that mirror 2016 Junior Doctor Contract.
Main

**Responsibilities**:
Assessment of new patients
Clerk admissions & to be involved in the day-to-day care of in-patients on allocated ward
Plan maintenance medical treatment and appropriate outpatient investigations
Attendance on ward rounds and on occasion medical opinions provided for other specialities.
Discharge summaries will be completed in conjunction with other colleagues
Provide senior support to junior members of the team
The post-holder will be expected to assist with any other aspects of patient care as appropriate.
The post is primarily based at the Countess of Chester Hospital however the post holder may on occasion be requested to work at Ellesmere Port Hospital.
Clinic attendance as directed
On-call Arrangements
- The post-holder will provide middle grade cover at the Countess of Chester Hospital site on a full shift rota. Current rota is a 1 in 11 including night and weekend shifts. All patients are seen either in the Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care Unit or Acute Medical Unit (AMU), with triage to the Coronary Care Unit or the Respiratory Support Unit.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
**The Countess of Chester Hospital**: providing 438 general and acute beds
**Ellesmere Port Hospital**: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
**Tarporley War Memorial Hospital**: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.