Trust Registrar

Job summary

Fixed term 6-12 months

Working Part time : 32 hours per week

Trust Registrar in Care of the Elderly (ST3+ level)

The successful candidate will be a Part time appointment working with the Care of the Elderly Team. Working with the Specialty Doctors they will ensure cover is provided for general inpatients and rehabilitation patients on the Stroke ward with 6 bedded hyper acute stroke area, and also general Care of the Elderly wards.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the day to day running of the ward with self directed ward rounds, Assessment of new patients Provide senior support to junior members of the team Plan maintenance medical treatment and appropriate outpatient investigations Support consultant ward rounds Provide cross cover The attendance at out-patients clinics will be as per the DME rota Support the wider nursing and specialist nursing team participate in the general acute registrar on-take rota Involvement in arranging junior team, multidisciplinary team meetings, in patient discharge summaries, out patient letters and general correspondence The successful candidate may be required to participate in the acute/internal Medicine Registrar on-call rota depending on experience and competence level.

About us

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 6258 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 407,000. This includes 357,000 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.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification MRCP Part 1 (UK) or equivalent

Desirable

MRCP Part 2 (written)

Professonal Registration

Essential

GMC registered with a licence to Practice

Experience

Essential

Evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences/ CT/ST2 competences in medicine, or equivalent

Desirable

Experience in Care of the Elderly

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