The chief registrar role is a leadership role for senior specialty trainees. The role provides 40% protected time to develop and implement local initiatives focusing on, for example, service improvement, engagement and morale, education and training, workforce and sustainability.
Previous Chief Registrars at NUH have become fully integrated into the
medical and educational leadership at the Trust, been a key link between
junior doctors and senior leaders, led divisional level quality improvement
projects and been welcomed to Trust and divisional meetings.
Chief registrars benefit from access to a bespoke development programme provided by the RCP, and comprises five 2-day modules that chief registrars are expected to attend.
The chief registrar role may be undertaken in programme or out of
programme. There are various options including less than full time training, OOPT, OOPE and OOPP. We will work with you to find the working and training arrangements that suit you and your department best. Any necessary extension to certificate of completion of training (CCT) date is also negotiated and approved locally, with involvement of the Head of School where appropriate. Approval of the relevant specialist advisory committee will be required for OOP requests.
Trainees must discuss applications for chief registrar roles with their
education supervisor and TPD in advance of applying. Permission to apply for the role must be obtained from the TPD.
You will be based at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Adult Critical Care at NUH is a highly supportive, friendly, cohesive, ambitious and energetic team led by a group of consultants devoted to delivering excellent care to our patients. We invest in every member of team, are positive about well-being and have an accommodating approach to the rota. There are an abundance of educational opportunities and on-site is the well regarded Trent Simulation Centre. Our juniors consistently secure their preferred training posts through competitive selection.
Our 66 critical care beds are split between the Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, admitting in excess of 4500 patients per year. We accept patients from all of the major medical and surgical specialties and are a tertiary referral centre for many subspecialties. Of note we are a neurosurgical centre, burns centre and are one of the busiest major trauma centres in Europe. Among our staff are the National Lead for Organ Donation and the Vice Chair of NIHR’s Critical Care Group.
The chief registrar job description is broad in scope. 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.
• The chief registrar should attend departmental, directorate and divisional management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influences on healthcare delivery.
Divisional Specific Roles and Responsibilities include:
• Acting as a bridge between the Trainees/Fellows and the Critical Care Leadership Team and the Trust.
• Plan appropriate personal objectives for the year which can be broad
or focused on a specific project in one of the above areas.
• Ample opportunity will be granted to gain an understanding of how
the department, division and wider hospital operates through a
range of experiences such as attending relevant meetings and hands on experience with progressing business cases.
• Depending on the candidate’s interests we can tailor the role toward projects in focused areas such as improving staff wellbeing, service user experience as well as patient safety to name but a few areas.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Apr 2025