Chief Registrar in Acute Medicine

Job Overview

Become our Chief Registrar in Acute Medicine

Royal United Hospitals Bath

We’re excited to offer a brand‑new opportunity for an experienced, motivated and highly skilled clinician to join us as our Chief Registrar in Acute Medicine. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about Acute Medicine, enthusiastic about driving Quality Improvement, and keen to influence positive change across the department.

As Chief Registrar, you will take on a unique blend of clinical and leadership responsibilities. Clinically, you will work across the Acute Medicine specialty on the Registrar rota, covering Medical SDEC, MAU, MSS and the Medical Take. You’ll be part of a dynamic team that values collaborative working, close consultant support and regular training opportunities designed to help you grow and thrive.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape patient care, strengthen clinical systems and develop your leadership capabilities while contributing to the continuous improvement of Acute Medicine services at the RUH.

If you’re forward‑thinking, enthusiastic and ready to take on a senior role that makes a real impact, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Chief Registrars Work In Clinical Practice And Have At Least 40% Of Their Time Protected To Develop, Lead And Support Projects That Focus On Key Local Challenges And Priorities, Such As

• Service improvement: Developing new services, redesigning pathways and introducing changes using QI methodology to improve outcomes for patients, teams and services.

Engagement and morale: Providing a ‘bridge’ between resident doctors, senior clinical leaders and management, ensuring that resident doctors feel valued and supported, and that their voice is heard at the highest level.

Education and training: Improving access to education and training opportunities, offering non-clinical training, mentoring other resident doctors in QI and supporting them to develop their own initiatives.

Workforce: Improving resident doctors’ working conditions, introducing new posts, and coordinating workforce deployment.

Sustainability: Improving efficiency, reducing waste and modifying processes to prevent duplication and unnecessary activities.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innov

ating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

The chief registrar role is a senior leadership and management role for higher specialty trainee doctors. The role allows a minimum of 40% protected time to develop and implement local initiatives focusing on, for example, service improvement, workforce transformation, engagement and morale, and education and training.

Chief registrars benefit from access to a bespoke leadership and management development programme provided by the RCP.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Full MRCP ALS
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in an acute specialty at STR level (or equivalent outside UK)
  
  

Postgraduate Experience

Essential criteria

• Training in the initial assessment and care of the acutely ill patient
  
  

Ability, Knowledge, Clinical Skills and Technical Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of own limitations
• Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
• Good general medical knowledge and ability to supervise the acute medical take at STR level
• Demonstrates awareness of the basics of managing acute medical conditions, including emergencies, in patients and out patients
• Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Able to prioritise clinical need
• Able to maximise safety and minimise risk
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
  
  

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• RUH Acute Medicine Chief Registrar Job Description (PDF, 485.4KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Dr Sarah Gillett Job title Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine Email address sarahgillett@nhs.net