Chief Registrar in Acute Medicine

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.

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.

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 innovating 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sarah Gillett Job title: Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine Email address: sarahgillett@nhs.net