Chief Registrar Post 2025 – University Hospitals Birmingham

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

Chief Registrar Post 2025 – University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity for the post of Chief Registrar has arisen for 3 enthusiastic and motivated doctors (ST4 or above) in any medical or surgical speciality with an interest in leadership and management. The posts will be based at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) on either the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, or Good Hope and Solihull Hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The role suits doctors who:

1. Are comfortable working in uncertain environments and across traditional boundaries.
2. Relish the opportunity to develop their own ideas and initiatives.
3. Are committed to and passionate about improving the NHS.

The appointee will receive close support locally from a senior clinician as their mentor, and nationally from the bespoke leadership and management development programme provided by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The RCP leadership and management development programme commences in August/September 2025 and will involve some travel.

UHB is one of the highest performing NHS organisations in Europe with a proven international reputation for its quality of care, information technology, clinical education and training, and research. This is an excellent opportunity to develop strong leadership skills both within the Trust and also as part of the RCP programme. This post will provide the appointee a unique opportunity to develop management skills for future consultant posts.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions, and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job responsibilities

The Chief Registrar role provides senior higher specialty doctors with the opportunity to develop valuable skills in leadership and management and gives them a minimum of 40% protected time to put these skills into practice by developing initiatives that address local challenges. Chief Registrars have a tangible impact on service improvement, workforce transformation, engagement and morale, and education and training, and work to deliver better outcomes for patients, colleagues, and organisations.

Doctors benefit from a flexible training model that enables them to develop a portfolio of skills and experience that will benefit future consultant posts and leadership roles and build a profile that marks them out as a future clinical leader.

Applications are open to trainee doctors:

1. National Training Number (NTN) ST4 level or above.
2. Locally Employed Doctors (LED) at equivalent experience of ST4 or above.
3. Working full time or less-than-full-time.
4. Who have full GMC registration.

This is a fixed-term role for a minimum of 12 months. The role may be undertaken in programme or out of programme (training or experience).

Applications must be discussed with your educational supervisor and Training Programme Director (TPD), and permission to apply must be granted by the TPD and evidenced as part of the application process.

For more information on Chief Registrar Posts and additional documents, please visit Chief Registrar Programme -- guidance for resident doctors | RCP London.

For a discussion about the Chief Registrar post, please contact one of the RCP College Tutors:

• Dr Ruchi Chungh (RCP College Tutor QE)
• Dr Shujah Dar (RCP College Tutor HGS)
• Dr Pretin Davda (RCP College Tutor HGS)

To apply for the Chief Registrar post, please submit your CV and no longer than a one-page expression of interest stating what you would like to achieve in this role together with signed confirmation of approval from your Training Programme Director to Molly Russon, Postgraduate Innovation and Engagement Lead: [e-mail]

Deadline for applications is 5pm on 11th April 2025. Interviews will be held on the morning of 2nd May 2025. Please ensure you are free to attend.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC full registration.
• Currently hold a national training number and are enrolled in a medical specialty training programme that includes Internal Medicine ST4 and above.
• Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes.
• Role discussed with educational supervisor and training programme director.

Experience

• Competence in managing medical emergencies.
• Evidence of clinical competencies in their medical specialty appropriate for their stage in training.
• An appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need.
• Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
• Ability to work without supervision where appropriate.
• Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies (e.g. ALERT, IMPACT certification, ALS instructor).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Postgraduate Innovation and Engagement Lead