Chief Registrar in Emergency Medicine

Job overview

The chief registrar role is a leadership role for senior specialty trainees or equivalent wanting to develop their leadership and non-clinical skills within the department.

The post will be 50% clinical and 50% non-clinical with the opportunity to implement local initiatives.

Applicants should hold a National Training Number at ST4 or above, or equivalent (locally employed doctor with equivalent experience).

Main duties of the job

The chief registrar role is a leadership role for senior specialty trainees or equivalent wanting to develop their leadership and non-clinical skills within the department.

The post will be 50% clinical and 50% non-clinical with the opportunity to implement local initiatives.

Applicants should hold a National Training Number at ST4 or above, or equivalent (locally employed doctor with equivalent experience).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Chief registrar will focus on addressing key local challenges and priorities, which may

include some or all of the following:

Non Clinical

• Service Improvement ( redesigning pathways, implementing new technology and looking at ways to improve flow and patient experiences)
• 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.
• Link closely with the education team to provide and deliver high quality training and educational materials for all grades.
• Involvement in workforce planning
• Working across teams and boundaries to engage stakeholders in quality improvement and influence change.
• Attend departmental meetings and work closely with the consultant body.

Clinical

Whilst on duty the appointee will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to:

• Ensure a safe and high standard of care of all patients in the Emergency Department

• The candidate will take on the responsibility of making decisions at a senior level.
• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition
• Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time;
• Carry out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in their Job Plan e.g. the keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills and knowledge.
• Carry out initial assessments, investigations and manage patients in the Emergency Department
• Supervise clinically in the department
• Participate in teaching for junior medical staff and nursing staff
• Admit and discharge patients safely from the Emergency Department
• Work flexibility between all areas of the department.
• Participate in the running of the department