Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopeadics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (With possible extension to 12 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week (To include on call commitments)
- Job ref
- 339-NMSK6846-MJA
- Employer
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- Dependent on Experience
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading
T&O Chief Registrar
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
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Job overview
The chief registrar role is a leadership role for senior specialty trainees. The role provides 40-50% protected time to develop and implement local initiatives focusing on, for example, service improvement, engagement and morale, education and training, workforce and sustainability.
Main duties of the job
The chief registrar job description is broad in scope in order to allow chief registrars and recruiting organisations to have autonomy and flexibility over the work the chief registrar undertakes. 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.
Working for our organisation
The appointment will be based within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at North Bristol NHS Trust.
Orthopaedic services including elective procedures are provided at the Brunel Building at Southmead Hospital. The Brunel Building provides the main elective orthopaedic service for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire and also hosts inpatient surgery for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Healthcare Trust. Five theatres run all day six days a week with 28 consultants operating here. The local catchment population is approximately 500,000 but specialist services are also offered more widely across the region.
The Trust is a regional center of Neurosurgery and Plastic Surgery. A tertiary referral service for the South West for pelvic and acetabular fractures and for spinal injuries and deformities is provided.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The chief registrar should attend departmental and divisional management meetings to gain an understanding of management and the wider social, political and economic influences on healthcare delivery.
Where possible and appropriate, they should attend Board meetings. They should lead any sessions on service development, improvement and transformation for which they have direct responsibility.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Acheived Grade
- Years Experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Riddick
- Job title
- Lead Trauma Consultant
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