Job summary
- Main area
- Chief Specialty Registrar Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term 12 Months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-0825GRIFTFSB
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £50,175 - £67,610 Per annum/ pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Registrar Surgery / (GIRFT) National CF
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
Job overview
Job Title: Chief Registrar Surgery / Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) National Clinical Fellow
Division: Medical Education
Salary: £50,175 - £67,610 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for an Chief Registrar Surgery / Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) National Clinical Fellow who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is an innovative new post combining two exciting opportunities for an ambitious resident surgical registrar. As well as continuing their clinical surgical work during the week, they will join the National GIRFT fellowship programme for part of the week and also be the Surgical Chief Registrar for MFT. It is anticipated that the local GIRFT project work at Medway with overlap with the Chief Registrar project work requirements. This will allow an organised driven candidate to be recognised by two influential national organsiations as well as leaving a legacy of patient-focussed outcomes at MFT. There will be close mentorship from Surgical DMD, CMO Office and Medical Education as well as clinical supervision for the development of their surgical logbooks and portfolio.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with General Medical Council
- Be fit to practise
- Should be NTN ST4 or above
- Can include locally employed doctors at experience equivalent to ST4 or above
- Should not already hold a CCT or expected to leave the programme before completion
- Must have approval of TPD to apply (NTNs
- Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes or appraisal
Desirable criteria
- Additional relevant degree (intercalated, master’s or doctorate)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of teaching and educational issues, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, commensurate with level of training
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical competencies in their specialty appropriate for their stage in training (or equivalent)
- 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
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Understanding of research methodology and ability to use basic qualitative and quantitative methods
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications / presentations
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or workplace-based assessments
- Self-awareness, with knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, impact and areas for development
- Interest in and knowledge of the importance of leadership and management for clinicians
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in local management systems
- Evidence of effective leadership (eg evidence of leading innovations or improvements)
- Understanding of the local and national context of the NHS, including economic and political influences
Quality/Service improvement or audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical governance, including the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of active involvement in quality improvement, audit, research or other activity that focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement and innovation
- Interest in / knowledge of the delivery of safe, effective healthcare services
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of a portfolio of audit / quality improvement projects, including evidence that the audit loop has been closed and evidence of learning about the principles of change management
- Evidence of publications / presentations / prizes in quality improvement or audit
- Good knowledge of the UK healthcare system, including education, research, service provision, regulation, career structures, medical politics and ethics
- Clear insight into issues facing UK healthcare services
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of interest in and experience of teaching
- Evidence of positive feedback on teaching approaches
Desirable criteria
- Development of teaching programmes
- Participation in teaching courses
- Participation in degree or diploma courses in education
- Action learning sets / simulation instructor
Communication
Essential criteria
- Clarity in written / spoken communication
- Capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
- Active listening and empathy
- Ability to build rapport and communicate effectively with others
- Ability to persuade, influence and negotiate
- Ability to communicate effectively under pressure
Problem solving and decision making
Essential criteria
- Capacity to use logical / lateral thinking to solve problems / make decisions, indicating an analytical / scientific approach and, where appropriate, creativity in problem solving
Organisation and planning
Essential criteria
- Capacity to manage / prioritise time and information effectively
- Evidence of thoroughness (well prepared, self-disciplined / committed, punctual and meets deadlines)
- Capability to work with long timescales for delivery within agencies with differing priorities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Atkins
- Job title
- Head of Medical Education Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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