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Job summary

Main area
Acute Care
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar (ST4+ Equivalent)
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
293-EMRS-MED-0094
Employer
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Homerton
Town
Homerton
Salary
£44,170 - £67,610 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/02/2026 23:59

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Chief Registrar in Acute Care Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar (ST4+ Equivalent)

 

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Job overview

The Chief Registrar at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a senior leadership and management development role for higher specialty trainees (ST4+) with an existing National Training Number

It is a strategic, high- impact role, allowing senior trainees to lead meaningful improvements in patient care, staff experience and system efficiency whilst gaining advanced leadership training supported by the RCP.

Working with the Acute Medicine teams in one of the most ethnically diverse Boroughs in the UK will offer the Chief Registrars will gain a range of experience in the detailed interpretation of microbiology laboratory results, management of infectious & tropical diseases in both inpatients & ambulatory medicine patients.

Main duties of the job

The Chief Registrar role is modelled on the definition of a chief resident in the report of the RCP Future Hospital Commission (Future hospital: caring for medical patients).

The Chief Registrar is a healthcare leadership and management development role. The key aspects of the role can be found in the attached job description. 

Working for our organisation

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the organisation. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the organisation. 

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with General Medical Council
  • Hold a national training number and be enrolled in a medical specialty training programme that ideally includes Internal Medicine
  • ST4 or above
  • They should not hold a CCT or be within 6 months of completion of training on intended start date
  • Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes
  • Evidence of satisfactory / more than satisfactory progress through training, including annual review of competence progression (ARCP) outcomes
Desirable criteria
  • Additional relevant degree (intercalated, masters or doctorate)

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies (eg ALERT, IMPACT certification, ALS instructor)
  • Point of care ultrasound qualification (eg. FAMUS)

Research, Leadership and Managment

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
  • Understanding of research methodology
  • Knowledge of evidence-based practice
  • 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 a formal research project
  • Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications / presentations
  • Evidence of involvement in local management systems
  • Evidence of effective leadership in and outside medicine (eg evidence of leading innovations or improvements)
  • Understanding of the local and national context in which the trust operates, including economic and political influences
  • Understanding of leadership theory and practice
  • Understanding of the local and national context in which the trust operates, including economic and political influences

Quality Improvement

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of the RCP Future Hospital Programme and understanding of the issues related to the implementation of the Future Hospital Commission’s recommendations
  • 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 Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of interest in and experience of teaching
  • Evidence of good feedback on teaching approaches
Desirable criteria
  • Development of teaching programmes
  • Participation in teaching courses
  • Participation in degree or diploma courses in education
  • Participation in degree or diploma courses in education

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Letitia Dormandy
Job title
Clinical Lead of Acute Care Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
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