Job summary
- Main area
- Acute General Medicine/Emergency Department
- Grade
- ST4 - ST8
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (+ Out of Hours)
- Job ref
- 321-MRC-MS-7889618-S6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Acute Medicine Med Staff 153200
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £65,048 - £73,992 + Enhancements for Out-of-Hours
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
CHIEF RESIDENT – Ambulatory Care and AGM
ST4 - ST8
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, forward-thinking trainee who wishes to develop higher level skills in the acute setting in a teaching hospital.
The Trust is looking to appoint two Chief Resident to follow on from its very successful previous cohorts of Chief Residents. These posts are supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Health Education England and are aimed to help trainees develop key skills that will equip them for their career as a consultant.
Applicants should be interested in developing skills within an acute environment with the programme having particular focus on Ambulatory Care, Acute Medicine, Acute Hospital at Home, specialty pathway development and point of care ultrasound.
Oxford has recruited Chief Residents every year since the launch of the RCP programme. The Chief Residents have had the opportunity to work on Service Development, Quality Improvement, Leadership Development and have presented their work at a variety of national forums. Their success is allowing the Trust to continue to have Chief Residents for the coming year.
Support will be given from the consultant body as well as from key leaders within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Chief Registrar Programme is a healthcare management and leadership training programme for senior trainees as emergent healthcare leaders, developed as a key component of the Future Hospital Programme established to implement the recommendations of the 2012 Future Hospital Commission.[1] A key recommendation was to establish the Chief Registrar – a new senior role focused on leading and prioritising the optimal coordination of medical care, 24-7, to deliver best patient and service outcomes from available healthcare resources.
The ‘Chief Registrar role combines the role of senior clinical trainee with a healthcare leadership and management development role, providing a unique personal development opportunity. Across all participating organisations, the RCP envisages that the Chief Registrar role will contribute to one or more of the following activities within a Trust: managing services; coordination of medical care; quality and service improvement; education and training; service re-design; and workforce transformation.
We are seeking a Chief Registrar to join our progressive team that has a clear vision to deliver patient-centred, contemporary care in innovative ways. There will be a total of two chief registrars within Acute General Medicine (one post has been appointed to already).
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
60% of ‘basic’ time will focus on delivering and leading clinical care that is ‘ambulatory by default’ at the John Radcliffe and Horton Hospital sites. This input, focused on extending the reach and application of contemporary ambulatory care, will complement the current senior- and middle-grade input to ambulatory services.
The ‘additional hours’ (beyond basic) commitment will focus on delivery of ‘leadership in ambulatory care’ support peak periods. Typically, urgent care pathways see sustained surges in demand from lunchtime until late evening; Chief Registrar leadership of early, rapid assessment, treatment and pathway determination during this period will be a vital component in delivering better patient outcomes and ensuring that every appropriate patient is ‘home by midnight’.
Specifically, within a < 48 hour average working week, it is currently proposed that the Chief Registrar will contribute to the weekend rota and to one late evening /long day per week, but not to overnight care (beyond midnight or before 7am).
Service Transformation
In aggregate, 40% of ‘basic’ time will be allocated to supporting service transformation towards an ‘ambulatory by default’ model: delivered in all assessment settings, 24-7, with exceptional patient-centred outcomes and inclusive use of innovative pathways that minimise use of traditional inpatient settings and optimise value. Delivering this will require close work with management teams, to initiate and develop projects including those identified by the Chief Registrars.
All activities will embrace the Trust’s vision of patient-centered service transformation and be aligned with the Future Hospital Commission’s recommendations for ambulatory care: with greater vertical and horizontal integration of acute services transcending traditional hospital-community and intra-hospital barriers. Such activities will complement Trust service improvement initiatives, and will have patient safety and the delivery of high-quality, better safe, compassionate care at their core.
Please refer to attached job description for further information.
Person specification
GMC
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration and licence to practise
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Be fit to practice
- • Hold NTN in training programme including G(I)M, and be actively participating in (or very recent experience of) acute medical take
- Should be ST4 and above
- Should not hold a CCT
- Have approval from TPD for this OOPE
- More than satisfactory progress throughout training, including ARCP outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Additional degree (intercalated, masters or doctorate)
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical competency in own medical specialty appropriate for their stage in training
- Evidenced experience in Point-of-Care Ultrasound, and a clear timeline and plan to achieve independent competence
- 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 Demonstrable experience in ambulatory care
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable outcomes in ambulatory care
- Experience in management of frailty syndromes
- Evidence of skills in management of acute medical emergencies (eg ALERT, IMPACT certification, ALS Instructor)
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Understanding of research methodology
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications / presentations
Leadership and management
Essential criteria
- Effective team working and leadership skills, supported by MSF or WBAs
- Involvement in local management systems
- 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
- Effective leadership skills in and outside medicine (eg evidence of leading innovations or improvements)
- Understanding of leadership theory and practice
- Understanding of NHS management and resources
- Understanding of the local and national context in which the trust operates, including economic and political influences
Quality / Service improvement
Essential criteria
- • Awareness of the RCP Future Hospital Programme and understanding of the policy arena in relation to the implementation of the Future Hospital Commission’s recommendations
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Active involvement in QIP/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 completed audit/Quality improvement projects
- Evidence of learning about the principles of change management
- Prizes in QIP/audit
- Insight into issues facing UK healthcare services
Education and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Interest in and experience of teaching
- Evidence of excellent feedback on teaching
Desirable criteria
- Teaching diploma or degree
- Development of teaching programmes
- Participation in teaching courses
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Clarity in written and 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, negotiate and influence others
- Ability to communicate effectively under pressure
- • Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/ make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach and where appropriate, creativity in problem solving
- 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
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Capacity to manage conflicting demands
- Self-motivation, and resilience
- Initiative and ability to work autonomously
- • Ability to show leadership, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members through, for example, quality improvement
- Can build effective teams and partnerships
- Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
- Quick to understand new information and adapt to new environments
- Flexible and adaptable to change
- Self-starter, motivated, shows curiosity, initiative and enthusiasm)
- • Demonstrates probity (displays honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality)
- Commitment to personal and professional development
- Excellent computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills gained within the NHS or elsewhere
- Writing experience: - clinical and/or non-clinical topics - peer-reviewed publications and/or communication
- Evidence of achievements outside medicine
- Evidence of altruistic behaviour (e.g. voluntary work)
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
- Kiki Marinou
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Ambulatory Medicine
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
- Additional information
For further details please contact:
Dr Mridula Rajwani; [email protected]
Dr Kiki Marinou: [email protected]
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