Medical Registrar for acute medicine

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in the UK seeks an enthusiastic chief registrar to join their RCP Chief Registrar Programme. This role involves a mix of clinical and managerial responsibilities, providing leadership in medical services. Candidates should have a background in leadership within medicine and be committed to quality improvement. The salary ranges from £44,170 to £67,610 per annum with additional benefits.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role within a medical field.
• Capability to manage clinical and administrative tasks.
• Ability to engage with a diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Bridge communication between leaders, managers, and trainees.
• Involved in workforce planning.
• Manage service improvement projects.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation.

Skills

Leadership and management skills

Quality improvement understanding

Communication skills

Education

ST4 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated senior trainee (ST4 or above or equivalent) with an interest in leadership, management and quality improvement to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a chief registrar on the RCP Chief Registrar Programme.

The medical chief registrar will be attached to the Division of Medicine and Integrated Care (MIC), which operates Trust-wide, and the acute medicine team at St Mary's Hospital, contributing to the medical take, care of medical inpatients and same day emergency care (SDEC).

Placement and time commitment

The chief registrar will have 40% protected time to develop skills and confidence in leadership, management and quality improvement. The post is 60% clinical within the department of Acute Medicine at St Mary\'s and 40% managerial within the MIC division. Projects will be tri-site within MIC and may extend to other divisions. Projects may include service improvement, engagement and morale, workforce wellbeing, and sustainability.

Development and programme

Chief registrars benefit from access to a bespoke development programme provided by the RCP, which runs from October 2025 to June 2026 and comprises five 2-day modules that post holders are expected to attend.

Responsibilities

The medical division chief registrar will work with the divisional director of medicine and the head of operations for the medical division on a number of projects. These will include:

• Providing a bridge between senior clinical leaders, managers and the wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement and morale
• Involvement in workforce planning and improving the deployment of trainees to meet service needs and improve morale
• Service improvement projects to improve patient flow and safety within acute medicine
• Developing and maintaining up-to-date project documentation, and producing periodic progress reports

The chief registrar will also attend departmental, divisional management and executive meetings to understand the infrastructure and running of the Trust and how wider social, political and economic factors influence health care delivery.

Environment and culture

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You\'ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits and flexibility

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Optional benefits include Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust strongly supports vaccination uptake. The successful applicant may have contact with patients; pre-employment checks and risk assessments may include confirmation of vaccination status or medical exemption. As part of our continued response to Covid-19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Salary

Depending on experience £44,170 - £67,610 per annum + London Weighting and 1A (50%) banding