Chief Registrar

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

We are excited to offer a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated senior doctor in training (above ST4 or equivalent) with an interest in leadership, management and quality improvement to join Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as our next Chief Registrar.

These could include service improvement, engagement, improving morale, education and training, workforce, and sustainability. If you are a self-starter, are great to work with, have excellent organisational and communication skills, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The Chief Registrar will be mentored by a senior clinical leader within the organisation and gain a unique insight into NHS leadership and management processes, as well as deeper knowledge of NHS structures and stakeholders.

The role holder will be expected to attend modules delivered as part of the RCP’s bespoke development programme, which will cover, for example, change management, team culture and development, quality improvement, leadership, influencing and personal resilience.

• Key recruitment criteria
• Open to all physician and non-physician specialties
• For doctors who are at ST4+ or equivalent
• Doctors in training must have 40–50% of their time protected for Chief Registrar activities
• The role may be carried out in programme or out of programme (training or experience).
• Doctors will have full GMC registration.

This is a fixed-term role for minimum of 12 months.

For those with an NTN, the role can be undertaken in programme or out of programme (training or experience) and must be discussed with your educational supervisor and training programme director (TPD), and permission to apply must be granted by the TPD.

The Chief Registrar will work closely with the Chief Medical Officer/ Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and with the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education/Medical Education Department.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Chief Registrar role will suit trainees who:

• Want to learn about leadership and gain senior leadership experience
• Are comfortable working in uncertain environments and across traditional boundaries
• Relish the opportunity to develop their own ideas and initiatives
• Are committed to and passionate about improving the NHS

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details regarding the main responsibilities. You can also visit https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/chief-registrar-programme.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Full registration with the GMC
• NTN ST4 or above (or equivalent)
• Should not already hold a CCT or expected to reach CCT before August 2027
• Must have approval of (eg TPD for NTN holders) to apply
• Satisfactory ARCP outcomes or appraisal

• Additional relevant degree

Clinical skills

• Evidence of relevant clinical competencies in specialty
• Ability to prioritise clinical need
• Ability to work without supervision where appropriate

Leadership and management

• Evidence of effective team working and leadership
• Self-awareness, knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses

• Evidence of involvement in local management systems
• Evidence of effective leadership (leading innovation, improvements etc)
• Understanding of local and national context of NHS

Quality/service improvement or audit

• Understanding of clinical governance, audit, risk management
• Evidence of active involvement in quality improvement

• Evidence of a portfolio of audit/quality improvement projects
• Evidence of publications/presentations/prizes in quality improvements
• Clear insight into issues facing UK healthcare services

Education and training

• Evidence of interest in and interest in teaching
• Evidence of positive feedback on teaching approaches

• Development of teaching programmes

Personal skills

• Good written/spoken communicator
• Active listening and empathy
• Ability to build rapport and communicate effectively with others
• Capacity to use logic/lateral thinking to solve problems
• Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
• Self-disciplined, committed, punctual and meets deadlines
• Capability to work with long timescales, with multiple priorities
• Ability to work under pressure
• Self-motivation, resilience
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Excellent computer literacy

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]