Chief Registrar

(salary based on equivalent training grade)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Yorkshire trainee paediatrician (ST5 or above) with an interest in leadership and management to join Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Childrens Hospital asthe Chief Paediatric Registrar.

The Chief Paediatric Registrar role builds on the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) programme already running in the Trust. It will provide higher specialty trainees with the opportunity to develop valuable skills in leadership and management and gives them 40% protected time to put these skills into practice by developing initiatives that address local challenges.

Chief Registrars have a tangible impact on service improvement, workforce transformation, engagement and morale, and education and training, and work todeliver better outcomes for patients, colleagues and organisations, supporting to build a profile that marks them out as a future clinical leader.

This is a fixed-term role for 12 months to commence

September 2024. The role can be undertaken in programme or out of programme(training or experience). Due to the 40% leadership commitment, this post will extend the trainees completion of training (CCT) date and this should be discussed with the trainees educational supervisor and training programmedirector. Applications must be discussed with the educational supervisor and

The Chief Paediatric Registrar will receive support locally in the Trust from a mentor/supervisor who is a senior clinical leader. The Chief Paediatric Registrar will be able to attend a bespoke development programme provided bythe RCP, which runs from September 2026 to June 2027 and comprises five 2-day modules. With agreement, the Chief Paediatric Registrar will be offered a rangeof formal and informal development in the Trust.

Thispost will be two days leadership and management with the remainder of the successful applicants time being clinical, including contribution to theon-call rota. The Chief Paediatric Registrar post is compatible with all the rotations at Leeds Childrens Hospital and adaptation to the rota will occur sothat the trainee is able to have two days of their time dedicated totheirleadership and management role.

• At ST5 or above (May accept ST4 levelif evidence have worked competently on a Tier 2 rota)
• Working full time orless-than-full-time
• With a national training number
• With full GMC registration.

The Leeds Childrens Hospital has an annual budget of £103 million, inpatient bedbase of 286 beds, and delivers 102,000 outpatient appointments and 20,000inpatient and day case episodes. The majority of which is on the Leeds General Infirmary site, however there is a Neonatal unit based on the St James Hospital site. The Leeds Childrens Hospital employs a total of 116 consultants providing general, specialist and supra-regional childrens medical and surgical services.

Inpatient, day case and outpatient services are mainly provided at the LGI.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' membersof our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove advert while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

• At ST5 or above
• Working full time or less-than-full-time
• With a national training number
• With full GMC registration.

• 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.

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this asa strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staffand set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care forour patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and…