Research Registrar

Description:

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is pleased to announce two MYDOC Research Registrar posts in Burns and Plastic Surgery. These posts offers an exciting opportunity for the post holders to combine clinical and academic roles and are aimed at doctors who are passionate about plastic surgery and wish to step up to registrar level clinical duties and build their portfolios for ST3 applications.

These posts are not recognised UK training posts. Nevertheless, our MYDoc doctors will have a named supervisor and be supported in undertaking scheduled educational opportunities to consolidate and develop their portfolios.

An Introduction to the Division/Specialty

An opportunity has arisen for dynamic and motivated doctors to join our Plastic Surgery Department for an initial fixed term of 6-month. The post holder may be offered an extension provided satisfactory progress based on research output, consultant feedback and documented progress on ISCP portfolio.

During the appointment the Research Fellows will undertake both clinical and research work. The post holders will be required to develop clinical audit and research projects ultimately aiming for national and international presentations and publications.

Please note that the job may close early if we receive a high number of suitable applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested.

Main duties

The Main Clinical Duties Of The Post Will Include

Work at registrar level during the clinical part of this post.

The post holder will be assigned to one of 14 consultants as a designated educational and clinical supervisor; however the role will also be closely supervised by the academic lead.

Working within a wider multidisciplinary team and will have access to IT and library services.

On-call commitment of 1:8 and will be expected to cover acute trauma lists, theatre lists and clinics.

Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases

Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate

Out-patient activities/clinics

Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement in relevant administration duties

Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvement in audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

Please see attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

Essential Person Specification Requirements
 

• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise
• Medical Degree from recognised medical school
• MRCS Part A and B or recognised equivalent
• Successful completion of post registration training or equivalent Foundation and core training
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Minimum experience equivalent to CT2/ST2 in Plastic Surgery (4 years full time post graduate training or part time equivalent)
• Minimum 12 months plastics surgery experience at CT level
• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Possesses good communication skills