Specialty Registrar (StR) - South West Peninsula Deanery

week, longer Special Study Units and final year attachments as well as individual clinical skill
sessions, tutorials and plenaries.
(iii)
Study/Research
Registrars are expected to pursue audit and research projects at work and during their own
time.
(iv)
Administration
The routine administrative content of this post e.g. the day to day running of the firm, sending
for new patients, writing to General Practitioners etc is allowed for in the timetable.
In Exeter the most senior Specialist Registrar at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital
has administrative responsibility, including the co-ordination of junior staff leave and duties.
The Specialist Registrar attached to the Fracture and Trauma Rotation is responsible for the
supervision of the Senior House Officers in the day to day care of the inpatients in the
Fracture and Trauma Service, but has no commitment to management duties during this
period. In Plymouth the Specialist Registrars are responsible for co-ordinating trauma
management and on-call rotas. In Truro each Specialist Registrar is responsible for
supervising the House Staff, and monitoring the day to day activity of the orthopaedic wards.
In Torbay the Specialist Registrar will work within both Fracture and Orthopaedic services,
and will have particular input into audit processes and the development of clinical policies and
procedures within the unit.
(d)
Location of Duties
The post is part of a rotation involving the following hospitals:
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Torbay District General Hospital
and possibly other sites in the South West.
The Specialist Registrar will not necessarily work in every hospital during the rotation.
(e)
The junior doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and
unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where
practicable with his colleagues both senior and junior. It has been agreed between the
professions and the Department that, while juniors accept that they will perform such duties,
the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments arising under this sub-section are
exceptional and, in particular, that juniors should not be required to undertake work of this
kind for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.
See also paragraphs 110 and 111 of the Terms and Conditions of Service.
(f)
Locum Arrangements
The junior doctor accepts that he/she will provide cover for the annual and study leave of
his/her rota colleagues. Locums are arranged for longer absences.