Band 4 Medical Staffing Coordinator

Job overview

Are you highly organised, proactive and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Children's Directorate as a Rota Coordinator, supporting medical staffing across Paediatrics, Neonates and Children's Emergency Department services.

You will be responsible for planning, maintaining and distributing medical rotas, ensuring safe staffing levels and compliance with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and 2016 Junior Doctor Contract. Working closely with doctors, consultants and managers, you will manage rota changes, coordinate cover arrangements, escalate staffing concerns and support effective workforce planning.

This role plays a key part in ensuring safe patient care while helping to reduce locum expenditure through the effective deployment of existing staff.

Please note: This is a full-time, on-site position only. The postholder is required to work from Trust premises and remote or hybrid working is not available for this role.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Clinical Director / Clinical Lead / General Manager / Service Manager in providing effective medical cover within the Directorate

To assist the Clinical Director / Clinical Lead / General Manager / Service Manager in maintaining the medical staff, reviewing the workload of the group and coordinating support

Assist the Clinical Director / Clinical Lead / General Manager / Service Manager in ensuring adequate cover for annual leave, sickness within budgetary limits by

Recording absence of all medical staff and assist in administrating the Trust sickness policy, alerting the General Manager and Clinical Lead of those individuals who require interviews in line with the sickness policy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details below