Medical Deployment Officer

Job summary

The post holder will work within a site based medical workforce deployment office (LGI/SJUH) to deliver the Medical Workforce Strategy through the implementation of medical workforce projects, including for example temporary medical agency utilisation, deployment of medical workforce through the use of e-rostering/bank systems.

Main duties of the job

To work within a Medical Deployment/Bank Office team to provide a quality medical deployment service within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, managing junior doctor rota gaps, recording of resignations, swaps, absence and sickness and booking Internal Bank doctors and Agency doctors as requested by medical departments. The medical deployment/bank service will: Ensure that the e-Rostering system has the correct Doctors Roster System (DRS) templates against each roster. Upload junior doctors and align them to rosters from the Electronic staff Record (ESR). Producing live rosters from the templates. Manage real time of resignations, swaps, sickness and absence recording on the e-Rostering system. Identify and monitor breaches of safe working hours that will impact patient care as stipulated within the rules of the Junior Doctor Contract 2016 escalating and identifying alternative solutions. Managing junior doctor rota gaps including securing the recruitment of medical bank staff and temporary staffing solutions in conjunction with senior medical staff.

Job responsibilities

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.