# Medical Resourcing Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-resourcing-officer/efb1ca18-bb92-40cf-b7c9-1d3624327fee - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-resourcing-officer/efb1ca18-bb92-40cf-b7c9-1d3624327fee.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Walsall - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T16:31:33.557Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Walsall/Walsall_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Medical_Staffing/Medical_Staffing-v8057400 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8057400?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Medical Resourcing Officer to join our Medical Workforce Team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a key role supporting Care Group Managers and Directors  to ensure the effective utilisation of medical workforce resources. You will play a vital part in maintaining safe staffing levels through efficient rota management, coordination of medical staff rotations, and sourcing of medical locums. You will support in the effective deployment and utilisation of medical staff across services by developing and maintaining medical rotas, ensuring adequate coverage in line with service needs and compliance requirements. You will also proactively source and coordinate medical locum cover, ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained at all times. At Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative team focused on delivering safe and effective patient care through excellent workforce management. Apply today and help ensure our services are staffed effectively to deliver the highest standards of patient care. ### Main duties of the job Supported by the Deputy Medical Workforce Manager, to work collaboratively with the Centralised Recruitment team, Medical Education Team and Clinical Leads using IT systems to ensure seamless processes are followed in regard to medical staff rotations and new starters to ensure the rotas are produced and issued within set time-frames and to minimise the need for locum cover. To provide day to day production of “live” rotas using the Trust IT System to ensure effective and efficient deployment of the medical workforce, re-allocating medical staff as necessary to support service provision and fulfil training requirements for resident doctors as determined by the Clinical Leads ensuring data is accurate for the interface with Electronic Staff Record (ESR). To facilitate weekly rota reviews with Clinical Directors/Rota Leads to ensure rotas are produced at least 6 weeks in advance - for forward planning of rotas and ensure early identification of rota gaps minimising risks and additional costs to the Trust; process leave requests in a timely manner and obtain instruction from CD/Rota Lead in regard to any locum requirements. To attend departmental operational meetings as required ensuring effective communication of changes in rotas and services delivery. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide day to day production of “live” rotas using the Trust IT System -  deployment of the medical workforce, re-allocating medical staff as necessary to support service provision and fulfil training requirements for resident doctors as determined by the Clinical Leads ensuring data is accurate for the interface with Electronic Staff Record (ESR) To facilitate weekly rota reviews with Clinical Directors/Rota Leads to ensure rotas are produced at least 6 weeks in advance - for forward planning of rotas and ensure early identification of rota gaps minimising risks and additional costs to the Trust; process leave requests in a timely manner and obtain instruction from CD/Rota Lead in regard to any locum requirements. To attend departmental operational meetings as required ensuring effective communication of changes in rotas and services delivery. ## Job Details We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Medical Resourcing Officer to join our Medical Workforce Team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a key role supporting Care Group Managers and Directors to ensure the effective utilisation of medical workforce resources. You will play a vital part in maintaining safe staffing levels through efficient rota management, coordination of medical staff rotations, and sourcing of medical locums. You will support in the effective deployment and utilisation of medical staff across services by developing and maintaining medical rotas, ensuring adequate coverage in line with service needs and compliance requirements. You will also proactively source and coordinate medical locum cover, ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained at all times. At Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative team focused on delivering safe and effective patient care through excellent workforce management. Apply today and help ensure our services are staffed effectively to deliver the highest standards of patient care. ## Job Description Supported by the Deputy Medical Workforce Manager, to work collaboratively with the Centralised Recruitment team, Medical Education Team and Clinical Leads using IT systems to ensure seamless processes are followed in regard to medical staff rotations and new starters to ensure the rotas are produced and issued within set time-frames and to minimise the need for locum cover. To provide day to day production of “live” rotas using the Trust IT System to ensure effective and efficient deployment of the medical workforce, re-allocating medical staff as necessary to support service provision and fulfil training requirements for resident doctors as determined by the Clinical Leads ensuring data is accurate for the interface with Electronic Staff Record (ESR). To facilitate weekly rota reviews with Clinical Directors/Rota Leads to ensure rotas are produced at least 6 weeks in advance - for forward planning of rotas and ensure early identification of rota gaps minimising risks and additional costs to the Trust; process leave requests in a timely manner and obtain instruction from CD/Rota Lead in regard to any locum requirements. To attend departmental operational meetings as required ensuring effective communication of changes in rotas and services delivery. ## Responsibilities To provide day to day production of “live” rotas using the Trust IT System - deployment of the medical workforce, re-allocating medical staff as necessary to support service provision and fulfil training requirements for resident doctors as determined by the Clinical Leads ensuring data is accurate for the interface with Electronic Staff Record (ESR) To facilitate weekly rota reviews with Clinical Directors/Rota Leads to ensure rotas are produced at least 6 weeks in advance - for forward planning of rotas and ensure early identification of rota gaps minimising risks and additional costs to the Trust; process leave requests in a timely manner and obtain instruction from CD/Rota Lead in regard to any locum requirements. To attend departmental operational meetings as required ensuring effective communication of changes in rotas and services delivery. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Able to participate in the Medical Resource on-call Rota during weekends and bank holidays. - Ability to work under pressure in a busy and challenging environment whilst meeting tight deadlines. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of liaising with colleagues of all hierarchies. - Experience of managing sickness absence. - Experience working with e-rostering programs **Desirable** - Previous HR/Medical Staffing experience preferred but not essential as full training will be given. ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE Math's / English A-C - An NVQ Level 3 Business Administration/HR qualification or related subject or equivalent level of experience. - Proficient in the use of computer packages such as Microsoft Office, Word for Windows, Excel, PowerPoint ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of understanding about management of junior doctors’ hours, regulations/guidance. of using IT systems - Knowledge of the process of managing staff rosters - Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to engage positively with individuals at all levels to deliver and manage solutions and implement change - Ability to plan ahead, prioritise own workload and others, regularly working to tight deadlines - Good written skills for producing general correspondence, reports and guidelines **Desirable** - Knowledge/experience of interpreting and implementing the General Whitley Council & Medical & Dental Terms and Conditions of service. ## Documents - [flexible working document (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2426) - [medical resourcing officer jd (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354719) - [medical resourcing officer ps (pdf, 816.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10354720) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.