# Medical Staffing Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bodmin Hospital
- **Workplace type:** hybrid
- **Profession:** Assistant
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15T09:30:58.318Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Redruth/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8348357
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8348357?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Medical Staffing Administrator plays a pivotal role in ensuring the effective coordination and management of medical rotas across the Trust, supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. This is a hybrid role, with the opportunity to work flexibly from home alongside a requirement to attend the Trust's offices in Redruth for a minimum of two days per week.

Working closely with doctors, operational leads, service managers and clinical teams, the post holder will maintain accurate rotas, coordinate leave and study leave requests, identify and escalate staffing gaps, and arrange appropriate cover to ensure service continuity.

The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with medical staff and managers, providing timely advice, updates and support on workforce matters.

The successful candidate will be organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities whilst delivering a responsive and professional medical staffing service in a fast-paced environment.

### Main duties of the job

Provide comprehensive administrative support for the coordination and management of medical staffing rotas, ensuring accurate workforce information is maintained and staffing gaps are identified and addressed in a timely manner.

Liaise regularly with doctors, operational leads, service managers and clinical teams to coordinate leave, study leave, on call arrangements and locum cover, supporting the safe and effective delivery of services.

Maintain workforce records, produce reports, respond to staffing queries, and communicate rota changes promptly to relevant stakeholders.

Support workforce planning activities, recruitment processes and medical staffing initiatives whilst delivering a professional, responsive and customer focused service within a busy and fast paced environment.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Skills and aptitude

**Essential**

- Previous experience of a Medical Staffing or Human Resources environment
- Knowledge and understanding of the National terms and conditions for Medical staff in the NHS.
- Developed IT skills in Microsoft Office systems including Word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to provide and receive sensitive and contentious information whilst using tact and diplomacy.

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Previous experience of ESR

### Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

**Essential**

- 5 GCSEs grades A* - C including English Language and Maths or equivalent qualifications/experience.
- NVQ Level 4 in administration or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Appropriate entry qualification in using PC systems or equivalent experience.

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [job description (pdf, 312.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673471)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673470)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)

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