# Women's and Children's Rota Coordinator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Basildon
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: NA
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T13:00:38.975Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Basildon/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Womens_Childrens/Womens_Childrens-v8129288
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8129288?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Rota coordinator within our Women's and Children's department.

You will be responsible for the planning, update, maintenance and distribution of medical staffing rosters for Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics across the Trust. Ensuring rosters are providing adequate safe cover and are always compliant with the European Working Time Directive and the New 2016 Junior Doctor Contract.

### Main duties of the job

To ensure the escalation of issues when appropriate

To deal with queries from junior doctors, consultants and managers. To ensure effective staffing levels for each service. Effectively assist in reducing temporary locum spend by reallocation of existing staff based on the set minimum determined by the Clinical Directors.

Respond promptly, effectively and appropriately to tasks and requests. To prioritise workload and complete within prescribed timescales

To be responsible for the planning, update, maintenance and distribution of medical staffing rosters across the Trust. Creation of new versions of rotas as per instructions from Clinical Directors and Senior Medical Staffing Coordinator.

Ensure on call /out of hours are staffed, to the agreed staffing levels set by each speciality. Maintain the medical staffing rosters adhering to the minimum staffing levels required for each speciality – ensuring all Consultant teams/Clinics/Theatres are covered with sufficient junior/senior doctors. If this is not possible, it must be escalated to Clinical Lead/ Clinical Director who will advise.

Coordinating with the relevant departments to ensure a smooth induction process. Ensure all medical teams have the appropriate medical cover during annual intake and the changeover dates throughout the training year in order to maintain patient care.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GSCE level Achieved Grades 1-5
- NVQ level 3, RSA level 3 or equivalent.

### Communication Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent spoken and written communication skills

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Administration experience
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to work independently

## Documents

- [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077)
- [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504)
- [behaviours framework (jpg, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880)
- [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947)
- [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943)
- [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979)
- [women's and children's rota coordinator (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10427023)

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