Non Clinical - Women and Children's Rota Co-ordinator

  • Department Women and Children's Assurance Team
  • Salary £31,049.00 – £37,796 per annum
  • Closing Date 14/08/2025
  • Location Telford
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
  • Job ref 223-RCO-575
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Fixed term 11 months
  • Hours 37.5 hours per week

This post will involve the day-to-day management of Women and Children's  medical staffing rotas ensuring the appropriate levels of staff and clinical safety is maintained at all times. This post will require an individual with excellent planning and organisational skills. The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the Clinical Directors and Consultants for each area, the Senior Management team, and Medical People Services Department, in supporting the needs of these busy and exciting departments.

The post holder will be proficient in Microsoft office, with an exemplary attention to detail and be a great communicator. The post holder will be expected to work in close liaison with Medical People Services to review and implement processes and systems which will positively impact on the efficiency of the locum booking procedure with consideration to reducing Trust spend, increasing patient safety and reducing errors

Main duties of the job

  • Act as point of contact for all teams for expert advice on medical staffing vacancies, both short and long term. 
  • Review unexpected absences on a daily basis and use own initiative to find and enact solutions to ensure gaps in the rota are mitigated and services are able to provide a safe level of cover, escalating areas of concern to the senior Operational Team if unable to resolve.

  • Be responsible for arranging the provision of locum cover for Doctors 

  • Liaise with Agile directly when urgent cover is required. This will involve the use of initiative and judgement to negotiate hours of cover with medical staff along with liaising with the relevant consultant. 

  • Work with Agile, Consultant staff and Medical teams to attempt to fill temporary vacancies and support them and the operational team in using own initiative to identify longer term solutions to gaps within the medical rota.
  • Establish and maintain effective administrative systems and processes between Medical People Services, HR and payroll.  
  • Be responsible for liaising with Medical Staffing  regarding the progress of vacant posts. Investigate the causes of any delays and action further with the appropriate staff to find resolution 
  • Maintain regular, clear communication, and ensure consultants are informed of any issues relating to the rota. 

Working for your organisation

You will be working as part of a friendly, enthusiastic and caring team. This is   an excellent opportunity that will support your career development and support you to fulfil your potential.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you great career prospects and a fantastic work-life balance. Situated in one of the most attractive parts of the country with dramatic countryside and bustling towns we have state of the art facilities, supportive friendly teams and excellent professional development opportunities.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

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If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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