Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

T&O Workforce Co-ordinator

The closing date is 07 July 2025

Job summary

Location: Frimley Park HospitalDepartment: Medical Staffing / Workforce Planning

Frimley Park Hospital is seeking a highly organised and proactive Workforce Coordinator to play a vital role in supporting the effective planning and coordination of medical staff rotas across multiple departments. This key administrative position is crucial to ensuring optimal staffing levels, enabling the delivery of consistent, high-quality patient care.

The successful candidate will work closely with clinical and management teams to develop, monitor, and adjust rotas in line with service demands, staff availability, and compliance with relevant working time regulations. This role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills, along with a meticulous attention to detail.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing and scheduling rotas for both elective and emergency clinical activities, ensuring all shifts are covered to meet service demands.
  • Overseeing rotas to maintain service continuity and patient safety.
  • Coordinating annual leave, study leave, and other absences for medical staff, ensuring adequate cover is in place.
  • Supporting recruitment processes and working with HR to address workforce gaps.
  • Ensuring compliance with rota regulations and working time directives.
  • Liaising with consultants, resident doctors, and administrative teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
  • Participating in the induction of all medical staff, ensuring a smooth onboarding process.
  • Providing cross-site cover for colleagues during absences to maintain service continuity.

What We're Looking For:

  • Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
  • A proactive and collaborative approach to working with clinical and administrative teams.

This is a full time role and offers a great opportunity to contribute to the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care while developing valuable skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

If you're ready to take on a rewarding role in a fast-paced NHS setting, we'd love to hear from you!

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Details

Date posted

30 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,308 a year per annum INCL HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-JLM492

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Communicate changes to rota and service to relevant parties.

Manage the rota daily ensuring cover is provided in the event of sickness/absence. Re-deploy staff daily as necessary.

Ensure that the Outpatients Department, Theatres, and other relevant departments are informed of Medical Staff absence and other leave, to ensure clinical commitments are reduced or cancelled as a last resort.

Manage the allocation of annual and study leave, ensuring cover is available.

Participate in the induction of all medical staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communicate changes to rota and service to relevant parties.

Manage the rota daily ensuring cover is provided in the event of sickness/absence. Re-deploy staff daily as necessary.

Ensure that the Outpatients Department, Theatres, and other relevant departments are informed of Medical Staff absence and other leave, to ensure clinical commitments are reduced or cancelled as a last resort.

Manage the allocation of annual and study leave, ensuring cover is available.

Participate in the induction of all medical staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

  • Professional qualification
  • Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently without supervision
  • Ability to build credible relationships with all levels of medical staff and management
  • Working under pressure

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to negotiate to all levels and work in partnership with relevant stakeholders
  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently with minimal supervision
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS either in a hospital, private practice or for a GP
  • Significant experience in complex administration within an acute hospital
  • Knowledge of 18 week/RTT targets

Special requirements

Essential

  • A commitment to ongoing personal development
  • Budgeting

Desirable

  • Knowledge in rota planning
  • Knowledge of medical workforce requirements and contracts
  • Agency usage
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

  • Professional qualification
  • Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently without supervision
  • Ability to build credible relationships with all levels of medical staff and management
  • Working under pressure

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to negotiate to all levels and work in partnership with relevant stakeholders
  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently with minimal supervision
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS either in a hospital, private practice or for a GP
  • Significant experience in complex administration within an acute hospital
  • Knowledge of 18 week/RTT targets

Special requirements

Essential

  • A commitment to ongoing personal development
  • Budgeting

Desirable

  • Knowledge in rota planning
  • Knowledge of medical workforce requirements and contracts
  • Agency usage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager

Kellie Dhuga

k.dhuga@nhs.net

07464495046

Details

Date posted

30 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,308 a year per annum INCL HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-JLM492

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ


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