Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

E-Rostering Advisor

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

To support the ongoing use of the Trust rostering systems through the provision of training and expert advice for service users, as well as delivering on Trust-wide transformational projects and initiatives.

Main duties of the job

  • Work with the e-Rostering team and Rostering Managers to ensure best practice is encouraged and maintained across all live rosters.
  • Support the Trust to reach nationally-set targets, such as Levels of Attainment, by championing the systems and improvement projects.
  • To deliver specialist training to new system users and to ensure they have been issued with appropriate access levels to enable them to fulfil their job roles.
  • To provide technical support and advice throughout the user testing period and beyond.
  • Work with Rostering & Workforce Intelligence colleagues to ensure that all improvements in e-Rostering practices are captured in order to demonstrate benefits realisation - finance, productivity, efficiency and staff satisfaction
  • Provide rostering advice and support to unit / departmental managers and other roster creators, as required.

About us

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we'll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women's networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

Details

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£37,259 to £45,356 a year per annum inclusive

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

271-HROD-7331666

Job locations

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH


Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • Our Always values

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

  • Allocate accredited training certificate

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Delivering presentations and training
  • Good knowledge of IT systems such as ESR, rostering and registration authority
  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills
  • Experience of a rostering application

Desirable

  • Working in an NHS organisation
  • Working within an HR environment

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to engage with service users to understand their requirements
  • Ability to plan and organise own workload and that of others to deliver team service provision.
  • Ability to manage competing demands on time
  • Ability to think quickly, adapt and respond appropriately to a range of varied and immediate customer needs.
  • Able to provide feedback to motivate and develop others
  • Ability to challenge and persuade others to change their working practices in order to take best advantage of the rostering system
  • Ability to work pro -actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, especially at times of high levels of workload pressure
Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • Our Always values

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

  • Allocate accredited training certificate

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Delivering presentations and training
  • Good knowledge of IT systems such as ESR, rostering and registration authority
  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills
  • Experience of a rostering application

Desirable

  • Working in an NHS organisation
  • Working within an HR environment

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to engage with service users to understand their requirements
  • Ability to plan and organise own workload and that of others to deliver team service provision.
  • Ability to manage competing demands on time
  • Ability to think quickly, adapt and respond appropriately to a range of varied and immediate customer needs.
  • Able to provide feedback to motivate and develop others
  • Ability to challenge and persuade others to change their working practices in order to take best advantage of the rostering system
  • Ability to work pro -actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, especially at times of high levels of workload pressure

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Rostering Manager

Adaku Ehieze

adaku.ehieze@gosh.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£37,259 to £45,356 a year per annum inclusive

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

271-HROD-7331666

Job locations

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH


Supporting documents

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