East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Rota Coordinator - Women & Children's

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and proactively driven individual to fulfil the role of Rota Coordinator within our Gynaecology department with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation Trust.

You will be required to provide an excellent administrative service to the team. Acting as the first point of contact for any medical staffing enquiries within the department you will have the responsibility for the provision of a safely staffed medical team.

You should demonstrate knowledge of RTT and have excellent communication skills, with proven experience of managing a team.

This is a fast paced and busy role, you must have good prioritisation skills.

This is full time fixed term/secondment post until 31st December 2025, cross site.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the co-ordination of all medical rotas across the Division. Specifically, the post holder will compile and disseminate rotas for the Division's medical staff, and act as a single point of contact for the juniors.

To assist the Division in reducing temporary spend through implementation of more effective control mechanisms and advance planning of locum cover. To partner with Medical Staffing, Litmus and Finance to monitor locum spend and be responsible for reporting of temporary pay spend.

To provide shape and direction on a Trust basis for best practice in rota coordination.

To ensure Consultants are accountable for compiling a safe medical rota updates and the post holder to ensure all staff have adequate notice and the service can plan for its expected demand and capacity.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1723-24

Job locations

Colchester/ Ipswich hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oDealing with patients and handling difficult situations. Recent experience of working in a complex organisation
  • oSignificant experience of complex staff scheduling.
  • oExperience of co-ordinating complex and sensitive HR issues.
  • oWorking in a highly pressurised environment.
  • oExperience of working within the healthcare sector.

Desirable

  • oUnderstanding of the structure of an NHS organisation.
  • oExperience of working with medical staff and medical rotas.
  • oUndertaking a similar role.
  • oKnowledge of New Deal and EWTD.

Qualifications

Essential

  • o Management/Business/Administration degree or proven management experience at equivalent level.

Desirable

  • oECDL
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oDealing with patients and handling difficult situations. Recent experience of working in a complex organisation
  • oSignificant experience of complex staff scheduling.
  • oExperience of co-ordinating complex and sensitive HR issues.
  • oWorking in a highly pressurised environment.
  • oExperience of working within the healthcare sector.

Desirable

  • oUnderstanding of the structure of an NHS organisation.
  • oExperience of working with medical staff and medical rotas.
  • oUndertaking a similar role.
  • oKnowledge of New Deal and EWTD.

Qualifications

Essential

  • o Management/Business/Administration degree or proven management experience at equivalent level.

Desirable

  • oECDL

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester/ Ipswich hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester/ Ipswich hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Operational Coordinator

Amelia Stevens

amelia.stevens@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1723-24

Job locations

Colchester/ Ipswich hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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