East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Rota Co-ordinator

The closing date is 23 July 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Rota Co-ordinator within the Emergency Department at Ipswich Hospital.

The role centres around the effective management of doctor rotas, maintaining the new electronic rota management system and assisting in any redesign of daily rotas as well as managing communications groups in relation to rota cover. This role will work closely with the operations team, medical team and support staff.

Our CDG is a busy department supported by a dedicated and engaged team. The nature of this post is fast paced and therefore candidates need to demonstrate flexibility in their work, with an ability to adapt to situations as they arise. There is also a need to problem solve on a regular basis.

This post would suit someone with focused attention to detail, distinct organisation skills and the ability be agile with their workload and manage change.

You will be well supported in their journey from induction, to encouraging personal development.

Main duties of the job

  • Support on the implementation of new rota electronic system in Emergency Care
  • Responsible for the coordination of Doctors rotas, compiling and ensuring rotas are distributed daily to all relevant parties
  • Assist in the design/redesign of the daily rotas with the consultant in charge to ensure that these rotas display shift information in the most accessible manner and can be used to obtain statistical information for use in trust planning.
  • Liaise and discuss with consultants future staffing needs relating to the rota, taking account of the skill mix. Assisting in devising alternatives when suitable doctors are unable to be found to fill vacant shifts. Making sure that the right doctor is in the right place at the right time on the rota.
  • Upload registrars' master rota on a monthly basis, checking Doctors templates with consultant in charge and notifying registrar of any changes in their shift patterns.
  • Help organise shift patterns for new doctors until they can be incorporated into the main rota.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

5 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR489-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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

  • oPrevious administrative role
  • oWorking collaboratively as part of a team
  • oAdvanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • oExperience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation

Desirable

  • oNHS experience
  • oExperience within relevant work area
  • oExperience of working with members of the public
  • oSupervision/co-ordination of other team members

Qualifications

Essential

  • oGCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
  • oNVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent

Skills / Knowledge

Essential

  • oAdvanced keyboard skills
  • oKnowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious administrative role
  • oWorking collaboratively as part of a team
  • oAdvanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • oExperience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation

Desirable

  • oNHS experience
  • oExperience within relevant work area
  • oExperience of working with members of the public
  • oSupervision/co-ordination of other team members

Qualifications

Essential

  • oGCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
  • oNVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent

Skills / Knowledge

Essential

  • oAdvanced keyboard skills
  • oKnowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology

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

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant General Manager Urgent & Emergency Care

Isabelle Plowman

isabelle.plowman@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

5 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR489-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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