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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
11 months (Fixed term/ secondment until 31/12/2025)
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
432-HR1723-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester/ Ipswich hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/12/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Rota Coordinator - Women & Children's

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

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

 

Job overview

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.

 

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Dealing with patients and handling difficult situations. Recent experience of working in a complex organisation
  • • Significant experience of complex staff scheduling.
  • • Experience of co-ordinating complex and sensitive HR issues.
  • • Working in a highly pressurised environment.
  • • Experience of working within the healthcare sector.
Desirable criteria
  • • Understanding of the structure of an NHS organisation.
  • • Experience of working with medical staff and medical rotas.
  • • Undertaking a similar role.
  • • Knowledge of New Deal and EWTD.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Management/Business/Administration degree or proven management experience at equivalent level.
Desirable criteria
  • • ECDL

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Pastoral CareDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthHappy to Talk Flexible Working

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amelia Stevens
Job title
Senior Operational Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
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