Medical Workforce Advisor
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
The closing date is 06 April 2025
Job summary
A fantastic opportunity for a band 5 Medical Workforce Advisor to look after our medical and dental workforce in regard to recruitment, resident doctor rotations, and agency and bank.
Someone highly organised with a passion to provide excellent customer service would be ideal for this role!
You will be one of two Medical Workforce Advisors within the Medical Workforce team which is integral to the Trust's aim to recruit the best staff, with the right values, to provide the highest level of patient care. You will work collaboratively with Medical Managers and Service Managers to plan and deliver extensive recruitment activities for Doctors, Dentists and Training Posts. The post holder will also recruit to the NHFT Medical & Dental Staff Bank for their allotted directorate.
Main duties of the job
Recruitment:
- work with Medical Managers & Service Managers to support with workforce planning to pro-actively initiate recruitment campaigns once recruitment gaps have been identified.
- supporting recruiting managers with the creation of content for job adverts, job descriptions and person specifications.
Medical & Dental Bank:
- working closely with the Medical Rostering Advisor, you will liaise with bank employees and agencies (where necessary) to source appropriate medical and dental cover
Resident Doctors:
- Liaising with Health Education East Midlands throughout the year to ensure incoming resident doctors and dentists on rotation are cleared in a timely manner
- To maintain working links with payroll/finance and external bodies (Lead Employer Trust), to ensure information regarding Junior Doctors received by the Trust is accurate and supports service delivery.
- Prepare work schedules for Junior Doctors in line with 2016 Junior Doctor Terms and Conditions and ensure adherence to the timelines set out in the Code of Practice, facilitating rota coordination including using appropriate software to build rotas, and carrying out production of work schedules
- Work closely with the Postgraduate Advisor within the PGME team to ensure that all resident doctors details are in place for the rotational induction programme
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Date posted
24 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
270-TF912-CORP
Job locations
Berrywood Hospital
Northampton
NN5 6UD
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Berrywood Hospital
Northampton
NN5 6UD
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)














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