Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Senior e-Rostering Officer

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Job summary

Following the development of the Rostering Team within Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust. We have a new vacant role reporting to the eRostering Manager.

This role will facilitate day to day support to system users, providing training and act as a visible and accessible point of contact for advice, guidance and support on all aspects of the Trust Healthroster & associated systems (Allocate/Optima; SafeCare; Roster Perform; Employee On-Line etc.

To manage on a day-to-day basis the administration of the Trusts HealthRoster suite of systems to ensure the managers are able to use the systems to their full potential.

This role will be central in driving the Trust's efforts to achieve operational excellence in rostering while maintaining a customer-focused approach.

The role holder must be highly experienced in the use of Excel, and the ability to interpret, analyse and manipulate the data for reporting

Main duties of the job

To provide advice on the eRostering system workforce policy and its implementation, suggesting changes to the policy as appropriate.

To support the effective roll out and management of eRostering across all areas the Trust. To expand the use of eRostering to other staff groups and functions

To collate, interpret and present a range of management information relating to eRostering and staffing utilisation regularly and on an ad-hoc basis (i.e. roster approvals, roster performance statistics etc), working with the eRostering Manager to develop and produce meaningful reports

To provide day-to-day supervision, training and support to junior members of the eRostering Team

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:

  1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Details

Date posted

06 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

381-CO-7043024

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsobilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsobilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of delivering against internal / external SLAs
  • Experience of using Allocate HealthRoster
  • Experience of working in a customer service / helpdesk environment
  • Systems administration experience
  • Experience of designing and delivering training
  • Experience in producing reports in Excel

Desirable

  • Experience of database management
  • Supervisory experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Allocate academy/Educated to HR / business / systems degree level or equivalent academic standard, or equivalent experience
  • ECDL or Microsoft Office Specialist qualification, or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Prince II Practictioner
  • Relevant Project management experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of delivering against internal / external SLAs
  • Experience of using Allocate HealthRoster
  • Experience of working in a customer service / helpdesk environment
  • Systems administration experience
  • Experience of designing and delivering training
  • Experience in producing reports in Excel

Desirable

  • Experience of database management
  • Supervisory experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Allocate academy/Educated to HR / business / systems degree level or equivalent academic standard, or equivalent experience
  • ECDL or Microsoft Office Specialist qualification, or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Prince II Practictioner
  • Relevant Project management experience

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

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of People Analytics and Optimisation

Dan Peniket

daniel.peniket1@nhs.net

01215531831

Details

Date posted

06 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

381-CO-7043024

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


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