Rota Coordinator - Trauma and Orthopaedics

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 September 2024

Job summary

We are looking for a resilient, enthusiastic, motivated and proactively driven individual to fulfil the role of Rota Coordinator within our Trauma and Orthopaedic department.

You will be required to provide an excellent administrative service to the Operational and Medical teams within our services. 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.

Please note, this is a FixedTerm/secondment position until 31st October 2025. Internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only

Main duties of the job

The post will entail creating and maintaining complex medical rotas, sourcing locum medical staff to within budgetary limits, processing medical leave and sickness records for in excess of 60 medical staff, organisation of regular junior doctor rotations and a variety of other tasks required to provide the department with an efficient medical staffing service.

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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Date posted

05 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1183-24

Job locations

Colchester

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

oPrevious rostering experience

Desirable

oPrevious experience of working in an NHS environment.

Qualifications

Essential

oGCSE Level C and above in English and Maths
oAudiotyping/Digital dictation

Knowledge

Essential

oCommunication skills - able to listen effectively and express oneself in a clear and articulate manner
oInformation collection and management - able to collect, organise and monitor data efficiently
oPlanning and organising - able to multi-task, prioritise and schedule tasks and activities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oPrevious rostering experience

Desirable

oPrevious experience of working in an NHS environment.

Qualifications

Essential

oGCSE Level C and above in English and Maths
oAudiotyping/Digital dictation

Knowledge

Essential

oCommunication skills - able to listen effectively and express oneself in a clear and articulate manner
oInformation collection and management - able to collect, organise and monitor data efficiently
oPlanning and organising - able to multi-task, prioritise and schedule tasks and activities

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.