Job overview
The trauma and orthopaedics service at BHRUT is looking for a highly motivated individual to join their team as a medical staffing officer. this is a very integral role to the running of the service and the ideal candidate will already have experience in medical rota co-ordination. excellent communication skills and the ability to be persuasive and gain the trust and confidence of different levels of staff. experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of NHS I.T systems are also essential to the role as are a flexible approach and experience of working to deadlines.
Main duties of the job
To act as medical staffing coordinator for the provision of cover for annual, study and sick leave for medical staff within the allocated services
• Act as the main point of contact for medical rostering for junior doctors and other key stakeholders.
• To provide administrative support to the General Manager, Service Manager, Clinical Care Group Director, Clinical Director and Speciality Leads in managing medical staffing.
• To provide accurate and timely information related to medical staff management including compliance with New Deal requirements, appraisals and monitoring leave.
• To work closely with Clinical Director and General Manager developing processes to support junior doctors on all issues relating to their employment within BHRUT.
• To manage and co-ordinate annual and study leave ensuring that medical locum usage is minimised, but where required this is anticipated and covered. This will also include ensuring that the rotas are published and distributed in a timely manner and where changes are required, these are effectively communicated.
• As the organisation evolves, there may arise a need to adjust the tasks and /or the responsibilities of the postholder. This will be done in consultation with the post holder with the aim of mutually agreeing to any reasonable changes.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Educated to degree level standard or equivalent training and experience in medical rota co-ordination in an NHS setting
Desirable criteria
2. Previous experience working in medical staffing.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
3. Ability to manage and resolve complex staffing issues, using own initiative.
4. Excellent interpersonal communication skills and telephone manner.
Experience/ Knowledge
Desirable criteria
5. Experience with a flexible workforce role/setting
6. Experience of recruitment and selection in a busy organisation