Maintain an up to date contact list for all doctors working in the specialty / specialties including preferred e-mail address and contact number(s) ensuring compliance with all information governance requirements. Act as the focal point for resident doctors to request, authorise and record annual, study and sick leave in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Ensure all doctors are able to take the annual and study leave that they are entitled to without compromising safe staffing levels. Where resident doctors want to swap shifts in order to take leave, provide assistance and support and ensure that both doctors are still compliant before the swap is agreed / authorised. Build and populate rotas which ensure minimum staffing at all times and an appropriate skill mix Liaise with consultants and specialty management to ensure any changes to bed numbers, demand, patient acuity and / or complexity are reflected in agreed minimum staffing levels for each clinical area Ensure rotas are cost efficient and compliant with all current requirements e.g. New Deal, EWTD, Resident Doctors contract and represent best possible work-life balance for doctors. Build rotas for part time doctors who provide an appropriate balance between the doctors educational / personal needs and the needs of the service. Ensure that rotas are published to doctors and intranet pages to meet the deadlines as per Resident Doctor Contract. Working closely with colleagues in Medical Workforce and Recruitment, create and populate work schedules for trainees, ensuring that rotas and work schedules are sent to Recruitment colleagues /Lead Employers in line with the Terms and Condition of the Resident Doctor Contract. Ensure live rotas are an accurate reflection of current available staff, ensuring any changes to rotas are promptly and reliably communicated to all key staff in the specialty (trainees and consultants) and H24. Liaise with H24 to discuss urgent shortfalls in staffing. Identify upcoming gaps in plenty of time to allow cover to be found, ensuring that all key stakeholders are aware of vacant shifts and the status of plans to fill these. Assist and support new starters as required for example arranging shadowing for doctors who have no previous UK experience and advise on study and annual leave etc. Assist in the planning, organisation and deliveryspecialty induction as required. Develop and maintain a good working knowledge and understanding of the 2016 Ressident Doctors Terms and Conditions. Provide basic advice on Trust HR policies and procedures including supplying appropriate paperwork to doctors as required and signposting to more detailed advice as required.