Dental Clinical Shift Coordinator

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a full-time Clinical Shift Coordinator to manage dental staffing across its network. The role involves creating e-rosters, supporting nursing management, and ensuring safe staffing levels to deliver high-quality patient care. Candidates should possess a diploma or degree and have advanced knowledge of e-rostering systems.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of e-rostering systems required.
• Experience in auditing, evaluating, and developing services.
• Excellent Excel skills for producing management information.

Responsibilities

• Manage dental nurse staffing rotas and allocations.
• Produce compliant and efficient e-rosters published at least 8 weeks in advance.
• Support nursing management with high-quality personal assistance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Organizational skills

Education

Diploma, degree, or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

e-rostering systems

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

We are currently recruiting a full-time Clinical Shift Coordinator (37.5 hrs per week) to work across the Dental network.

As a Rota Coordinator, you'll be joining our dental team and will play a vital role in organizing our department rosters. The successful candidate will work with Healthroster and be responsible for the day-to-day management of dental nurse staffing rotas and allocations.

This post will ensure excellent planning, negotiating, and organization to provide adequate staffing cover.

This role will also provide high-quality personal assistance to the nursing management team, including administrative support in their absence, using own initiative and working independently.

This position is central to maintaining safe staffing levels and supporting high-quality patient care through effective coordination of dental nurse coverage across the dental network.

Main duties of the job

The Dental E-Rostering Coordinator will be an important member of the Dental team, expected to produce monthly e-rosters for the dental department. Initially, you will work closely with Senior Nurse, Matron, Band 7s, and Band 6s to develop their nurse staffing rosters until familiar with each unit's processes.

The post holder will be accountable for creating compliant and efficient rosters published at least 8 weeks in advance, ensuring safer staffing.

The post holder will manage roster requests and annual leave requests based on unit standards.

Working for our organization

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We are committed to promoting inclusion and fostering an environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging. We value diversity and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of key tasks and responsibilities, and the person specification outlines qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please see the attached documents for details.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma, degree, or equivalent experience
• Advanced knowledge of e-rostering systems

Desirable criteria

• Management and leadership skills

Experience

• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop practical solutions
• Experience in auditing, evaluating, and developing services

Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, for producing management information
• Understanding of working regulations and guidelines, e.g., EWTD

We are committed to promoting an inclusive environment and support applications under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. We reserve the right to close vacancies early if sufficient applications are received.