Emergency & Acute Medicine Rota Coordinator

Blmk Icb; Luton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bedfordshire is seeking an Emergency and Acute Medicine Medical Rota Coordinator to lead the rotation planning for junior doctors and consultants across Emergency Department and Acute Medicine.

You will manage leave, arrange locum cover, and ensure rotas meet service needs while liaising with HR, COMET and medical education teams to support teaching and patient care.

Qualifications

• Good standard of General Education.
• 5 A to C grade GCSEs or equivalent including English Language.
• Demonstrated commitment to further education or training.
• Advanced Excel training.

Responsibilities

• Manage all leave taken ensuring the right amount of annual leave is taken and taken appropriately.
• To act as the link between junior doctor staff and Clinical Directors / Management team, ensuring all issues raised by the junior doctors are highlighted in the appropriate forums
• To help coordinate, produce and distribute all junior doctor information packs and liaise with consultant and medical education staff in the delivery of the speciality induction programme
• Review rota at changeover periods to ensure appropriate staffing levels
• Ensure individual rotas have been distributed 6 weeks prior to any new doctor starting
• Record junior doctor and consultant attendances at formal training events, induction meetings and meetings with educational supervisors
• Allocate junior doctors to shifts in paeds/resus/majors according to the rules set out by the consultant body
• Liaise with the ED Senior Nursing team (Matron/dHoN/HoN) about Emergency Nurse Practitioner rota to ensure there is sufficient cover in minor injuries
• Liaise with the Physician Associate rota co-ordinator to ensure there is sufficient cover on weekends
• Allocate junior doctors to present on teaching days according to the rules set out by the consultant body
• Devise a system of shift swapping recording who has agreed to undertake shifts and authorised by the consultant
• Keep the educational supervisors of the junior doctor informed of unauthorised absences
• Keep the General Manager and Clinical Director aware of any significant cost pressures
• Assist the General Manager in the effective management of all clinical and non-clinical risks arising from any of the rotas

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Working under pressure

Negotiation skills

NHS knowledge

Education

5 GCSEs A-C incl English

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bedfordshire is seeking an Emergency and Acute Medicine Medical Rota Coordinator to lead the rotation planning for junior doctors and consultants across Emergency Department and Acute Medicine.

You will manage leave, arrange locum cover, and ensure rotas meet service needs while liaising with HR, COMET and medical education teams to support teaching and patient care.