Emergency Centre Rota Coordinator | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking a Rota Coordinator to ensure safe staffing across Emergency Departments and Acute Medicine. The ideal candidate will be organised, confident in building relationships, and motivated to impact patient care. Responsibilities include managing rota gaps, arranging locum coverage, and liaising with medical staffing. The position offers opportunities for career development, NHS benefits like pension and annual leave, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Excellent pension

Support for career development

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Highly organised and confident in building relationships.
• Experience in staffing or rota management is advantageous.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage changes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Review unexpected absences and find solutions for rota gaps.
• Arrange locum cover for doctors and liaise with consultants.
• Work with operational teams to identify longer-term staffing solutions.
• Establish effective administrative systems and manage changes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Relationship building

Initiative

Judgement in negotiations

Job description

Job Overview

Are you highly organised, confident in building relationships and motivated to make a real difference to patient care? Come and join our team as a Rota Coordinator! This role is at the heart of ensuring safe and effective staffing across our Emergency Departments and Acute Medicine services.

Key Responsibilities

• Review unexpected absences daily and use own initiative to find and enact solutions to ensure gaps in the rota are mitigated and services can provide safe level of cover, escalating areas of concern to the senior Operational Team if unable to resolve in a timely manner.
• Be responsible for arranging the provision of locum cover for doctors in the relevant grades, working with the Consultant in getting approval for CVs to allow Medical People Services to progress with agencies.
• Liaise with Agile directly when any urgent cover is required. This will involve the use of initiative and judgement to negotiate hours of cover with medical staff along with liaising with the relevant Consultant.
• Work with Agile, Consultant staff and medical teams to attempt to fill temporary vacancies and support them and the operational team in using own initiative to identify longer term solutions to gaps within the medical rota.
• Work with Medical People Services and Consultant Leads to review rotas ensuring early cover of known gaps.
• Establish and maintain effective administrative systems and processes between Medical People Services, HR and Payroll. Manage frequent change within these systems and update the Centre Management Team and relevant Consultants on progress of the systems and processes.
• Be responsible for liaising with Medical Staffing daily regarding the progress of vacant posts. Investigate the causes of any delays and action further with the appropriate staff to find resolution.

Benefits

Joining our team, you’ll be working with a group of friendly, enthusiastic and caring people. We are committed to supporting each other and delivering the very best for our patients. This role provides an excellent opportunity for your career development. We’ll provide the training, guidance and support required so that you can develop your skills while making a real impact each day.

Alongside this, you’ll also get all the benefits of working for the NHS including an excellent pension, generous annual leave, and access to a wide range of staff discounts. SaTH is also proud to offer a variety of learning and development opportunities, flexible working options and access to health and wellbeing services.

If you have any questions about the role please don’t hesitate to contact us, and we look forward to receiving your application!

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Dec 2025