Medical E-Rostering Systems Officer

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Preston is seeking a part-time Medical E-Rostering Systems Officer. The role involves managing medical rostering systems, ensuring accuracy, and enhancing stakeholder communication. Candidates should possess a passion for detail and strong IT skills, especially in Excel. The position offers a salary ranging from £27,485 to £30,162 pro rata, with flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in rostering or workforce administration, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and rostering software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Create new user accounts for doctors.
• Add rosters and create rota templates on the e-rostering system.
• Run regular reports and analyse bank shifts.

Skills

Rostering or workforce administration

Strong IT skills

Excellent communication

Ability to work under pressure

Knowledge of NHS medical staff

Education

NVQ Level 4 in IT/Business

Tools

Excel

rostering software

Job description

The closing date is 09 October 2025

Overview

Medical E-Rostering Systems Officer role within Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. Part time position in the medical staffing team, focusing on rostering systems, accuracy of information and stakeholder communication.

Main duties

Responsibilities include creating new user accounts for doctors, adding rosters, creating rota templates on the e-rostering system, running regular reports and analysing and finalising bank shifts.

The postholder will update annual leave entitlements and troubleshoot rostering/leave queries, sharing expertise with the team to support query resolution. Training others is an important part of the role. Ensure less than full time rota patterns are set up for each resident doctor rotation.

About you

• Experience in rostering or workforce administration (preferably in a healthcare setting)
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and rostering software
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Knowledge of NHS medical staff and terms & conditions is desirable

Ensuring safe rostering for both employed and resident doctors in training will be important, so understanding rostering protocols and/or doctors working hours requirements would be desirable.

The successful candidate will have a passion for accuracy, be a good communicator, able to respond to queries efficiently and demonstrate excellent customer service.

Ability to meet tight deadlines and close attention to detail are essential.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care. Specialist provision includes inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides physical health and well-being services in the community, with partners in Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton.

The Trust encourages flexible working and a positive work/life balance. Flexible patterns such as term-time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks are considered. Please indicate any flexible working requests on your application and discuss at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 4 in IT/Business or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of Medical and Dental Grades
• Specialist knowledge of medical rotas and Junior Doctor hours
• Knowledge & experience of computerised systems and running reports

Experience

• Skills in systems management and IT solutions
• Ability to use information technology to extract, analyse & present workforce information
• Able to sensitively yet assertively deal with resistance or conflict of interests

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 pro rata, per annum