Medical Rostering Lead

NHS; Bath; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bath is seeking a Medical Rostering Lead to implement and manage their medical workforce rostering system. The role involves working across departments to enhance efficiency and align rostering with job planning. Candidates should have extensive experience in electronic workforce systems and the ability to produce insightful management reports. This is a fixed-term position, offering a salary between £38,682 to £46,580 per year, with a commitment to staff wellbeing and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive staff well-being program

Opportunities for career development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with implementation of medical electronic workforce systems.
• Expertise in managing medical rostering and mapped on call rotas.
• Ability to produce complex management reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead rollout and management of the medical rostering system.
• Collaborate with clinical leads and managers.
• Develop KPIs, reports, and training materials.

Skills

Understanding of medical Workforce Systems

Ability to develop management reports

Experience with Healthrota Rostering suites

Job description

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Rostering Lead

The closing date is 02 February 2026

We are seeking a skilled Medical eRostering Lead to roll out, implement, and maintain our medical workforce rostering system. You will work across departments to improve workforce efficiency, patient care, and operational effectiveness, ensuring the eRostering system is fully utilised and aligned with job planning processes.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the Trust-wide rollout and ongoing management of the medical rostering system.
• Collaborate with clinical leads, managers, finance, and the Medical Workforce Team.
• Develop and maintain KPIs, reports, SOPs, and training materials for staff.
• Ensure compliance with national and Trust policies, contractual obligations, and safe staffing standards.
• Provide expert guidance, data analysis, and system support to optimise workforce planning.
• Maintain internal communications, including intranet resources and stakeholder updates.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person‑centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well‑established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Skills/Competence

• Understanding of other medical Workforce Systems and processes e.g. job planning

Knowledge

• Extensive and demonstrable experience of managing the implementation of medical electronic workforce systems, including medical rostering, mapped on call rotas, self‑rostering.
• Healthrota Rostering suites

Specific Skills

• Able to produce and develop complex and intuitive management reports to monitor utilisation, identify themes and trends and performance compliance.
• Experience with developing and maintaining a service intranet page to deliver information and documentation to staff at all levels.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Reference number

427-7674682-D

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust