Medical Rota Manager - Emergency & Acute Care

Swbh; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking an Assistant Service Manager to support a 7-day medical rota service and ensure safe staffing levels. You will coordinate rotas, liaise with clinicians and managers, and respond to real-time service needs, improving patient care and staff experience.

In this NHS role, you will line manage the Rota Team, monitor KPIs, and deputise for the Service Manager during absence while driving cost efficiencies and forward planning across ED, Acute Medicine

Qualifications

• Demonstrate NHS management experience with responsibility for operational matters, including staff management, budgetary responsibility, and performance targets.
• Experience of Rota Management for Medical Staff or similar.
• Demonstrate evidence of problem solving.

Responsibilities

• To manage and work with the Rota Co-ordinators to ensure rotas are created and distributed to specific deadlines.
• To liaise with other stakeholders and attend regular planning meetings.
• To manage the day‑to‑day running of the medical staffing rotas for the Emergency Department, Acute Medicine and Medicine on call areas.
• To line manage the Rota Team, ensuring that key performance targets are met.
• To deputise for the Service Manager where required and attend regular update meetings with clinical colleagues to ensure weekly monitoring and forward planning to ensure rotas are covered to meet core staffing requirements.
• To deputise for the Service Manager to ensure safe staffing levels for ward areas.
• To be the point of contact for escalations and to assist with problem solving where required.
• To work with the Service Manager to ensure that financial expenditure and cost improvements are monitored in relation to reducing medical locum expenditure and suggesting the most cost effective ways to ensure safe staffing.

Job description

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking an Assistant Service Manager to support a 7-day medical rota service and ensure safe staffing levels. You will coordinate rotas, liaise with clinicians and managers, and respond to real-time service needs, improving patient care and staff experience.

In this NHS role, you will line manage the Rota Team, monitor KPIs, and deputise for the Service Manager during absence while driving cost efficiencies and forward planning across ED, Acute Medicine