Medical Staffing Co-Ordinator

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Medical Staffing Co-Ordinator to manage medical rotas and support staffing needs. The ideal candidate will possess strong administrative skills and experience in a healthcare setting, ensuring efficient rota management and compliance with Trust policies.

Qualifications

• Experience with rota coordination and management.
• Knowledge of medical staffing management.

Responsibilities

• Create medical rotas within the Division of Medicine.
• Ensure appropriate internal locum cover.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

5 GCSEs at Grade C including English & Maths

Tools

Microsoft Office

Rota Software

Job description

Go back Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Staffing Co-Ordinator

The closing date is 20 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual with strong administrative skills to join Alder Hey within the Division of Medicine.

The ideal candidate will have strong organisational skills, confident communication skills and will be able to prioritise their workload.They will work with minimal supervision and work effectively within a team and individually.

The post holder will have experience with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel).

This is a Fixed Term Post for 22.5 hours per week for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will, in conjunction with the relevant consultant teams, be responsible for the creation of medical rotas within the Division of Medicine. This will involve close liaison with key stakeholders, and an understanding the demands and complexities of each service in order to support the provision of cost efficient medical rotas.

The post holder will play a pivotal role in ensuring appropriate internal locum cover and reducing the reliance on external medical agency usage, avoiding unnecessary associated expenditure

The post holder will confidently and effectively ensure that any rota management issues are appropriately handled in accordance with Trust polices and procedures, seeking advice and support where required.

About us

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description for further information relating to this exciting opportunity.

If you have any queries please contact Elizabeth Harrison

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous rota coordination and rota management experience
• Complex software systems
• Working in a complex administrative environment
• Medical staffing management
• NHS experience
• Customer Service experience

Education & Training

• 5 GCSEs at Grade C including English & Maths or equivalent

Knowledge

• Knowledge relating to the employment and training of specialist medical staff
• Knowledge and Understanding of the National Terms and Conditions for Medical and Dental Staff
• Rota software

Skills

• Significant IT skills using Microsoft, excel and other software packages at an extremely high standard
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of processing payments

Personal Attributes

• Resilience to work under pressure in a fast paced environment
• Ability to prioritise own work load
• Ability to deal with a wide range of tasks and deliver deadlines
• Ability to be flexible around working hours
• Ability to demonstrate Trust Values

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.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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