Medical Staffing Manager

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Reading is seeking a Medical Staffing Manager to lead a specialist team dedicated to managing medical staffing across the organization. This full-time role involves overseeing recruitment, induction, and the management of doctor rotations, ensuring efficient workforce management. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in medical staffing operations. Flexible working options and extensive benefits, including generous annual leave and career development opportunities, are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days’ annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Discounts at retailers and restaurants

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Experience in medical staffing within a complex healthcare setting.
• Strong management skills with a focus on team development.
• Knowledge of rotas, rotations, pay, and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Medical Staffing and Education team, providing leadership.
• Manage recruitment and rotations for resident doctors.
• Oversee medical agency usage for effective staffing.

Skills

Medical workforce operations

Leadership and management

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Job description

Overview

Looking for a senior role where your expertise in medical staffing and leadership skills can help to shape a high-impact service? At Berkshire Healthcare, we’re seeking an experienced Medical Staffing Manager to lead a specialist team supporting all aspects of medical staffing across our ‘Outstanding’ Trust.

You’ll bring your expert knowledge to manage a dedicated team with compassionate and inspiring leadership. The team has responsibility for doctors across the organisation, and you’ll work closely with Trust senior management, stakeholders and external partners to deliver high-quality, effective medical workforce management.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruitment, induction and management of rotations for resident doctors
• Rota management and accurate pay calculations
• Medical education and training administration, including honorary contracts, course approvals, and study leave
• Managing medical agency staff

In this role you’ll find opportunities to shape and build the Medical Staffing team and the service they provide.

This is a full-time 9-5 role, based at Prospect Park Hospital, Reading. Whilst presence on site is required, we are open to considering hybrid working options.

• Lead and manage the Medical Staffing and Education team, providing day-to-day leadership, supervision and development
• Hold operational responsibility for medical staffing across the Trust, including resident doctors, consultants, SAS doctors and medical agency staff
• Manage the recruitment, induction and rotation of resident doctors (c.64), including creation of compliant rotas and accurate calculation of pay
• Act as line manager for resident doctors, overseeing rostering, sickness absence processes and occupational health returns
• Lead consultant and specialist doctor recruitment, ensuring robust processes, compliant appointment panels and accurate offer/pay calculations.
• Oversee medical agency usage, supporting safe staffing, cost control and effective agency management
• Support delivery of medical education administration, including honorary contracts, student placements, course approvals and expenses
• Build strong, trusted relationships with clinicians, service managers and senior leaders, providing expert medical staffing advice
• Contribute to service improvement, shaping processes and developing a resilient, future-focused medical staffing service

Qualifications

Applications for this role will be reviewed as received; we encourage you to apply ASAP as roles can close early. Due to the holiday period, there may be a slightly longer response time than usual.

Our Values

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Benefits

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Must Haves

• Experience working autonomously in medical staffing, providing specialist advice in a complex healthcare setting.
• Strong management experience, including leading and developing a team.
• Sound knowledge of medical workforce operations, including rotas, rotations, pay, and recruitment.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Further Information

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Equality and Inclusion

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Contact

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Amanda Mollett, Associate Director of Medical Development and Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Audit on 07827311841 or email: [e-mail]. She will be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026.