Medical Staffing Officer

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK healthcare provider based in Liverpool seeks a Medical Staffing Officer to manage medical rotas, ensuring adequate staffing cover. The ideal candidate will have experience in a healthcare setting and possess strong organizational and communication skills. This role demands effective resource management and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a hospital/healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of Performance management.
• Understanding of information technology systems.

Responsibilities

• Compile, produce, and distribute medical rotas.
• Liaise with medical staffing to ensure adequate locum cover.
• Participate and support with inductions.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management skills

Problem solving skills

Leadership skills

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Staffing Officer

The closing date is 15 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has become available for the position of Medical Staffing Officer. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is hard working with excellent organisational skills, communication skills and keen team player to join our team here at The Royal Liverpool Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for compilation, production and distribution of all medical rota's. Deal with all queries regarding rota's on call. Monitor rota's on a daily basis to ensure there are appropriate levels of cover.

**Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**

Main duties of the job

• Ensuring rota's are up to date with adequate and accurate medical staffing cover.
• Coordinate and manage medical staff annual / study leave, processing all annual / study leave forms.
• Ensuring relevant staff and departments are kept up to date with leave booked by regular production and circulation of all leave dates.
• Manage the use of locum doctors effectively and economically and authorise all locum payments.
• Completion of agency locum assessment forms.
• Completion of monthly SVL's for medical staff including payments for additional duty hours.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page

Job responsibilities

• Liaise with medical staffing to ensure adequate locum cover is available for any absences.
• Provide up-to-date information on a monthly basis regarding the use of locum cover, additional duties worked etc, to ensure that no inappropriate charges are made against the Directorate.
• Participate and support with inductions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in a hospital/healthcare setting

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Performance management.
• Understanding of information technology systems and literate in its application.
• Knowledge of Junior Doctor working arrangements and Knowledge of Working time Directive; Preparation of rotas for junior doctors (PRHO - SpR level).
• Awareness of issues in health service management.
• Detailed understanding and experience of managing complex clinical services.
• Knowledge of Junior doctors issues.

Skills

• Proven ability to manage resources effectively including budgetary and staff management.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
• Evidence of leadership and motivational skills.
• Well developed problem solving and analytical skills.
• Evidence of influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to achieve demanding tasks and objective against deadlines.
• Project Management Skills

Other

• Maintain constructive team working relationships at all levels and with all disciplines in a team setting.
• Motivation and development of staff. Successful management of change within part of a complex organisation. Evidence of Performance Management.

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust