Rota Co-Ordinator

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport is looking for a diligent rota coordinator to manage medical scheduling. The role involves ensuring sufficient medical cover, coordinating rotas, and effective communication with staff. Candidates should have experience equivalent to a degree level and must be proactive and flexible. This position offers numerous benefits including 27-33 days of annual leave, NHS pension scheme membership, and various salary sacrifice schemes. Join us to improve service efficiency and community representation.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave + bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Stockport Credit Union for financial advice

Qualifications

• Experience in managing medical rotas and staff scheduling.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sufficient medical cover for the division.
• Produce medical rotas in a timely manner.
• Coordinate weekly rotas and forward plan leave.

Skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Flexibility

Education

Equivalent experience to degree level

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our centralised rota team, based at Stepping Hill Hospital. You will have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Medicine & Urgent Care Division has sufficient medical cover to meet the service demands. Working closely with the Divisional Management and Clinical teams you will ensure that all medical rotas are produced in a timely manner, utilising both existing and temporary staff in the most appropriate and cost effective manner, including co-ordination of the weekly rotas and forward planning of rota(s), leave entitlement/attendance. This role is challenging and demanding and will require excellent time management, interpersonal and organisation skills. You must be able to prioritise your own workload, have a flexible approach to duties and be able to cross cover the other rota co-ordinator as and when required. You must be able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the Trust and be responsible in ensuring optimum use of physical capacity throughout medical teams to deliver service needs.

You should have equivalent experience to degree level and/or relevant experience. You must also be motivated and pro-active within your role and able to wok flexibly.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice