Temporary Staffing Administrator

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Temporary Staffing Booking Administrator to support the staffing team. The role involves providing admin support for temporary staff bookings and requires excellent communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft applications. This position is on-site at the Royal Surrey Hospital.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Career development opportunities

Investment in physical environment and equipment

Qualifications

• Strong drive to succeed in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in administration related to staffing processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative support for staffing.
• First point of contact for temporary staff and agencies.
• Ensure shifts are filled with bank workers.
• Manage Temporary Staffing Service out of hours.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Word

Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Proactive and tenacious attitude

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Temporary Staffing Booking Administrator to support our professional, fast paced Temporary Staffing Team.

The Temporary Staffing Team manage and assist with the booking of temporary workers into the electronic booking systems, providing the wards and departments with additional appropriately trained staff to support their required staffing levels. This is carried out across all staffing groups including Nursing, Allied Health Professionals, Medical and Administration (this includes Bank and Agency workers, bookings, queries and invoicing).

You will be pro‑active, tenacious with a strong drive to succeed and have excellent communication skills both written and verbal. You will work together with the Trust's department managers and matrons, building relationships, in order to gain better understanding of their temporary staffing needs and requirements.

The ideal candidate will be proficient with various IT applications in order to use the established E rostering systems. You will also have an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Word, Outlook and Excel.

Please note this role will be based on site at the Royal Surrey Hospital, and interviews will take place in person.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to ensure the effective deployment, management and payment of temporary staff (bank and agency) in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Be the first point of contact for temporary staff, agencies and line managers, guiding all aspects of the temporary staffing process in accordance with policies and procedures and national guidelines.
• Be proactive in ensuring shifts are filled with bank workers, reducing agency use.
• Take responsibility for delivery of the Temporary Staffing Service out of hours and at weekends, when there may be no management cover.

Benefits and Culture

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.