Senior Medical Workforce Officer - Coventry, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

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Coventry, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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The post holder will support with the assurance and compliance of the Trust's Medical Workforce against contractual standards set by NHS England.

To take responsibility for specific areas of work within medical workforce particularly relating to rota compliance.

To ensure the generation and distribution of reports relating to rota design and compliance as and when required.

To ensure all rotas are complaint with medical terms and conditions and all issues regarding safety of working hours are addressed and issues are raised accordingly with the Guardian of safe working.

Please be advised that interviews are due to take place on Friday 5th April.

The Senior Medical Workforce Officer - Rotas will provide support in ensuring our Medical Workforce (both trainee and non-trainee doctors) are working efficiently, productively and safely.

This is a key role in providing a varied and general administrative support to the wider Medical Workforce Team.

Responsibilities will include:

ensuring medical and dental rotas are compliant with junior doctor contracts, being proactive in ensuring rota information is correct, being the first point of contact for creating rotas, any rota/rostering changes and providing expert advice to departments/specialities on rota compliance and contractual standards.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.

Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire )

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society.

We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care.

We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

To provide varied and at times complex information to Care Groups and managers on a range of operational Medical Workforce issues, ensuring that Trust policies and standards, as well as national terms and conditions of employment for doctors are adhered to

This may relate to:

Terms and conditions of employment for doctors and Trust policy
Ensuring rotas are compliant with junior doctor terms and conditions
Ensuring all rotas are included on erota
Ensuring that erota live is kept up to date
Ensuring all relevant junior and senior doctors have access to and training for exception reporting
Create and distribute all junior doctor generic work schedules in line with junior doctor terms and conditions and codes of practice
Work alongside Guardian of Safe Working to provide information on rotas and exception reports
Provide information and data to the Guardian of Safe Working to assist in board reports
Recruitment and selection of medical staff
Employee relations queries particularly relating to rotas
To provide advice to the group managers, consultants and junior doctors on best practice on junior doctor rotas, liaise with recruitment and selection team members regarding rota changes which will need to be reflected in job descriptions, contracts of employment and various databases. Deals with rota queries and information requests. To act as best practice advisor, particularly if other members are not trained.
To deal with queries for less than full time trainees and design a rota to reflect a suitable LTFT working pattern. Complete LTFT paperwork including average working hours, pay details and working patterns and liaise with the LTFT doctors in question/group managers regarding working arrangements. Use own initiative to provide advice ensuring compliance with the HR policies and procedures and junior doctor terms and conditions, referring to the Medical Workforce Advisor if required.
To produce information for generic work schedules in line with the junior doctor terms and conditions of service outlining complex data on working hours, shift patterns, pay structures and enhancements, unsocial hours and educational opportunities. To ensure all junior doct