Junior Doctor Coordinator - Chertsey, United Kingdom - Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Chertsey, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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A great opportunity has arisen for a Junior Doctor Rota Coordinator to become part of the Orthopaedic team.

Reporting to the Service Manager for Trauma and Orthopaedics, the person in this role is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the Junior Doctor's rotas, making adjustments on a daily basis as required.

The post holder will be required to cover gaps on the rota through use of internal staff, or through booking bank or agency cover as required.

The post holder will keep records of all study leave, annual leave and sickness and overseeing Junior Doctor compliance to mandatory training and direct support across all of these areas as required.

The role will also have responsibilities as required in supporting the Trust's strategy to reduce bank and agency medical spend and support with the local induction and recruitment of new Junior Doctors.

In return you will be part of a friendly and supportive team.

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised person who is friendly and approachable, can build effective working relationships and communicate clearly.

The main duties of the role are to identify, arrange and manage Locum Doctor cover in order to comply with the European Working Time Directives.

This will require regular contact with all the Junior Doctors over shift short falls and availability to cover.

The role will require attention for detail and accurate reporting to ensure there are accurate records of annual leave, study leave and sickness.

Ashford and St.

Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH.

We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre.

We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce.

Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

To be responsible for the recording of absence levels for all grades medical staffing within the Division using the "Electronic Staff Reporting" tool.

This includes monitoring annual leave, study leave and sickness, reporting abnormal levels to the Service Manager and ADO.

To be responsible for recording all study leave requests ensuring that the rota has been adjusted accordingly.

To manage Doctor's rotas, making many adjustments on a daily basis depending on the staffing levels for that day.

To liaise with Junior Doctors over shift short falls and availability to cover.

To be responsible for liaising with the internal Bank Coordinators and locum agencies to obtain Doctors when required.

Identify, arrange and manage Locum Doctor cover in order to comply with the European Working Time Directives.

To update the medical staffing lists regularly ensuring that all wards and departments are kept informed of any changes.

To be responsible for the preparation and facilitation of the Junior Doctor induction programmes, including preparing the handbooks and packs.

To liaise with Human Resources and Consultants to ensure that all junior medical staffing recruitment and staffing needs are identified and actioned.

Ensure sickness records for all medical staffing are up to date.

To make sure medical staff are completing relevant paperwork and working with the Service Manager to identify any need to refer medical staff to Occupational Health.

To be responsible for recording all bookings and details of locum/agency or Bank staff bookings for the Division on "Health Roster" or appropriate system and internal spreadsheets.

Make adjustments to the medical staffing rota to try to ensure in-house locum coverage where possible.

To undertake other administrative and support duties required by the Division to ensure high quality services are provided.

Monitor and oversee staff to ensure effective use of resources and adherence to the principles of "Improving Working Lives" and the European Working Time Directive.

Promote equal opportunities for staff and patients in accordan