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Medical Absence Coordinator | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 January 2025 |
| Location: | Salford, M50 1SW |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6902346/236-NCA-AC558-24 |
Summary
Be part of a dynamic central team of coordinators looking after medical staffing for three divisions within Salford Royal.
This is a demanding role and requires an enthusiastic, committed individual who wants to make a difference and play a crucial role in ensuring safe staffing across our medical services.
The ideal candidate would be caring, supportive and willing to work within the central team proving help and advice to operational teams, all resident doctors and colleagues at all levels across the NCA.
The main purpose of the job is planning and booking of locum doctors in line with Standard Operating Procedures and NCA policies to meet the needs of the service and Processing and monitoring Medical Staff Absences and associated expenses (where applicable) in line with policies and procedures.
See Job Description for full details.
• Provide information and advice when dealing with enquiries
• Liaise with Departmental Managers and Workforce Co-ordinators regarding locum requests for medical staff
• Develop and maintain an internal locum bank of junior doctors and proactively work to cover gaps in the rota
• Work with NHS Professionals – Doctors Direct and department managers to ensure Working Time Directive is effectively monitored for NHSP activity
• Work with departments to identify service gaps and plan/initiate acquisition of any locum doctors
• Explore all opportunities when filling rota gaps to ensure minimum locum agency staff are utilised
• Liaise with locum agencies
• Work with Divisional Teams
• Provide cover for team members during absence
• Action accruals on a weekly basis
• Prepare Induction Packs and IT requests for locum doctors and monitor induction compliance.
• Assist in the induction programme for new recruits
• Record absence for medical staff and monitor leave taken
• Respond to all queries regarding annual leave, study leave and expenses, keep medical staff up to date on leave taken and to advise
• To participate in the authorisation of carry forward of remaining leave and to assist with the calculation and validation of outstanding/overtaken leave for leavers
• To authorise, process and validate study leave expense claim forms
• Liaise with the Payroll Dept regarding unpaid/queried expenses
• Manage the cancellation of annual and study leave
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Jan 2025
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