Acute Medicine Rota Coordinator | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,081 - £33,665 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7201574/337-NP-8802NO |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Rota Coordinator to join the Acute Medicine Team here at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Hospitals.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Acute Medicine team. This post will involve the day-to-day management of the Acute Medicine Rota ensuring the appropriate levels of staff and clinical safety is maintained at all times. This will include the production of medical rotas, processing annual/study leave requests for Acute Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Trust Doctors and Resident Doctors and booking locums to cover rota gaps. You will play a key role in the planning and execution of junior doctor changeover/induction.
This post will require an individual with excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a busy work load.
The successful candidate must have a flexible ‘can do’ attitude, able to use their initiative with excellent communication/interpersonal and IT skills. You will also be required to work closely with the Management team and Clinicians in supporting the needs of this busy and exciting department.
Post holder is responsible for assisting in designing and distributing the Acute Medicine on-call rota for the Consultants, Resident Doctors within the Acute Medicine Team at Northwick Park Hospital.
Collect and records information with all types of absence.
Organise clinical cover for annual leave / sickness with the in house Bank Temporary staffing.
Communication used includes letters, emails, telephone, handwritten and face to face communication.
Building a weekly rota and distributing out to the Acute Medical Team and the wider integrated medicine team.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Post holder is responsible for assisting in designing and distributing the Acute Medicine on-call rota for the Consultants, Resident Doctors within the Acute Medicine Team at Northwick Park Hospital.
Collect and records information with all types of absence.
Organise clinical cover for annual leave / sickness with the in house Bank Temporary staffing.
Communication used includes letters, emails, telephone, handwritten and face to face communication.
Building a weekly rota and distributing out to the Acute Medical Team and the wider integrated medicine team.Post holdertoensure Healthroster is updated and signed off each month by the required day given by finance. Post holder meets the new medical staff when they start to give details of the Department and the on-call rotas and ensure contact details are up to date.Post holder is the main point of contact for the resident staff with regards to leave, rota and general queries.Post holder is the point of contact for doctors who need to report their absence from work so that cover arrangements can be made as necessary.Post holder to assist the Assistant Service Manager and resident doctors in designing rotas compliant with the European working Time Directive (EWTD).Post holder works unsupervised andon own initiative, prioritising workload
Provide clerical support to General Manager and Service Manager, which includes arranging meetings, diary management, ordering refreshments, booking of rooms and liaising with meeting organisers, sending emails on their behalf and other duties which may be required.
Establish and maintain efficient office systems for the team and ensuring it is kept in an organised manner.
Maintain good working relationships with Managers, Consultants, medical/admin staff.
Adhere to health & safety regulations and the security of self and others.
Dealing with email and verbal queries on a day-to-day basis.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025