Rota Coordinator for Critical Care & AnaestheticsNHS

Job summary

The Rota Co-ordinator for Critical Care and Anaesthetics is responsible for the effective co-ordination, management, and administration of medical rotas across the Critical Care and Anaesthetic Departments within Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working closely with the Deputy Operational Service Managers, Clinical Leads, Clinical Director, Consultants, and Resident Doctors, the post holder will ensure the provision of safe and efficient medical staffing arrangements that support service delivery across both hospital sites. This will involve some cross site working between Basingstoke and Winchester Hospitals.

The role involves the day-to-day management and maintenance of medical rotas using the Trust's electronic rostering systems, including dbRotas, CLW, E-Rota, and Allocate. The post holder will ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained, coordinate leave requests, support training and educational requirements, and respond proactively to short-notice staffing changes to minimise disruption to patient care.

Main duties of the job

• To work with the team to ensure that the critical care and anaesthetic units have 24/7 cover and that the on-call sessions are covered with appropriate skill mix, escalating issues as required.
• To have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the rotas.Ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained and gaps are filled appropriately.
• You will be responsible to actively deal with rota, personnel and other queries and troubleshoot problems that may arise.
• Responsible to ensure all changes to the rota are conveyed to the relevant staff member in a timely and efficient manner.
• Receive all annual leave and study leave requests for all doctors, and process these according to policy, ensuring adequate cover is available and liaising with the doctors where necessary
• Communicate vacant shift information to bank workers and internal staff to seek to fill these shifts via Locum's Nest.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

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