Medical Staffing Coordinator

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and well-motivated Coordinator to join our busy but friendly Medical Staffing Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a comprehensive and varied day to day administrative service contributing to the smooth running of the Medical Staffing Workforce Team.

Using effective use of systems and good communication skills a large part of the duties involves the co-ordination and maintenance of Medical Staff rotas and ensuring Locum cover.

Provide a first line point of contact for all queries relating to Medical Staff and provide advice on medical workforce issues while escalating complex queries/problems as appropriate.

Monitor multiple shared inboxes, Microsoft Teams, work mobile and ensure emails and messages are flagged for the right team to pick up and ensure deadlines are met, while escalating complex queries/problems as appropriate. Responsibility for the creation and maintenance of medical workforce rotas.

Provide divisional information on all aspects of medical staff establishment e.g., staff in post, appraisal dates, vacancies etc. as requested.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds

Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.