About this role
Job summary
Resource Scheduling Coordinator (x4 required)
37.5 hours per week - full timeWeekly shift patterns 07:00-15:00, 09:00-17:00 (flex), 11:00-19:00 Salary: £25,760 - £27,476Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne (this is not an agile role)
Are you organised? Looking for a role where no two days are the same? Looking for a fast paced, exciting and challenging new role with career opportunities then we would love to hear from you!!
We have an exciting opportunity within our Resource Scheduling Department here at The North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust. We are looking for quick thinking, energetic people who are organised and like to be part of a great team, there are lots of opportunities for further learning and development as well as working closely and collaboratively with the Operational staff around the Trust.
You will be required to support operations with a specific focus on working pattern flexibility, staff rota's, ensuring that capacity and demand is met, and that clinical colleagues and resources are allocated and utilised appropriately. You will need to work independently without direct day to day supervision and be able to time manage appropriately.
Please note, unsuccessful candidates within the last 6 months need not apply.
Main duties of the job
To be a main point of contact for operational and support services staff to ensure that production of core rotas and schedule resources effectively according to the needs of the business.
All information held on the Global Rostering System (GRS) within the Trust are accurate and conform to Working Time Directive Regulations and Data Protection Act requirements. Training will be given for this.
To ensure that all staff have the correct hours according to their contract, annual leave allowance allocated to them in line with service level agreements and working time legislation.
To manage colleagues annual leave, sickness, training, rotas and various abstractions to ensure service level agreement.
To ensure the timely provision of analytical and statistical information from the Rostering system is correct, transparent and up to date.
It is important that you a computer literate as you will be required to work on our Global Rostering System and Microsoft Excel and Word on a daily basis.
About us
We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.
Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
NVQ Level 3 or Diploma in relevant discipline or significant previous relevant experience
Desirable
ECDL Recognised qualifications in Microsoft Excel to an advanced leve
Experience Essential
Experience of database management Experience of managing own time, using initiative, prioritizing workload and working to strict timescales Experience of working within a Team. Experience of people management issues in relation to rostering requirements. Experience of Training others. Experience in preparation of reports and presentations Experience of Training others.
Desirable
Experience in the use of GRS or similar rostering system. Experience of major working pattern redesign and implementation onto GRS.
Key Skills Essential
Excellent knowledge of IT, literacy and numeracy skills Able to analyse reports, interpret complex statistical data and draw conclusions from them.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Employer's website https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)