About this role
Job summary
The Medical Staffing Co-ordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Directorate's medical staffing function, ensuring effective and efficient deployment of medical staff. The post holder ensures that all medical staffing practices meet required standards, including BMA guidelines, Risk Management Standards, NHS Employers guidance and Trust policies. They work collaboratively with key stakeholders, liaising with Health Education England (East of England), HR, the Postgraduate Education team and Directorate management leads to support workforce planning, compliance and service delivery.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert advice on Medical and Dental terms and conditions, ensuring best practice in the management of medical staff. This includes supporting clinical directors, consultants and managers on a range of workforce matters such as changes to terms and conditions and the effective management of medical staffing rotas. Contribute to medical workforce planning by helping to ensure appropriate staffing levels and skill mix across services.
Manage doctors engaged on zero-hours locum contracts, ensuring all necessary pre-employment checks are completed in collaboration with HR. Proactively liaise with Trust doctors to fill rota gaps in a timely manner, supporting continuity of care and service delivery.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Co-Ordinator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person Specification
Education Essential
Educated to GCSE or Equivalent
Experience Essential
Previous experience of medical staffing Excellent written communication skills
Desirable
Experience of working in acute NHS trust
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Basildon
Nether Mayne
Basildon
SS16 5NL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)