Rota Co-Ordinator

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester

Rota Co-Ordinator

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

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Full Job Description

We are looking for a dynamic and pro-active individual to join our team in the post of Rota Co-Ordinator. The post-holder will provide support to the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department within the Women & Children's Division to co-ordinate rotas and provide an administrative function to the team. As Rota Co-Ordinator the post holder will be key in producing rotas alongside the Clinical Rota Leads, using a solution-focused approach to ensure that rotas have adequate cover at all times, especially when unforeseen circumstances occur, and escalating to the Directorate Managers and Clinical Leads where appropriate.,

  • To produce a rota for relevant clinical teams, cross checking all clinical activity to ensure an efficient and comprehensive service is provided and circulating this weekly to secretarial team, consultants, and all other relevant members of the department.
  • Provide a first line point of contact for all queries relating to the Obs and Gynae rota and provide advice on medical workforce issues while escalating complex queries/problems as appropriate.
  • To maintain awareness of departmental clinician's leave including annual, study, professional and sick leave, monitoring the impact of this to identify service implications and take action as appropriate.
  • To work proactively and identify rota issues as early as possible, managing the outcome and escalating where appropriate. Proactively communicating with management team, consultants, and junior doctors to seek the most appropriate and cost effective outcome forcover

    This is a role that requires a flexible, approachable people person, who is self-motivated, and has a positive attitude, with excellent communication skills an eye for detail and the ability to work well under pressure.

    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 6258 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 407,000. This includes 357,000 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. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

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