Job summary
- Main area
- OSCCA
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0246-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/05/2025
Employer heading

Service Organiser Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an Administrator to join our team.
The post holder, together with the Rota Manager, will coordinate and support the Consultant Service Organisers and Consultant Trainee Leads for the delivery of an integrated weekly consultant and junior doctor anaesthetic rota across both the NGH and RHH sites. This will include the publication of a weekly anaesthetic medical staff rota ensuring the correct alignment of skill mix to the appropriate clinical area.
Other duties will be to be the point of contact for organisational queries/issues for Consultant Anaesthetists, Junior Anaesthetic staff and all other personnel who utilise the anaesthetic service. To assist the directorate with workforce planning to include changes to working patterns always ensuring compliance with the local and national policy and directives. Be part of a flexible team and to ensure a smooth and efficient anaesthetic service is always provided.
Main duties of the job
Provide an integrated weekly medical rota across the 24/7 period at both the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Northern General Hospital. This includes consultants, trainee doctors and PAA’s and any other member of the Anaesthetic workforce that provides medical cover.
Work closely with all colleagues particularly other members of staff undertaking a service role with OSCCA to always ensure a comprehensive and cohesive response to service planning.
Ensure that the service is delivered within the identified staffing resource in any given week. At all times ensure that the correct skill mix is rostered to the correct location.
Ensure rotas are produced in advance on a rolling 6-week basis to ensure alignment with Trust wide service planning.
Together with the Duty Floor Anaesthetist deal with daily unscheduled absences such as sickness, carers leave etc to ensure gaps are covered accordingly and the rota is updated in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire's best known teaching hospitals.
- The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- The Northern General Hospital
- Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
- Weston Park Cancer Hospital
- Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C/4 or above in 5 subjects including Maths and English
- ECDL or equivalent IT qualification or demonstrable experience
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or relevant subject or equivalent demonstrable experience
Desirable criteria
- A levels.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous NHS/public sector experience (Extensive experience covering an AFC 3 role or above)
- Previous clerical experience in an office/customer focused environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous medical rostering experience
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jill Bruce
- Job title
- Rota Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142714195
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