Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.4 WTE
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-KMU550
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £13,471 - £16,398 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Workforce Co-ordinator
Band 5
Job overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a part time Workforce/Rota Coordinator (Band 5) to join the Medicine department at Wexham Park Hospital.
15.00 hours per week
In this vital role, you will be responsible for managing medical rotas and workforce planning to ensure the department runs smoothly and efficiently. We are looking for a highly organised, proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
This is a part time, permanent position, providing an excellent opportunity to develop valuable skills while working in a dynamic and collaborative team.
Main duties of the job
- Work with the management team and lead clinicians to maintain a full shift working pattern in line with service and training needs. Ensuring doctors comply with working time directives and do not exceed total working hours allowed by policy.
- Work with Resident doctors to ensure appropriate level of service is provided to wards and outpatient department.
- Communicate changes to rota and service to relevant parties.
- Act as a central point of contact for consultants, non career grade doctors, Specialist Registrars and Resident Doctors, providing advice and guidance regarding Trust policies relating to leave and mandatory training.
- Manage the rota on a daily basis ensuring cover is provide d in the event of sickness/absence. Re deploy staff on a daily basis as necessary.
- Manage the allocation of annual and study leave, ensuring cover is available.
- Participate in the induction of all medical staff.
- Agree the use of locum staff in conjunction with Operations Manager/Associate Director . Monitor use of locum medical staff and spend, supporting the Operations Manager/Associate Director to manage the budget for locum spend.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Professional qualification
- Management Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of a busy environment and dealing with the various stakeholders including, Consultants and Junior Doctors as well as admin team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS either in a hospital, private practice or for a GP
- Significant experience in complex administration within an acute hospital
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently without a supervisor
- Working under pressure
- Ability to build credible relationships with all levels of medical staff and management
- Excellent organisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge in rota planning
- Knowledge of the 18-week RTT target
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Clark
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07502264422
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