Medical Staffing Coordinator

To manage the medical staffing function within the Medicine Health Care Group on a day to day basis, action and resolving issues and problems as they may arise. To be friendly, approachable and supportive for medical staff to visit during the allocated office hours for queries. Attend wards weekly to meet with medical staff and discuss any queries and questions. Responsible for monitoring and authorising all medical staff leave and absence requests in a timely manner as per the timeframe agreement with your line manager. Ensuring that a safe level of medical staff cover is provided at all times, balancing the requirements of both the individual and service through communication and negotiations with the Lead Doctors and Operational Managers. Provide an up to date weekly report to line manager to show tracking of study leave confirmation and attendance confirmation has been received from the doctors. To ensure weekly rotas are created, signed off and distributed out to the medical staff and the wider service. To ensure rotas are plotted 6 weeks in advance. Responsible for updating the on-call rotas in liaison with ASM’s, ensuring that both switchboard and medical teams are notified. To ensure that all rotas produced are ETWD and New Deal compliant. To ensure allocations are complete for the rotational and LED doctors and distributed out via email to the doctors within the required time frame. To liaise with and support LTFT doctors ensuring their rotas are compliant and in line with service needs. Final approval required from ward consultant. Responsible for requesting and booking the provision of locum cover when required in accordance with Trust Policies and with instruction from the Lead Doctor and Operational Managers within the Health Group. Ensuring all vacancies are advertised on NHSP Connect and the trust nominated agency system. Ensuring all bank and locum bookings are approved on the electronic systems, avoiding any retrospective bookings. Review future bookings weekly with Assistant Service Manager. Provide forecast to Operational Managers for vacancies 4 weeks ahead. Responsible for checking timesheets submitted from bank and agency workers are as per the booking confirmation and escalating/querying any timesheets outside of the agreed booking. Ensure timesheets are submitted for approval from Operational Managers weekly. Chase any outstanding timesheets not submitted for approval stage. To be responsible for producing a weekly account for all locum doctors provided and costs to the Operational Managers. To be knowledgeable on the trusts agreed agency capped rates and work in line with these rates when booking bank and agency doctors. Escalating any above capped rates requests to Service Managers for approval. To be knowledgeable on the calculation of annual, parental and maternity leave for medical staff. Act as the point of contact for all medical staffing enquires for the Medicine Health Care Group To collaborate with other Medical Staffing Co-ordinator’s to support a Trust wide approach. To be able to communicate with staff at all levels, including consultants, junior doctors, matrons, operational managers.