Divisional Medical Staffing Coordinator | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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.

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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 26 May 2026