Emergency Medicine Rota Coordinator

The Rota Coordinator is responsible for managing the Emergency Medicine medical staffing rotas. A key function of this role will include the co‑ordination of medical staff rotas to ensure the service is resourced to the required levels each day., ota management to include: compliance, hours, induction and locum bookings of the junior doctors across the division.

Advising Service Manager and Lead Clinicians on rota issues and absence recording in line with relevant policies e.g. Special Leave Policy.

Ahead of the implementation of e‑rostering, devising systems to compile and record sickness, annual leave and study leave.

Take a lead role in filling all vacant shifts, ensuring there is a weekly contingency plan in place.

To ensure the efficient organisation of the rotas, co‑ordinating doctors leave in order to support the delivery of the service.

To support Clinical Directors, Lead Clinicians, SPRs to ensure that there is appropriate medical cover across the division.

Allocate junior doctors' four, six and twelve monthly rota patterns.

Be the main point of contact for securing locum cover for Consultants, junior doctors and middle grade staff where there is a staffing shortfall.

Be the main point of contact for collecting and recording Consultants Middle Grade & Junior Doctor annual leave, study leave and sick leave.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Book locums as required/directed for compliance of rotas and in line with Divisional guidance for short-term cover.

Ensure rotas are circulated to all Divisional areas to make sure cover arrangements are widely known throughout the Division.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+.

We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services…