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 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone.
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Join our dynamic Medical Staffing Team as a Senior Medical Staffing Officer and play a vital role in supporting Doctors in Training across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. You’ll lead on junior doctor rotations, manage end‑to‑end recruitment and onboarding processes, and ensure accurate ESR setup and pay for all trainees. Acting as a specialist advisor, you’ll provide expert guidance on the 2016 Terms and Conditions for Doctors in Training, resolve complex pay queries, and work closely with NHS England, Royal Colleges, Finance, Medical Education, and clinical teams.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead and coordinate all junior doctor national rotations, ensuring smooth delivery and timely communication with NHS England and internal departments.
2. Oversee the preparation and issuing of work schedules for Doctors in Training, including Less Than Full Time (LTFT) trainees.
3. Manage end‑to‑end recruitment and onboarding processes, ensuring all pre‑employment checks, clearances, and ESR entries are completed accurately and on time.
4. Act as the first point of contact for medical staffing queries, providing expert advice on the 2016 Terms & Conditions for Doctors in Training.
5. Handle and resolve complex pay queries, liaising closely with payroll and Finance to ensure accurate payments and vacancy management.
6. Issue honorary contracts and ensure compliance with Trust policies and employment standards.
7. Coordinate rotation gaps and liaise with departments to arrange Clinical Fellows where needed.
8. Support Doctors in Training with relocation expenses, maternity/paternity processes, and employment documentation (e.g., ILR letters, certificates of employment).
9. Supervise the Band 4 Medical Staffing Officer and support junior team members, including training and day‑to‑day oversight.
10. Attend regional and local medical HR meetings, representing the Workforce Directorate.
11. Contribute to workforce reporting, data management, and departmental improvement initiatives.
Working for our organisation
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:
12. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
13. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
14. Improving the experience of staff with disability
15. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
16. Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Join our dynamic Medical Staffing Team as a Senior Medical Staffing Officer and play a vital role in supporting Doctors in Training across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. You’ll lead on junior doctor rotations, manage end‑to‑end recruitment and onboarding processes, and ensure accurate ESR setup and pay for all trainees. Acting as a specialist advisor, you’ll provide expert guidance on the 2016 Terms and Conditions for Doctors in Training, resolve complex pay queries, and work closely with NHS England, Royal Colleges, Finance, Medical Education, and clinical teams.
17. Lead and coordinate all junior doctor national rotations, ensuring smooth delivery and timely communication with NHS England and internal departments.
18. Oversee the preparation and issuing of work schedules for Doctors in Training, including Less Than Full Time (LTFT) trainees.
19. Manage end‑to‑end recruitment and onboarding processes, ensuring all pre‑employment checks, clearances, and ESR entries are completed accurately and on time.
20. Act as the first point of contact for medical staffing queries, providing expert advice on the 2016 Terms & Conditions for Doctors in Training.
21. Handle and resolve complex pay queries, liaising closely with payroll and Finance to ensure accurate payments and vacancy management.
22. Issue honorary contracts and ensure compliance with Trust policies and employment standards.
23. Coordinate rotation gaps and liaise with departments to arrange Clinical Fellows where needed.
24. Support Doctors in Training with relocation expenses, maternity/paternity processes, and employment documentation (e.g., ILR letters, certificates of employment).
25. Supervise the Band 4 Medical Staffing Officer and support junior team members, including training and day‑to‑day oversight.
26. Attend regional and local medical HR meetings, representing the Workforce Directorate.
27. Contribute to workforce reporting, data management, and departmental improvement initiatives.
Person specification
Essential criteria
28. Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources (or equivalent experience)
Desirable criteria
29. Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent
30. Evidence of continuing personal development
31. CIPD Qualified
Experience
Essential criteria
32. Experience of working within a Medical Staffing environment
33. Experience of working within the NHS
34. Extensive experience of working within a Human Resources function working across a broad range of HR functions
35. Staff/team management experience
Desirable criteria
36. Project management experience
37. Extensive experience of advising managers on employee relations issues such as discipline and grievance; sickness absence
Knowledge
Essential criteria
38. Through knowledge of employment law and HR practices
39. Knowledge of medical & dental terms and conditions of service
Desirable criteria
40. Knowledge of HR issues affecting medical staff such as Doctors in Training Hours
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
41. Knowledge of HR issues affecting medical staff such as Doctors in Training Hours
42. Ability to identify problems and develop appropriate and pragmatic solutions to meet them
43. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective way to staff and managers at all levels
44. Excellent attention to detail
45. Ability to manage a diverse workload and to meet set deadlines
46. Ability to work in a team and undertake a variety of roles to get a job done
47. Excellent customer services skills
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: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.
Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.