The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview The post holder will, in conjunction with the Business Support Manager, be responsible for the creation of medical departmental rotas within the Division of Medicine, Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services. This will involve close liaison with key stakeholders and understanding the demands and complexities of each service in order to support the provision of cost-efficient medical rotas. The post holder will play a pivotal role in ensuring appropriate internal locum cover and reducing the reliance on external medical agency usage. It will be an expectation of the role that the post holder will provide additional administrative duties for the Division on an ad hoc basis. Advert Liaising with senior medical staff within the Trust and Division to plan rotas in advance, creating rotas and allocating the doctors to the appropriate slots to ensure all clinical areas have safe and efficient levels of medical cover. Ensuring rotas are maintained accurately and are consistently up to date. Liaising with junior and senior medical staff on a regular basis to facilitate the smooth and efficient running of all rotas. Liaising with Medical Staffing to be aware of the incoming junior medical staff which are rotating into the Division. Assessing leave requests to enable rotas to be developed in a timely way. Ensuring that contact details for each doctor taking part in the rotas are up to date and accurate. Keeping an overall record of all Junior Doctors and their programmed activities. Ensuring that the rotas and any subsequent changes remain compliant and that doctors do not breach the 2016 Terms and Conditions for Junior Doctors and European Working Time Directive Regulations. Ensuring rotas are circulated in a timely manner to key staff throughout the Trust with changes to any published rota being effectively communicated to the necessary staff. Working for our organisation We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Liaising with senior medical staff within the Trust and Division to plan rotas in advance, creating rotas and allocating the doctors to the appropriate slots to ensure all clinical areas have safe and efficient levels of medical cover. Ensuring rotas are maintained accurately and are consistently up to date. Liaising with junior and senior medical staff on a regular basis to facilitate the smooth and efficient running of all rotas. Liaising with Medical Staffing to be aware of the incoming junior medical staff which are rotating into the Division. Assessing leave requests to enable rotas to be developed in a timely way. Ensuring that contact details for each doctor taking part in the rotas are up to date and accurate. Keeping an overall record of all Junior Doctors and their programmed activities. Ensuring that the rotas and any subsequent changes remain compliant and that doctors do not breach the 2016 Terms and Conditions for Junior Doctors and European Working Time Directive Regulations. Ensuring rotas are circulated in a timely manner to key staff throughout the Trust with changes to any published rota being effectively communicated to the necessary staff. Consistently working in close partnership with the Medical HR Officers aligned to the Division to ensure transparency of issues and robust solutions through recruitment. Identifying gaps in the rotas where cover is necessary e.g. for sickness absence, arranging locum cover, in the first instance, internally with other doctors on the rota and the relevant Consultants, to ensure cover is provided to maintain clinical safety to patients. Where internal cover is not forthcoming, liaising directly with the Temporary Staffing to book an external locum. Keeping a track of all gaps and who has covered them, and managing locum claim forms as necessary. Familiarise yourself with the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract Terms and Conditions and continually prevent exception reports. Keep fully up to date with all rules and regulation of the New Deal and Working Time Directive. Support on-going projects concerning junior doctors hours of work, research new developments and provide information for managers and specialities where required. The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.