E-Roster and Temporary Staffing Manager
The closing date is 17 November 2025
Applications are invited for this new role, of eRoster and Temporary Staffing Manager, who will lead our e-Roster and Temporary Staffing Team, providing expertise in this field and ensuring best practices are in place across the Trust.
The role will ensure that a high quality service is provided which supports effective rostering using Allocate and effective, efficient and well governed deployment of temporary staffing requirements.
Applicants for this role should be educated to degree level in a relevant subject or have demonstrable graduate level experience working in a similar role, alongside highly developed rostering experience and previous leadership and line management experience.
Main duties of the job
* Lead and represent electronic rostering across the Trust
* Daily management of the temporary staffing hub, including sustaining high‑level roster compliance.
* Embedding of rostering best practice.
* Provision of up to date expertise in rostering practice, utilising both system and service knowledge.
* Delivery of local and national Key Performance Indicators.
* Ensuring the service meets the needs of all stakeholders.
* Oversight of the continued roll‑out of e‑Roster to departments not yet implemented – both medical and non‑medical.
* Daily management of the Temporary Staffing Hub to ensure effective and efficient rostering.
* Dissemination of knowledge and skills to other Trust managers to embed the best roster practice possible.
* Work collaboratively with teams in ESR/Payroll/Finance/Recruitment to align best practice for the organisation.
* Act as a Trust advocate and continue to raise the Trust profile through strong external links with other Trust representatives.
* Designated budget holder for the e‑Roster team.
* Responsibility for monitoring spends on staffing costs and variance with finance.
* Support system procurement and RLDatix contract renewal to maximise the Trusts contract.
* Maintain knowledge of IT applications including Allocate software and MS Office.
* Analyse complex workforce information and data sets.
* Act as the Information Asset Administrator (IAA) for HealthRoster, ensuring all necessary audits are completed.
* Lead all Temporary Staffing Hub projects including adding remaining non‑rostered staff to the e‑Roster.
* Develop robust systems for bank staff training and development, document control and system maintenance.
* Set up and utilise Roster Perform report delivery to managers.
* Lead on projects that maximise recruitment, retention and staff wellbeing improvements.
* Proactively engage with all stakeholders to ensure effective communication regarding the e‑Roster system.
* Represent Trust‑wide discussions around e‑Roster and liaise with regional and national workforce representatives.
* Attend user forums and maximise networking opportunities to adopt good practice.
* Respond to freedom of information requests and incident investigations related to e‑Roster data or staffing levels.
* Provide reports to all regular Trust governance meetings and promote learning and process improvement.
* Ensure compliance with Trust Policies and Procedures.
* Support team members to achieve their potential through robust appraisal and training.
* Create user guides that are clear and promote self‑management at department level.
* Ensure new members of staff are supported with training and competency development.
About us
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH) is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country. With high staff and patient satisfaction and a strong reputation for research and innovation, RJAH is committed to providing the best opportunities for its staff. Staff benefit from outstanding professional development opportunities, state‑of‑the‑art facilities and a supportive working environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Educated to degree level in a relevant area of academic practice or demonstrable degree level experience working in a similar role.
* Project management training.
Experience
* Rostering experience underpinned by knowledge and practical experience.
* Significant experience of leadership and line management experience, including managing difficult situations and conflict and personal development reviews.
* Experience of managing projects or programmes within set timescales and budgets.
* Able to evidence managing and prioritising own workload and supervising workload of others.
* Experience of formulating business cases.
* Clinical background or knowledge of clinical rostering.
Skills and competencies
* Able to interpret national and local policies and embed into rostering interfaces.
* Able to provide and receive personal and sensitive information.
* Able to make decisions.
* Demonstrates highly effective communication skills and able to develop effective professional relationships across all levels of the organisation.
* Able to work independently, making autonomous decisions and judgements at an advanced level.
* Good understanding of rostering KPIs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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