Medical Staffing Rota Coordinator | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Tameside & Glossop NHS FT
Salary:	£28,392 - £31,157 Per Annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ashton under Lyne, OL6 9RW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	30 Jul 2026
Closing date:	29 Aug 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic Rota Coordinator to join our Medical Staffing team here at Tameside Hospital.

The main purpose of the post is to lead rostering for your area of responsibility; including the management of rota’s for rotational (changeover) Doctors and the support of their induction into their placement.

The post holder is responsible for the provision of short notice cover, and forward planning, ensuring there are no gaps on the rota. The post holder will monitor and process annual leave, study leave and sickness absence; monitoring safe staffing compliance.

The post holder should demonstrate a willingness to help others and should prioritise work to meet conflicting deadlines and ensure the smooth management of Doctors both before and during their appointments.

To provide cross-cover in the absence of Medical Staffing Rota Coordinators.

The successful candidate will provide a medical staffing service to a clinical division. This will include a broad range of activities including the coordination of medical rotas, inputting of weekly payroll, processing annual/study leave requests and booking locums to cover rota gaps. You will work closely with the Medical Staffing Team Leader, Clinicians and Directorate Managers in order to review rota templates for your division, ensuring compliance with working time regulations, terms and conditions and maximising efficiency.

In addition to supporting the coordination of medical rotas, you will be involved in monitoring of Exception Reporting, and providing analysis and feedback. You will play a key role in the planning and implementation of the junior doctor changeover. You will also work proactively to recruit and develop the Trust Internal Locum Bank.

To be successful in this role, you will have a strong focus on customer service, excellent IT skills (eg: Sharepoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook), an ability to work with complex erostering systems, a good eye for detail, and the ability to prioritise a busy workload. You will also be flexible in providing cross cover in the absence of colleagues and have the ability to build strong and effective relationships with all your key stakeholders. Experience of working in a medical staffing environment is desirable.

The post holder will be part of the Medical Staffing weekend on-call which currently operate on a 1 in 6 rota.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion

• Accountability

• Respect

• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunatelynot eligible for visa sponsorshipunder the UK Skilled Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting theminimum salary threshold of £41,700 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.

This advert closes on Thursday 13 Aug 2026

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