Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-SUR-R12575
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/05/2024
Employer heading
Lead Coordinator, Band 5- Trauma & Orthopaedics
Band 5
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Trauma & Orthopaedic department based at Gloucester Royal Hospital. We are a large department covering Cheltenham General, Gloucester Royal and numerous community sites. This job offers the opportunity to work with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team in a interesting and varied role, working closely with Consultants, Matrons and the General Management team.
The successful applicant will manage all rota’s within the department to include covering the on call and ward teams, coordinating theatre and outpatient sessions, adapting clinicians timetables to meet service needs, examining admin/clerical systems and processes to continuously improve services and put forward proposals for organisational re-structuring to maximise services by providing appropriate staffing levels.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure efficient and effective cover for all Theatre Lists and GRH Fracture clinics, source additional capacity for New Fracture clinics, finding additional post up follow up slots when needed.
-Setting up new clinics both Elective and Trauma.
- Responsible for Coordinating all Consultants/Doctors annual/Study leave and sickness/absences.
- Managing all of the departmental Rotas to ensure all areas are covered
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Admin/Management
- Management of medical leave, adhering to local annual leave policy
- Management of medical staffing rotas in conjunction with clinical leads
- Covering and backfilling Theatre sessions/clinics
- Setting up clinics and clinic utilisation
- Management of Band 4 supervisor
- Facing a complexity of urgent issues on a daily basis.
- Managing demands from Trauma intake
- The work pattern is extremely unpredictable due to constant interruptions and having to deal with urgent issues as and when they occur.
Organisational and Development
- To examine admin/clerical systems and processes to continuously improve services.
- Put forward proposals for Organisational re-structuring to maximise services by providing appropriate staffing levels.
- Take the lead for various projects as required by divisional management
Communications and Working Relationships
- General Managers/ Assistant General Managers
- Administration/Clerical and Secretarial staff
- Consultants and multi-disciplinary teams
- Trauma Coordinators
- Ward Clerks
- Medical and Nursing staff
- IT Services
- Health Records Staff
- Human Resources
- Trust training department including PAS training staff
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs including a C or above in Maths & English
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working as team leader or supervisor within the NHS
- IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications, Outlook, Patient Access Systems (EPR/TrakCare), ESR
- Awareness of national and local waiting time targets and data quality issues
- Effective organisational skills including a high level of accuracy
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training individuals
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent prioritisation skills
- Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication, responsiveness, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills, both written and verbal to lead and support staff through change processes
- Ability to make independent decisions using own initiative in a fact paced environment
- Confident in conflict management and resolution
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jasmine Mitchell
- Job title
- Assistant General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 8142
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