Job summary
- Main area
- e‑Rostering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21843
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Portland House
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy e-Rostering Team Lead
NHS AfC: Band 5
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Deputy e‑Rostering Team Lead (Band 5 A&C)
People and Culture Directorate – e‑Rostering Team
We’re seeking an enthusiastic Deputy e‑Rostering Team Lead to help drive high‑quality, efficient rostering across Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. You will support the management and development of our e‑Rostering system (Allocate Optima), deliver training to staff, and act as a key point of contact for advice and troubleshooting.
In this role, you will supervise e-Rostering Coordinators and Administrators, ensure data quality, assist with system upgrades, and produce performance reports to support effective workforce planning. You will also help embed best practice and support service areas in improving roster efficiency.
What you will bring:
- Experience with e‑Rostering or workforce systems
- Strong communication and training skills
- Ability to analyse data and identify improvements
- Confidence supervising others and coordinating workload
Join us to help deliver a reliable, high‑quality e‑Rostering service that supports safe staffing and excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
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Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and Hampshire.
You will be joining an organisation which is committed to improving patient care. We try to do this by listening to and learning from feedback, carrying our healthcare research and putting it into practice, developing new ways of providing services in partnership with others, and helping staff develop through access to education and training.
With services covering Sussex, Hampshire and Kent, there's plenty of choice about where to work and live if you join us. We've got the sea right on our doorstep, as well as the vibrant city of Brighton and Hove, areas of natural outstanding beauty and many historic towns. Excellent transport links make it easy to commute to work from London to many of our services and sites. Or you may be someone who has been doing the commute in the other direction and is now looking to work closer to home.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a senior member of the Workforce Planning, Systems and Intelligence Team, the Deputy e-Rostering Team Lead, will support the e-Rostering Team Lead in providing specialist advice in all aspects of Electronic Rostering (e-Rostering), and will support the implementation and ongoing management of the Trusts' eRostering system.
The post holder will provide training to e-Rostering users within the People and Culture Directorate and across the whole Trust. They will also act as the visible and accessible point of contact for advice, guidance, support on all aspects of e-Rostering.
The role will be responsible for providing supervision to the e-Rostering workforce team, ensuring all team processes are clearly documented and reviewed regularly.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to degree level or equivalent level of experience
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using, inputting and extracting information from HR/Payroll systems
- Experience of supervising a team
- Experience of participation in projects and using databases
- Experience of introducing changes to working practices, policies and systems and sustaining improvements
- Experience of using E- Rostering systems and knowledge of good rostering practices
- Experience of data collection and analysis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gary Farrow
- Job title
- Workforce Systems Lead: ESR & eRostering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 1892
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