Medical Staffing Coordinator in Chester inChester PUBLISHED WED 15 JAN 2025 Jump to job information section

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and well-motivated Coordinator to join our busy but friendly Medical Staffing Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a comprehensive and varied day to day administrative service contributing to the smooth running of the Medical Staffing Workforce Team.

Using effective use of systems and good communication skills a large part of the duties involves the co-ordination and maintenance of Medical Staff rotas and ensuring Locum cover.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• Provide a first line point of contact for all queries relating to Medical Staff and provide advice on medical workforce issues while escalating complex queries/problems as appropriate.
• Monitor multiple shared inboxes, Microsoft Teams, work mobile and ensure emails and messages are flagged for the right team to pick up and ensure deadlines are met, while escalating complex queries/problems as appropriate. Responsibility for the creation and maintenance of medical workforce rotas
• Provide divisional information on all aspects of medical staff establishment e.g., staff in post, appraisal dates, vacancies etc. as requested.
  
  

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
  
  

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellen Strudwick Job title: Medical Staffing Specalist Email address: Telephone number:

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