Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview The Directorate of Women's Services is seeking a highly capable, ambitious and focused individual for the role of Postgraduate Doctor Coordinator. A key member of the operational management team, the post holder is line managed by the Assistant General Manager in Women's Services, and is professionally accountable to the General Manager. You will work closely with our highly skilled medical, midwifery, nursing and operational leadership teams, as we focus on delivering high quality care in an outstanding organisation. We are a directorate with an exciting blend of services, which deliver care to patients and their families from our local communities, as well as delivering care to those elsewhere in the UK and internationally. Our postgraduate doctors are a mix of Deanery and Trust grade medics, recruited both nationally and internationally. We are extremely proud of the calibre of our Postgraduate Doctors, and seek a rota coordinator who will enable them to deliver the outstanding level of care we strive for on a daily basis. What can we offer you? This role is suited to a broad range of skills and backgrounds, and can act as a springboard to operational roles, roles within medical education or specialist administrative posts. Whatever your ambition and desire, our operational team are focused on supporting you to deliver this. You can expect to be part of a highly driven and solution focused operational team, playing a key role in it. Main duties of the job The Postgraduate Doctor Coordinator is a critical role within the directorate, supporting all Postgraduate Doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology across Assisted Conception Unit, Gynaecology and Maternity services. The post is the first point of contact for all Postgraduate Doctors, and is expected to prospectively and proactively plan medical rotas to ensure the delivery of services across the directorate, in conjunction with operational and medical leadership teams in the directorate. They are expected to ensure compliance with all European Working Time Directive requirements, and to ensure that rotas maintain compliance with the necessary employment legislation, notably the 2016 Junior Doctor contract. Furthermore, the post holder will be invaluable in driving improvements to the working lives of Resident Doctors, including wellbeing initiatives, improving local inductions and leading on wider projects within the Directorate. Working for our organisation As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. Our directorate provides high quality care to patients across South East London, as well as delivering a range of specialist services both nationally and internationally. We treat approximately 40,000 gynaecology patients, and deliver 6,400 NHS births and 350 private births a year. We have one of the largest NHS IVF units in the UK, which includes our flagship Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis services. Alongside our clinical services, we are integrated with colleagues at Kings College London, delivering a significant programme of research and development. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder is expected to manage day to day leave and absence, ensure services are effectively covered, and to liaise with Service Management teams during periods of short notice absence. Working closely with the Directorate Management Team, College Tutor, Rota Consultant and nominated Postgraduate Doctor leads, the post holder will oversee and support the training of all Postgraduate Doctors, ensuring medicals staff are released to complete mandatory training, and reviewing study and annual leave requests to support the wellbeing and development of Postgraduate Doctors. The post holder will be expected to manage their workload without supervision, and be able to manage competing/conflicting demands on their time. Person specification Qualifications and Education Essential criteria Degree, NVQ Level 4 in Business Administration or equivalent experience in an administrative setting Track record of significant continuous professional and management development Previous experience Essential criteria Significant experience of staff supervision/ staff management including recruitment/ retention /appraisal /first line disciplinary and knowledge of budget management issues Evidence of establishing, maintaining and consolidating effective working relationships with clinicians and multi-disciplinary teams Desirable criteria Knowledge of medical workforce contracts and terms of employment Knowledge of rota management / coordination Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability Essential criteria Leadership and influencing skills Desirable criteria To have had previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Further details / informal visits contact Name Fiona Selwyn Job title Assistant General Manager Email address [email protected] Additional information The current post-holder is happy to be contacted about this position: Rosalie Matta ([email protected])