Workforce Scheduling Planner - Denton, Manchester
gtd healthcare is one of the largest NHS commissioned Primary and Urgent care providers in North West England. Based in Denton, Manchester, we have a an excellent opportunity for a Workforce Scheduling Planner to join our Workforce Planning Team.
The Workforce Scheduling Planner will take ownership for the overall planning, administration, co-ordination, and resourcing of the staff portfolio to meet the needs of the service, including working closely with Operational, Clinical and Medical Team members across the organisation to ensure that services are fully resourced and run smoothly.
The successful candidate will be working with multi-disciplinary teams across gtd healthcare to ensure the effective planning and scheduling of staff meets the operational requirements.
We are keen to develop and support staff to excel their career aspirations whilst making a positive difference to patients and the community. We put our people at the heart of everything we do. We are a values driven organisation and we are passionate about providing the best possible healthcare for our patients.
As an Workforce Scheduling Planner, your main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Take ownership for the overall planning, administration, co-ordination, and resourcing of the staff portfolio to meet the needs of the service, including working closely with team members to ensure that services are fully resourced.
- Undertake role duties in accordance with the agreed SLA and KPIs for the Workforce scheduling and planning team and organisational Core Principles.
- Arrange shift cover for own portfolio, allocating staff annual leave according to policy and agreed parameters.
- Alter and update Rotamaster to provide the best cover according to the needs of the service and to attain the optimum use of the resources available.
- Work with team members to ensure a rolling 3-month view of quotas are published on Rotamaster, contracted tasks are assigned, and other resource planning activities are carried out in accordance with gtds planning calendar.
- Use information provided by the Workforce/BI Team to conduct informed assessments of predicted staffing levels, ensuring that bank shifts are advertised accurately.
- Work in partnership with the Workforce and wider People Services Team to understand new service requirements and ensure these are captured within the system.
- Work in partnership with GMUPCA to collect weekly rotas for the GM CAS service, GM Urgent Dental Assessment Service and other alliance services and provide overall resource view and make recommendations for service delivery.
If you are interested, please apply today. Further details along with a detailed job description is available on our website.