ROC Lead Scheduler – Bristol Job Vacancy

Job summary

Are you looking for a role with great benefits that fits your career aspirations and allows you to have a meaningful and positive impact on your community? Have you ever dreamed of being an NHS Hero? If so, South Western Ambulance Service might be just what you are looking for!

Are you looking for a role with great benefits that fits your career aspirations and allows you to have a meaningful and positive impact on your community? Have you ever dreamed of being an NHS Hero? If so, South Western Ambulance Service might be just what you are looking for!

As a Lead Scheduler , you will play a vital role in maintaining Operational staffing levels in a variety of roles, from ensuring our Emergency Operations centers (EOC) are effectively staffed through to ensuring that our ambulance crews are available to respond quickly and safely to the general public in their time of need.

Main duties of the job

Schedulers work proactively to plan operational working patterns and to improve any shortfalls in cover levels. You will use bespoke rostering and reporting software to constantly monitor A&E and EOC resourcing levels and vehicle availability, contributing to providing the very best care to our patients.

If you have talent in planning and organisation, like solving puzzles and are energised by teamwork and the NHS , this could be just what you are looking for.

This is a fantastic, varied and interesting role that allows the post holder to have a direct, important and positive impact on Emergency NHS Health Care across the South West of England. The post holder is also able to have a positive and supportive impact on the working lives of our operational and front line colleagues and to be a part of the NHS and Ambulance Service family.

The role comes with a full training package and allows for varied career development pathways and internal progression; including supervisory and line management roles, technical and data analysis based roles and project management roles.

About us

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 5,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

To view the Trust’s Mission, Vision, Values and Goals click here