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Band 5
Part-time

Rota Manager (Medicine Care Group)

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustBarnstaple, Devon, EX31 4JB, United Kingdom£32,073 - £39,043Closes 18/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 5
Contract
Fixed-term
Pattern
Part-time
Hours / week
22.5
Posted
04/09/2026
Closes
18/09/2026

Sponsorship verdict

This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.

NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.

Role summary

This role is for an experienced and highly motivated Rota Manager within the Medicine Care Group. The post holder will provide comprehensive, effective, and efficient rota management, development, and support services for Resident Doctors and Consultant POD rota. Strong IT skills, especially in Excel and rota systems, attention to detail, and excellent communication are essential. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract for 18 months, with a working pattern of Monday to Friday, 22.5 hours per week.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive, effective and efficient rota management, development and support service for Resident Doctors across Medicine.
  • Provide comprehensive, effective and efficient rota management, development and support service for the Consultant POD rota.
  • Work to deadlines to meet targets in a busy environment with competing demands.

Essential criteria

  • See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description

Desirable criteria

  • See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
  • General Requirements
  • See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
  • See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description

Useful to know

Band 5 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.

This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

Application window

Posted 3d ago · Closes in 12d

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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Rota Manager (Medicine Care Group)

The closing date is 18 September 2026

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Rota Manager based within the Medicine Care Group. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our small and friendly team.

The post holder will have strong IT skills, specifically in Excel and rota systems, and be able to work to deadlines to meet targets in a busy environment with competing demands. Attention to detail is essential. The ideal candidate will be able to use their initiative and have excellent communication/interpersonal.

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

About us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scil

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