Head of eRostering

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Denmark Hill Town London Salary £75,328 - £86,114 per annum, including high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/ :59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

Please note that the start date for this vacancy will be on or after the 1 st April 2027

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Trust's eRostering and Non-Medical Job Planning Team.

The successful candidate will undertake a varied role, covering the implementation of new systems and ways of working such as the introduction of AfC electronic job planning and SafeCare, contract management for major third party suppliers and system audit alongside providing support to senior stakeholders across the Trust.

The postholder will manage a team covering medical rostering, AfC rostering, AfC job planning, business as usual user support to all levels of the organisation as well as an analytics function to support the Trust with interpreting key roster performance data.

The postholder will also be a key part of the team working on Trust-wide cost improvement initiatives, working closely with senior stakeholders both within and outside of the People Directorate.

Main duties of the job

• Develop & lead on the strategic direction & continual improvement of rostering, rostering practices and functionality of software across all staff groups.
• Lead on the implementation of non-medical eJob Planning software, create a job planning stakeholder group and collectively standardise job planning practices across non-medical staff groups.
• To lead and develop an experienced eRostering team.
• Implement the benefits of eRostering and eJob Planning, supporting the implementation of Lord Carter’s & NHSE ALoA recommendations across all staff groups.
• Lead on the eRostering /non-medical eJob Planning related initiatives which facilitate efficiency gains and/or cost savings for the Trust’s cost improvement plans.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to communicate and promote the optimal use of our workforce and deployment software. Stakeholders include clinicians, management teams, finance and people business partners, senior workforce colleagues.
• Lead on day-to-day provider contract management to facilitate optimal rostering / job planning benefits realisation. Provide support to Associate Director of People Services, Digital and Transformation and Workforce Planner & Insight Analyst for contract renewals.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for . Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care ; creating a great place to work ; leading pioneering research, innovation and education ; building strong and successful partnerships ; providing timely and efficient care ; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability .

We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication and Representation

• Lead on day-to-day provider contract management to facilitate optimal rostering / job planning benefits realisation.
• Provide expertise in the rostering of all staff groups, working closely with Senior Managers to facilitate significant cost savings and efficiency gains.
• Develop and maintain strong positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders for eRostering and eJob planning (non-medical)

Strategy and Planning

• Further develop & lead on the strategic direction for rostering, rostering practices and functionality across all staff groups.
• Develop and implement an eRoster and eJob Planning deployment plan across the Trust that enables reach to the highest possible of NHSE Levels of Attainment whilst ensuring safe and efficient rosters and job plans.
• Further develop & maintain a KPI achievement and governance framework with professional leads for rost