Temporary Staffing Assistant

Job overview

Join Our Team and Help Keep Our Hospitals Running Smoothly

This is a great opportunity to be part of a friendly and fast-paced team that plays a key role in making sure our hospitals are safely and efficiently staffed. We're looking for a Temporary Staffing Assistant to support the vital work of our Temporary Staffing Service.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Temporary Staffing Assistant, you’ll:

• Be a main point of contact for bank and agency staff, departments, and external agencies.
• Advertise and fill vacant shifts using bank staff where possible, helping reduce agency reliance.
• Process bookings accurately ensuring shifts are covered safely.
• Maintain accurate records of staff availability, compliance, and shift details.
• Manage queries about shifts and pay, providing clear guidance and support.
• Support with agency invoices, recruitment, and onboarding admin.

What We’re Looking For

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Strong admin and communication skills, ideally within a busy office or NHS setting.
• Confidence using IT systems and updating data accurately.
• A proactive, flexible attitude and the ability to juggle multiple tasks.
• Great attention to detail and a team-focused approach.

Our service runs 7 days a week and hours will include weekends/bank holiday and involve staggered start and finish times to meet the demands of the service. Late shifts and weekends will most likely be remote working (8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 8am-4pm at weekends and Bank Holidays)

Main duties of the job

The role will include the following:

• Excellent telephone manner and good interpersonal skills
• Liaising with external agencies via phone and email to source suitable staff to help cover shortages across the Trust
• To deploy temporary staff through the bank staff management system into available shifts in accordance with their deployment permissions, ensuring that policies regarding working hours are adhered to.
• To ensure the receipt of all compliance checklists and associated information in relation to agency workers
• Answering various email and telephone queries
• Inputting data
• Keeping spreadsheets up to date
• Utilising a computer-based system to fill and amend shift
• Speaking with managers on a daily basis regarding their requirement