
Capacity Planner - Physiotherapy
Epsom | Hybrid Working | Resource Planning | Fixed-Term till end of 2026 | Full-Time
Competitive salary available, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the charity that’s building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programs – we’ll do whatever it takes to look after the UK’s wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.
Using your skills as a planner the Capacity Planner – Physiotherapy will effectively load and manage clinician diaries, regularly implement efficiencies through the use of utilisation reporting and stakeholder engagement. Reacting in real time to changes in resource levels to decrease impacts to capacity and client journeys. Demonstrating the ability to use lateral thinking in problem solving scenarios. Maintaining a constant flow of availability for the bookings team within a set region and support with A/L and other off diary activity authorisations in conjunction with site management. Supporting the national lead by encouraging and supporting the growth of a positive team environment, facilitating the development of robust skillsets and processes and maintaining productive and appropriate communications channels with all relevant stakeholders.
Responsibilities will include:
Building and maintenance of clinician rotas for specific regional clusters.
Identifying resource and separating by clinical specialty; Doctor, Physiotherapist, Physiologist, Mental Health Therapist, etc.
Constructing work patterns using Excel spreadsheets and liaising with site management to ensure maximum efficiencies are being met.
Loading and maintenance of clinician diaries for a specific cluster of regional locations.
Matching clinical diaries to clinician rotas in line with specified SLAs. Ensuring the appropriate level of capacity is available in line with expected and real time demand.
Identifying and implementing diary efficiencies in line with the evolving needs of the service line
Receive notifications of unplanned clinician absence or changes to their diary availability
Assess the impact of the absence, identify solutions to mitigate the impact, communicate with local management to agree the best course of action and implement
Utilise internal reports to adapt capacity levels and structure in line with current or future trends
Use real time feedback from the Team Leaders within the contact centre to support analysis
Planning in advance to avoid significant disruption in service and overlapping of events. Preventing late notice and failures to comply which could result in clinicians being unable to see patients
Following processes, only accepting requests from line managers who have stuck to procedure and either remained within the stipulated SLAs or have provided appropriate justification for falling outside of SLAs
Reporting to support daily operations. Taking responsibility for weekly scheduled reporting supporting the BAU activity of the team. Maintaining distribution lists and accuracy of information
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Welcome to Nuffield Health, the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation*.
As a not-for-profit with no shareholders, we invest all our income back into our family of award-winning 37 hospitals, 114 fitness and wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics, over 200 workplace wellbeing services, as well as developing flagship collaborations supporting our communities – all to realise our vision to build a healthier nation.
What makes us unique is our unrivalled award winning and industry leading network of health and wellbeing services. Only Nuffield Health has the wide-ranging expertise to provide connected care. We attract some of the best people in their specialist fields, who take a personalised approach so we can provide the best possible care and support now and in the future – wherever they are on their journey. All for the public benefit. So, it’s no surprise that we’re trusted by the NHS, Private Medical Insurers, employers and the general public to provide exceptional health and wellbeing services to the nation.
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* Nuffield Health is a Registered Charity. Our objective is to advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit. Registered Charity Numbers 205533 (England and Wales) and SC041793 (Scotland).