Total 98 job vacancies by Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department.

We are inviting applications for an Obstetrician, with a specialist interest primarily in High Risk Obstetrics and Antenatal Care. The successful candidate will have the responsibility for providing Care of women with complex and high risk pregnancies and being part of the multi-disciplinary team. There will be an expectation that the successful candidate will work closely with the Labour Ward Lead Consultant and Obstetric Governance Lead Consultant. There may be opportunity for more collaborative or cross site working as the department and organisation matures.

This is a new post and creates the opportunity to further develop the specialist obstetric services offered according to the applicant’s special interest; including but not limited to VBAC clinic, Care Outside of Guidance clinic and supporting existing specialist services.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to further develop the Maternity Triage and Antenatal Care services and pathways as the Antenatal Care and DAU Lead. This role offers the opportunity for the successful candidate and according to their interest and expertise to further develop medical education, simulation training (PROMPT) and/or research within the department.

Successful candidate should have undertaken appropriate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and fit the criteria for admission to the specialist register.

Ideally we are looking for an individual with highly developed skills in high risks obstetrics and antenatal care, as well as the drive and ambition to enhance and develop the existing service. The successful candidate should also be able to assist the department and other consultant colleagues in managing complex Obstetric cases.

The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:
• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into the department to admission or discharge from the department
• Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit who will have opportunity to learn on a one to one basis on both formal and informal rounds and also on ad hoc basis throughout the day
• An active part in educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit
• To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate
• Maintain an up to date job plan and personal development plan
• Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the RCOG
• Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

The post-holder will:
• Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary
• Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
• Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
• Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
• Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy
• Mentoring is offered to new and current consultant employees of the Trust




This advert closes on Saturday 1 Jun 2024

We are looking for a vibrant, confident person to join our Cancer Hub at Colchester General Hospital to help deliver a high quality service

We need key staff, with excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

You must have basic keyboard skills and have a clear and confident telephone manner. Ideally, you will have previous experience in a similar environment within an NHS setting.

Please note that this post may close early if a high number of applications are received.Previous applicants need not apply.

You will need to have excellent organisational skills as this is a fast paced environment to work in.

You will need to have the ability to work on your own initiative and you must be able to remain calm in difficult situations.

Patients who are invited to attend these appointments may be anxious about a cancer diagnosis and may be tearful, distressed, upset and/or angry and you need to be able to listen and deal with their enquiry politely and efficiently.

You will be required to work within timed pathways and comply with national and local waiting time targets.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Main duties will include processing of cancer referrals sent into the Trust by GP's & booking urgent new appointments in accordance with the timeframes set out within the National Cancer Waiting Times Guidance.

You will be responsible for contacting patients by telephone to invite them to urgent appointments within the next 14 days.

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 9 May 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, reliable individual with good communication skills and an eye for detail to join our small and friendly team as the Engagement Officer for the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership.

You will be a keen multi-tasker, who enjoys working across a diverse range of projects, communicating with both internal staff and external partners. You will be able to bring your strong organisational and administrative skills to the team, helping manage day to day tasks and larger projects which focus on strengthening involvement, participation and co-production.

This role will provide important administrative support to the Partnerships and Communities team to ensure that we provide effective and timely support to system partners in relation to involvement, participation and co-production. Tasks will include co-ordination and clerical support to ensure the smooth running of a number of forums and networks, providing support for the planning and delivery of in-person and online events and providing an efficient administrative process to manage enquiries.

You will have a very positive, ‘can do’ attitude and be able to prioritise, plan and organise your time efficiently and effectively. No two days will be quite the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people and are highly organised this could be the job for you.
• Administrative Support to members of the Partnerships & Communities team to ensure that all enquiries relating to involvement, participation and co-production are recorded and dealt with in a timely way.
• Supporting the co-ordination and delivery of involvement and participation events. Including online and in person events. Providing additional capacity to assist with liaising with exhibitors, tracking delegate numbers, logistics, publicity, supporting event management on the day and maintaining events equipment.
• Administration and Meetings Support to Sub-Committees and Forums - Co-ordinate and book meetings, produce minutes/notes of the meeting, maintain action logs, provide live-streaming support, attendance logs, and administration of Slido and Eventbrite.
• Maintaining ICP stakeholder database – ensuring regularly updated for system wide communications.
• Website to assist with the maintenance of the website by producing content from sources of information provided, maintaining updates using a content management system, adhere to accessibility regulations and assist with any additional website development.
• Communications – updating social media and basic film editing to support the comms function within the Partnerships & Communities team.
• Supporting financial processes – liaising with suppliers to obtain competitive quotes
• Working as part of a team – collaborating with others with a broad range of skills and experience

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Friday 17 May 2024

Are you passionate about co-creation and involvement? Do you recognise the importance of championing the voices of those with lived experience and from seldom heard groups?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced professional to join our small and friendly team as the Voice and Participation Co-Ordinator for the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership.

This pivotal role will ensure there is a consistent approach to participation, involvement and co-production, which removes barriers and embraces the diverse range of voices and lived experience in our system to help shape our health and care services.

You will have a strong track record of leading engagement, involvement and co-production programmes of work and be passionate about championing the voice of people with lived experience and from seldom heard groups. You will provide expertise, advice and guidance to health colleagues in relation to how they involve communities and utilise best practice and existing research and knowledge. You will also undertake and lead specific programmes of work that strengthen voice and participation within the ICS.

You will have a very positive, ‘can do’ attitude and be able to prioritise, plan and organise your time efficiently and effectively. No two days will be the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people, this could be the job for you.
• Co-ordinating advice, tools, resources and capacity to enable involvement, participation, and co-production responding to enquiries and providing specialist advice to ICB colleagues and other NHS staff to support their engagement activity.
• Supporting involvement at place and neighbourhood working with the 3 ICB Alliances to establish and co-ordinate appropriate forums to ensure high quality lived experience participation and co-production with staff, patients, carers and the public to reflect voice at place and neighbourhood level.
• Plan, organise and facilitate specific engagement opportunities with communities around complex subjects or highly sensitive areas of work to reach and engage the public on matters of health and care transformation and present the findings in structured and objective reports and presentations.
• Embed good practice in participation, involvement and co-production co-ordinating the collation of insight from engagement activity and best practice into a central repository to capture, share and evidence activity.
• Support and contribute to networks and forums engaging with networks across the ICS.
• Build relationships and remove barriers to partnership to ensure system engagement is well led, effective and inclusive, ensuring that views are heard and inform commissioning and transformation activity.
• Act as an ambassador for Voice and Participation across the ICS ensuring that participation,

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk & north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics & in patients’ own homes.

The Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health & care across North East Essex, Ipswich, East and West Suffolk to ensure shared leadership and joint action to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.

The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory partnership set up following the Health and Care Act 2022. We work in the best interests of residents in Suffolk & North East Essex by bringing together the NHS, local authorities, social care providers, voluntary & community organisations, social enterprises, and other key stakeholders as equal partners to agree how to improve health & care outcomes & experience.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training & development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) & access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Find out about living and working here -

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Friday 17 May 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for an experienced, motivated clinician to join our team. You will be a registered Physiotherapist with demonstrable expertise in goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes.

It is expected that you will have excellent communication skills, enjoy working with a variety of service users of different age groups, have good self management skills and an ability to prioritise your case load. You should ideally have experience of working in a variety of clinical settings with knowledge of the challenges of community working.

It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.

The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes by providing holistic assessments and interventions for this care group.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will have opportunity to undertake a leadership role in planning, co-coordinating, delivering and evaluating the rehabilitation provided and be responsible for the supervision of junior staff.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to build networks and relationships over a number of sites and different clinical teams. You will embrace innovation and integrated working and will be committed to delivering excellence in care alongside other Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors and Assistant Practitioners.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024

This is an opportunity to join the energetic, innovative complex discharge team.
It is an exciting time for complex discharge with many new pathways and initiatives being introduced with partnerships with external agencies being forged by the complex team.

You will provide clinical expertise to support safe, effective and timely discharge working directly with internal and external multidisciplinary teams as required.

The role will coordinate the NHS CHC process including carrying out nursing assessments ensuring that the Care Domains within the national framework for NHS continuing healthcare are applied against each continuing healthcare assessment and a detailed rationale given for each decision made. You will also recommend based on clinical evidence if patients have a 'primary health need' and therefore are eligible for NHS continuing healthcare.

This post will offer you the opportunity to develop and flourish whilst learning about the operational management of the Trust. You will be part of a developing team that strives to ensure all patients are given equal opportunity to return home.

You'll need to be enthusiastic and have a strong sense of purpose and good diplomatic skills in engaging staff. However you'll also need to be tenacious, confident, calm and persuasive.
• You will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the safe discharge of patients from Ipswich Hospital and the community hospitals in Ipswich and East Suffolk, and the effective delivery of Discharge to Assess.
• You will be responsible for supporting all aspects associated with the facilitation of discharging patients from Ipswich Hospital and the community hospitals, working with the relevant clinical specialties of ESNEFT to agreed quality standards and within the resources and income base available, to support the Trust’s development as a clinically led organisation.
• To work collaboratively with other clinical services within the hospital, social care, voluntary services, care sector, community services, and across the Alliance partners.
• Will provide that trusted assessor role to our care home providers.
• You will be responsible for interpretation of national policy and guidance relating to the safe discharge of patients, ensuring the development and implementation of local policy and procedures to deliver a quality integrated discharge service.
• To provide specialist advice with respect to NHS EOL FastTrack Continuing Healthcare, to patients, health and social care professionals and other agencies.
• To provide support and challenge to ward pressures to ensure high quality individualised discharge planning for patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing improvement and development of discharge processes and care pathways.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


An opportunity has arisen to join our team at the Ipswich base within ESNEFT.

We are inviting applications for a full-time substantive post in the ESNEFT infection service, suitable for candidate on the specialist register with a qualification in Medical Microbiology, consultants dual accredited in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or Consultant Clinical Scientists who have completed a training programme in Medical Microbiology.

For medical consultants qualifications required are FRCPath(UK) or equivalent, full GMC registration, and inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council in Medical Microbiology or Microbiology/Infectious Diseases and within six months of CCT or its equivalent at interview date.

Candidates applying as Consultant Clinical Scientists are expected to have completed a recognised Higher Speciality Scientific Training programme (HSST) in Medical Microbiology and to have completed the FRCPath(UK) examinations for infection training.

Our Enhanced Welcome package includes an additional £20,000 and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and your new journey with ESNEFT.



This job description is intended to cover the main parts of the post only. Applicants are invited to enquire regarding any point(s) they are unsure about.

(a) To provide leadership in the management, provision and development of Microbiology and Infection Control Services for the department.

(b) To undertake laboratory work including advice regarding diagnostic samples, validation and interpretation of results and involvement in agreeing policies and procedures for the examination of samples.

(c) To participate in the diagnosis and management of individual patients by liaison with patients, clinicians and other hospital and community staff.

(d) To be involved in business planning, introduction of new methods and forward planning for staff and equipment.

(e) To regularly and systematically review all departmental policies, SOPs and protocols in line with Trust policy on document control and risk management strategy.

(f) To maintain effective communication and engagement with clinical colleagues and other service users, including consultants in communicable disease control and health protection.

(g) To advise on Infection control issues in conjunction with microbiology and infection control nursing colleagues.

(h) To act as the infection control lead for ESNEFT.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people. We’re investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

At Ipswich Hospital
• We are building a new Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department in 2024 – a single front door to help make sure patients are seen promptly and by the right specialist team.
• We are also building a £9.1million specialist laparoscopic surgery hub, and a new £7million Children’s department
• Recently opened – a £5.3million state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre and a £5.3million pathology molecular lab

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Find out about our new Elective Orthopaedic Centre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAM4K_szWJE

This is a whole time post consisting of 11.5 Programmed Activities (or equivalent for Consultant Clinical Scientist) which can include on-call commitments. This post attracts 8 are for direct clinical care (DCC), 2 supporting professional activity (SPA), and an additional 1.5 PA is paid for the out-of-hours on-call commitment (1:5) attracting at the highest frequency rate.

The team work closely together and all have infection control responsibilities as part of normal clinical responsibilities.

Specialist roles such as Infection Control Leads and Antimicrobial Stewardship leads are expected to be rotated around clinical colleagues under agreement and will be factored into DCC for the purpose of job planning.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the department/hospital in consultation with clinical colleagues. If the person appointed elects to undertake a maximum part-time contract, they will be required to devote substantially the whole of their professional time to the duties of the post.

Consultants who are not required to be on-site for clinical duties are able to work remotely, and some aspects of the Colchester site clinical service may be provided remotely as well on rotation with other members of the service.


This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


We are seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner to join our Continence & Urology Team in North East Essex Community.

In this role, you will play a vital part in delivering high-quality healthcare to patients within their own homes as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The aim is to promote self-management and independence in daily activities, ensuring patients receive the support they need.

Under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner you will be expected to
• carry out continence assessments for housebound patients – including 24hr wet pad saves and interpretation and implementation of appropriate level 1 continence plan of care.
• give basic advice re fluid intake/bladder friendly drinks/PFE’s
• be able to explain and identify the basic types of incontinence including: stress, urge, functional, passive.
• have a basic understanding of symptoms which may indicate an enlarged prostate and be able to appropriately refer back to specialist nurse for further assessment.
• be able to advise patients re basic bladder drill
• be competent in bladder scanning and able to interpret results/refer to specialist nurse as needed
• be competent in Male/Female/Supra-pubic catheterisation and when needed run catheter clinics in the community
• be competent to TWOC patients and be aware of the circumstances that TWOC may not be appropriate without first consulting specialist nurse
• be competent in Bladder washouts/closed system washouts
• provide catheter care and advice
• have a full understanding of continence products available and be able to assess patients for the most appropriate products
• be competent in assessing for urinary sheaths
• be competent in urinalysis and basic interpretation
• be confident and competent to refer patients to Specialist nurse for further assessments
• be competent in stoma/urostomy/nephrostomy basic care
• have accessed continence/LUTS clinics



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the duties & responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024

Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of people? Are you motivated to create insightful intelligence that informs decision-making and drives meaningful change? We need someone with an inquisitive nature, who can drill into information and help us find insight.

If this sounds like you, then come and join us as Intelligence and Research Officer.

You will produce regular information analysis to support the evidence for our system strategy and provide information on how we are progressing in improving health and wellbeing outcomes. This will involve leading and supporting key projects such as the creation and maintenance of dashboards, applying specialist analytical and visualisation skills and experience to work with all types of data and intelligence. We’re looking for a creative and confident analyst that is able to use a variety of digital tools to tell great data stories.

No two days will be quite the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people, this could be the job for you.

You will be part of a team fostering a culture of evidence-based decision making to deliver the best outcomes for our population, and making a real difference to the million people across Suffolk and North East Essex.
• You will have a knowledge of public health theory and of using a balanced evidence base to inform and support programmes of work that improve the health of the population, and a firm understanding of health inequalities.
• You will be able to use data manipulation techniques; undertake development and production of reporting, analysing and interpreting data, working with data to support effective improvement, and seeing how it helps in developing service strategy.
• You will be the lead point of coordination for the team in relation to Information Technology, and act as the point of liaison between the ICP team and the IT department.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk & north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics & in patients’ own homes.

The Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health & care across North East Essex, Ipswich, East and West Suffolk to ensure shared leadership and joint action to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.

The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory partnership set up following the Health and Care Act 2022. We work in the best interests of residents in Suffolk & North East Essex by bringing together the NHS, local authorities, social care providers, voluntary & community organisations, social enterprises, and other key stakeholders as equal partners to agree how to improve health & care outcomes & experience.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training & development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) & access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join us as Administrative Officer – Strategy and Quality

You will be a key member of our small and friendly team. The role will be challenging, but enjoyable. You will be a well-organised, competent and efficient administrator with advanced IT and keyboard skills. An excellent communicator and a strong team-player, you will be a keen multi-tasker, who enjoys working across a diverse range of projects, communicating with both internal staff and external partners. You will be able to bring your strong organisational and administrative skills to a small team, helping manage day to day tasks and larger projects which focus on maintaining an efficient and effective administration service to support the ICP Secretariat Team.

You will have a very positive, ‘can do’ attitude and be able to prioritise, plan and organise your time efficiently and effectively.

No two days will be quite the same in this varied and flexible role. If you are as comfortable spending a day with the team as you are working independently and confidently with new people, this could be the job for you.

You will be responsible for a broad range of administrative functions, including diary management, administrative support to meetings and committees, finance and supplier administration, and ensuring that the team is generally supported to operate effectively through having functioning processes and equipment. You will provide a vital role for the team in ensuring complete and accurate record keeping, and in supporting system wide learning events and thinking differently events, both online and in-person.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk & north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics & in patients’ own homes.

The Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health & care across North East Essex, Ipswich, East and West Suffolk to ensure shared leadership and joint action to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.

The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory partnership set up following the Health and Care Act 2022. We work in the best interests of residents in Suffolk & North East Essex by bringing together the NHS, local authorities, social care providers, voluntary & community organisations, social enterprises, and other key stakeholders as equal partners to agree how to improve health & care outcomes & experience.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training & development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) & access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2,000 pro rata (conditions apply)

Come and join our team working in beautiful, sunny Suffolk!

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our friendly and supportive integrated service. You will be a key member of the community team, delivering Dietetic assessment and interventions to a complex caseload of patients in their own home and in a clinic setting. You will also be responsible for quality improvement initiatives to further develop implementation of MUST and food first initiatives. You will be responsible for training community staff and providing support to the Dietetic Assistants delivering MUST training in care homes.

You will benefit from being part of an integrated inpatient (Ipswich Hospital), outpatient and community service that incorporates a range of clinical specialisms including renal, paediatrics and oncology. This affords lots of opportunities to develop and learn new skills, with a commitment from the service to support your continuing professional development.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering a quality, evidence-based service, who relishes working in a busy setting and are a strong team player. We are seeking someone with excellent team working skills with both Dietetics colleagues and the wider MDT, as well as an ability to work independently and flexibly.


• To be lead dietitian for MUST and food first initiatives across community of East Suffolk actively promoting effective prescribing practices. This will include designing, updating and implementing community malnutrition guidelines and resources.
• To be a lead dietitian responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based dietetic care to a complex case load of patients in a variety of care settings, which could include acute and community settings e.g. Wards, outpatient clinics and patients’ homes.
• To manage a caseload of complex home visits
• To supervise junior member of staff including band 4 assistant practitioners.
• To contribute to the dietetic service in the community providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• To provide specialist input into the planning, development and evaluation ofdieteticservices within your team and for defined projects. This will include looking at clinical outcomes in your area.



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

The vacancy is for full time working. However, we are open to accommodating different hours and work patterns, so please do get in touch.

The Dietetic service operates from within the Integrated Pathways Division, alongside our therapy colleagues in speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. We therefore have excellent multi-disciplinary links. We also work closely with the Integrated neighbourhood community teams, and have close relationships with our AHP colleagues, under the leadership of our Director of AHPs.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

If you would like to speak with us about this post, including the possibility of part-time working or a particular specialism or interest that you have, please contact Catherine Dyson (Team Lead for Community Dietitians) on 01473 704000. Alternatively please emailCatherine.dyson@esneft.nhs.uk. We welcome enquiries and would be happy to arrange an informal visit to the Department.

Please note, only external candidates will be eligible for the incentive payment. You must also not have worked for ESNEFT on a substantive basis in the preceding six months.


This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024

Want to take the next step in your career within Histopathology? Have you completed or on your way to completing your specialist portfolio? Then we have the opportunity for you

At Colchester Hospital we are looking for a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Histopathology to join us.

You will be working for a busy, dedicated and friendly team who are waiting UKAS accreditation notification. We are a team that will support and actively encourage you in your training and development.

We are looking for you to have UK based lab experience for this role.

For more information please visit: About our Pathology Service

Our vision is to deliver innovations, high-performing pathology services that is focussed on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services.

Our service is clinically led and designed to achieve the benefits of scale that can be achieved by working together, while remaining close enough to our customers to meet their needs and support the excellent clinical care provided by our hospitals.

We are committed to attracting and retaining the best pathology staff and if you want to work with us to develop your own career and help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.
• Processes investigations in the department
• Provides advice to clinicians as to appropriateness of tests and timescales
• Provides specialist service e.g. training, problem solving for specialist requirement
• Work independently and lead on specialist area as directed by Lead Biomedical Scientist
• Acts as mentor for more junior scientific and support staff
• Work flexibly in reflection of service needs this may include an extended working day.
• Supervises and/or trains less experienced staff in own area of work
• The work of the service brings staff into contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, and respiratory secretions
• Maintain and promote professional image of the pathology department.
• Where required, to lead and supervise a section of the laboratory.
• Be involved in maintaining our quality management system.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024

Medical Secretary - Dermatology - 37.5 hours fixed term contract / secondment for 12 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of the busy Dermatology department based at Colchester Hospital. You will be working closely with the Medical Teams, Nursing Team, Outpatients Department, and other hospitals.

This is a key role within the Department. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team player to integrate with the current team and provide
an efficient and effective secretarial service and to cover theatre bookings.

You will support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Consultants and medical staff.

To maintain a high standard of secretarial service to meet the needs of the clinical team within the Dermatology Department, ensuring that accurate and up to date typing of clinic letters and correspondence is achieved through digital dictation / audio.

You will be required to deal with queries from patients, GPs and other medical teams regarding patient care.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to join our clinical team. You will be ward based with dispensary duties and will be required to support our 7 day pharmacy service (on a rota basis) for the Ipswich site and must be willing to work at the Colchester site should this be needed.

You should be qualified and hold a Certificate of higher education in Pharmacy Technician Practice or C&G/NVQ3/BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences/pharmacy services.

This position would be considered as a Band 4 development role completing the in-house Self Led Education and Development Scheme (SLEDS) training programme and end of course assessment to achieve the Band 5.

Experience in hospital pharmacy including working on wards is essential and you must have successfully completed accredited Checking Technician, Medicines Management and Medicines Reconciliation courses (We will consider applicants who have at least started on the MR course).

Undertake pharmacy duties as dictated by management, including supporting Medicines Management and Optimisation on the wards and in the Dispensary.

End-check on prescriptions previously validated by a pharmacist (ACPT)

Support the ward based clinical pharmacy team by assessing Patients Own Drugs (PODs) for suitability of use, discussing future supply with patient/care provider and ordering required medicines from Pharmacy.

Transcribing medicine requirements from drug charts on to a ward pharmacy sheet.

Undertake Medicines Reconciliation (having completed accredited training course), checking patient medication history, comparing with prescribed medications on the in-patient prescription chart.

Counsel patients or carers (having completed in-house or accredited training) including those with complex medication regimens, medications compliance concerns and communication barriers such as disabilities, confusion or deliberate non-compliance

Complete re-validation Continuing Professional Development requirements and maintain registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Supply Team Leader to join us.

Based in our Pharmacy logistics department at Ipswich Hospital you will be expected to have experience in a Pharmacy Procurement setting with excellent communication and organisation skills.

You will be expected to work late shifts, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis and cover core Pharmacy functions e.g.; Stores, Distribution and Dispensary as part of this rota.

You will be the lead point of contact for enquiries relating to management of pharmacy and related stock within the hospital and for any external customers for whom we provide a stock-management service.

Day to day management responsibility for the pharmacy supply service team and be the lead contact person for the pharmacy supply service.

Support the Chief Technician in providing a seamless, effective, client-focused pharmacy supply service for pharmaceuticals and related products.

Lead, motivate, empower and provide guidance to the stock-management team on delivering excellence in service.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024