Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Colchester is seeking a middle-grade doctor to join their clinical team. The role involves handling on-call and emergency duties within the hospital, collaborating with a multi-professional team, and offering support and leadership to junior medical staff. You will have access to ongoing training, a generous leave policy, and a supportive working environment. This position is pivotal in ensuring high standards of patient care and clinical performance.

Benefits

27 days annual leave on commencement

NHS discounts

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical responsibilities, including emergency cover and team collaboration.
• Ability to provide educational support and professional leadership to junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Handle on-call and emergency duties within the hospital.
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team following clinical guidelines.
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff in line with policy.

Job description

Fixed Term post until 31st Aug 2026. Based at Colchester Hospital.

Clinical Responsibilities

• On‑call and emergency cover.
• Out‑of‑hours on‑call rota (1:12) for middle‑grade doctors; handover at 08:30 and 20:30.
• During normal working hours (08:00–17:30) emergency duties shared between a middle‑grade for Delivery Suite and a middle‑grade for Wards and Gynaecology Emergencies.
• From 17:30 the Gynaecology middle‑grade hands over care to the Obstetric/Labour Ward Registrar.
• Consultant resident in the hospital for Delivery Suite and Ward Round from 08:30–20:30.
• The on‑call/emergency cover role takes precedence over all other clinical work and the duty registrar must remain within hospital grounds when on duty.
• Face‑to‑face handover of clinical cases at changeover and bleep on the Delivery Suite.

General Responsibilities

• Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care.
• Collaborate with the multi‑professional team following care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Follow and maintain good working practices.
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• 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 maintaining the highest standards.
• Provide a role model of professional leadership, supporting the corporate values and behaviours of the organisation and taking remedial action where poor behaviour is demonstrated.
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agreed policy.

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 employ more than 12,000 staff, support staff development with training and flexible working options, and 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 provides 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 that cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with Epic, the leading electronic patient record supplier. This digital transformation will bring what is 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.

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This advert closes on Friday 19 Dec 2025.