Consultant in Acute Medicine | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Colchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Colchester is seeking an enthusiastic consultant for the Emergency Assessment Unit. The role involves ensuring high standards of patient care, collaborating with a multi-professional team, and supporting junior colleagues. Attractive benefits include flexible working, extensive training opportunities, and a generous pension scheme. This position closes on July 17, 2025.

Benefits

Extensive training and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Generous pension scheme

27 days of annual leave

Qualifications

• Passionate about patient care and eager to develop skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide a consultant-led service with the highest standards of care.
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways.
• Promote close working links with tertiary centres and community services.

Job description

The postholder’s duties will be at the Colchester Hospital.

Applications are invited for enthusiastic, motivated, and committed individuals to join our friendly and dynamic team within the Emergency Assessment Unit at Colchester Hospital. Our unit has been at the forefront in improving the safety and quality of patient care within the Trust, and is looking to massively expand our capacity in providing same-day emergency and short-stay care.

The Trust is offering 0.5 PA on top of a worked 11 PA job plan, with the option of additional PAs depending on the candidate’s situation, and will be reduced appropriately for someone wishing to work 10 PAs. A further specialist interest will also be welcomed, and the sessional allocation considered on a case-by-case basis.

Clinical

The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Emergency Assessment Unit
• Organising medical admissions through the Emergency Assessment Unit, assigning patients for continuing inpatient care, short-stay beds on the Unit, or discharging from the EAU directly
• Developing joint protocols for the management of emergency medical admissions with the nursing team and clinical colleagues
• Developing standards, procedures, and robust systems on EAU to ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient patient care from the point of entry to EAU to admission or discharge
• Agreeing and ensuring clear processes for handover and specialty triage from EAU
• Supervision of junior medical staff in the Unit, who will have opportunities to learn on a one-to-one basis during ward rounds and on an ad hoc basis throughout the day
• Participating in educational programs for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Assessment Unit
• Teaching and training staff in other medical disciplines, nursing, and support staff as appropriate
• Issuing advice to GPs on the suitability of patients for hospital admission

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

We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing over 12,000 staff. We support our staff with extensive training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments where applicable, 27 days of annual leave (pro-rata), and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing program offers various services.

Our philosophy is that 'Time Matters' to everyone. We focus on improving processes and removing delays for staff and patients. We are investing in digital transformation through a partnership with Epic, bringing a leading electronic patient record system to ESNEFT, transforming hospital life for staff and patients.

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

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All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for patient care and a general responsibility to provide effective service to meet the needs of the local population within available resources.

The post-holder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standards of care
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatient clinics, and A&E
• Promote close working links with tertiary centres, community services, and primary care
• Support and lead junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues, and other team members

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025.