Consultant in Intensive Care Gold Package £20K lump sum & 1.5 SPA

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital organization is seeking a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join their proactive team in Ipswich. The role offers a supportive environment, a generous Gold Welcome Package with relocation expenses, and professional development opportunities. Applicants need to reside within a reasonable distance from the hospital. This position is crucial for ensuring effective patient care and service delivery to the local community.

Benefits

Relocation package of £7,000

£20,000 lump sum

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective patient care responsibilities for individuals in charge.
• Provide effective service to local population with available resources.
• Review job plan after 3 months and annually with director.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. We are seeking a new substantive Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join our friendly and proactive department at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This new post has been developed as we expand our permanent workforce. We are a strong and supportive department and are looking for a long term colleague, who can bring their own skills and attributes to the department.

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. We offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone, and we focus on improving processes to remove delays for our staff and patients.

What we offer

Our Gold Welcome Package includes a relocation package of £7,000, an additional £20,000 lump sum, and 1.5 additional ‘SPA’ time for the first 24 months as thanks for choosing to work with ESNEFT. If applicable, relocation expenses are available.

Role details

The successful candidate will normally be required to reside within a distance of 10 miles by road of the main hospital base or 30 minutes travel time when performing non-resident on call duties, so they can attend urgent and emergency cases. Some consultants live further away during the week but stay locally when on call. Additional roles may be offered once the appointee is settled, subject to mutual agreement; these may require onsite non-clinical work and will be remunerated through APA within the job plan. If appropriate, the appointee will be named as an anaesthetic trainee Educational Supervisor. Educational supervision is paid at a rate of 0.25 PA per trainee (max 0.75 PA).

Any pre-existing consultant-level NHS responsibilities will be discussed at interview and can be accommodated by mutual agreement. If the successful candidate wishes to undertake private practice, they must offer the Trust an 11th PA prior to such arrangements (as per Ts and Cs).

Department and responsibilities

All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with colleagues, an effective service to meet the needs of the local population within the resources available. The proposed timetable for the post is indicative and may be negotiated after appointment based on interests and service needs. The appointed colleague will be given the opportunity to review their job plan after 3 months with the clinical director/clinical lead and then annually. Provisional job plan: Clinical sessions - 8.5 PA DCC (including on call and clinical admin); 1.5 SPA; TOTAL = 10 PA. The tentative job plan can be provided on request to the clinical lead.

How to contact / apply

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025.