Lead Clinician

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

NHS discounts

Annual leave & wellbeing

Job summary

ESNEFT seeks a Lead Clinician to take overall responsibility for inpatient and community ward care at Clacton Hospital. You will lead clinical teams, work with ward staff to ensure holistic, high‑quality care, and drive governance and patient safety improvements.

You will use EPIC for patient records, participate in audits, and support learners such as GP trainees and ACPs. Flexible working and NHS benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead inpatient and community wards.
• Collaborate with medical staff to build effective clinical teams.
• Experience using EPIC and digital patient records.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional clinical leadership at Clacton hospital.
• Overall responsibility for the care of patients on the inpatient ward(s).
• Work with Ward Managers, ACPs and Nurse Practitioners to ensure holistic, high-quality care.
• Utilise EPIC and digital records effectively; participate in quality initiatives and audits.
• Foster a patient safety culture and governance engagement.
• Support learner development, including GP trainees and ACPs.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team collaboration

EPIC system experience

Patient safety

Tools

EPIC

Job description

ESNEFT is one of the largest Trusts in the East of England, with several of our services treating some of the highest numbers of patients in England. Improving quality and access to care by making the most of the scale of our services is an important strategic goal.

It is an exciting time to be working in the ESNEFT Medicine and Community Services as we strive to provide a modern and high-quality service for the population that we serve. The division formed in April 2025 as a merger between North East Essex Community Services and Medicine (Colchester) and is committed to integrating services across the patient journey. A particular focus is developing effective frailty services and managing multi-morbidity especially Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolic medicine.

We are looking for a Lead Clinician to take overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient & Community ward(s) at Clacton Hospital.

• Provide exceptional clinical leadership at Clacton hospital
• Overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient ward(s) at Clacton hospital
• To work closely with medical staff at Clacton hospital and foster the development of effective clinical teams
• To work closely with the Ward Managers, ACPs and Nurse Practitioner teams to ensure that patient care is managed holistically and is of high quality
• Effective use of EPIC and digital patient records including in basket pools
• Participation in quality initiatives and clinical audit
• In collaboration with clinical colleagues and service leads in primary, community and acute care pathways, ensure the highest levels of quality care (patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness) across the wards at Clacton hospital and seek to continually learn and improve
• Create a patient safety culture by engaging with appropriate governance arrangements, enabling effective management of complaints, incidents and risk management, audits and learning to improve patient care.
• Support the development of learners. For example: GP trainees and Nurse Practitioners acting as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) undertaking supervision of trainee ACPs and GP trainee rotations.

At ESNEFT 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 pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities. Flexible working options will be considered for all roles in line with service needs.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer the following benefits:

• generous pension scheme
• unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
• access to a range of NHS discounts
• Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

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

We have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This will transform life at ESNEFT 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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pip Davenhall Job title: General Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07708468487