Specialist Paramedic - REACT

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced Paramedic to join the Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT). The role delivers rapid home-based assessment and intervention, supports admission avoidance and works to meet the national 2-hour Urgent Community Response standard across East Suffolk.

You will lead clinically and operationally during shifts, contribute to service development, and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to improve

Responsibilities

• Provide expert paramedic assessment, clinical decision-making and intervention for patients in their homes.
• Support admission avoidance through rapid assessment and timely intervention.
• Triage and prioritise referrals to meet the 2-hour Urgent Community Response standard.
• Provide visible clinical and operational leadership during shifts and efficient resource deployment.
• Act as a clinical role model and lead staff development across the team.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and proactive Paramedic to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT).

REACT is an innovative multidisciplinary community service within ESNEFT, bringing together Urgent Community Response (UCR), Hospital at Home, OPAT and Out of Hours pathways to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care closer to home. The service works closely with the East of England Ambulance Service, Hospital at Home, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and acute services to support admission avoidance and deliver rapid intervention for patients experiencing acute deterioration in the community.

You’ll play a key role in delivering the national 2-hour Urgent Community Response standard, supporting patients to remain safely in their own homes wherever appropriate and promoting our Home First philosophy.

This role offers the opportunity to influence the development of innovative community pathways, strengthen system-wide relationships and contribute to the ongoing transformation of urgent community care services across East Suffolk.

The role is available for up to 37.5 hours per week and includes participation in a 7-day service operating between 08:00 and 20:00, including weekends and bank holidays.

Proposed Interview date: 15th October 2026

• Provide expert paramedic assessment, clinical decision-making and intervention for patients with acute illness, frailty and complex health needs within their own homes.
• Support admission avoidance through rapid assessment and timely intervention, ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
• Triage and prioritise referrals, including those received through the East of England Ambulance Service, ensuring delivery of the national 2-hour Urgent Community Response standard.
• Provide visible clinical and operational leadership during shifts, supporting patient flow, safe caseload management and effective deployment of resources.
• Act as a clinical role model and professional leader, supporting supervision, appraisal, education and development of staff across the multidisciplinary team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Paramedic looking to work at an advanced level, combining expert clinical practice with leadership, service development and multidisciplinary collaboration. You will work autonomously whilst providing clinical leadership across the service, supporting staff development, patient flow and operational delivery.

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.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Clare Cunnell Job title: React REACT Service Lead Email address: [e-mail]