Trauma Co-ordinator

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Trauma Co-ordinator to lead the orthopaedic emergency pathway. The role requires inspirational leadership, strong communication, and a commitment to patient-centered care and teaching.

You will work across professional groups to streamline scheduling and resource use. The post involves direct patient interaction, MDT attendance, and driving service improvements to reduce length of stay and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Leadership and inspirational guidance to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across professional groups.
• Commitment to quality patient care and to a supportive teaching environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activity within the trust liaising with other health care professionals to ensure patients are managed effectively and efficiently through the orthopaedic emergency pathway.
• Improve scheduling of surgery, reduce cancelled operations and reduce pre-operative fasting.
• Ensure effective internal and external communication regarding patient care and resources.
• Establish working relationships with theatre team, Site matron, clinical flow manager, and advanced clinical practitioners within orthopaedics.
• Provide direct patient access via face-to-face or telephone consultations.
• Challenge poor practice and inappropriate intervention within the specialty.
• Assess effectiveness of management plans on length of stay and patient outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice and education for patients and relatives/carers.
• Attend weekly foot and ankle, and monthly hip/knee and upper limb MDT meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Organisational skills

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career by taking on the role of Trauma Co-ordinator

We need a unique person to provide inspirational leadership to co-ordinate activity within the trust liaising with other health care professionals to ensure patients are managed effectively and efficiently through the orthopaedic emergency pathway

You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well-organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

You will need to be self-motivated and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Commitment to providing a quality service and a supportive teaching environment is also essential.

All candidates will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the Trust’s ‘every patient, every day’ programme.

Fixed term role until 30th May 2027.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only

Proposed interview date 23rd September 2026

• To coordinate activity within the trust liaising with other health care professionals to ensure patients are managed effectively and efficiently through the orthopaedic emergency pathway
• To improve the scheduling of surgery, reduce cancelled operations and reduce pre-operative fasting
• To ensure effective communication internally and externally regarding patient care and resources
• Establishes effective working relationships with other care professionals whose role impinges on the service i.e., theatre team, Site matron and clinical flow manager, and advance clinical practitioners within orthopaedic team
• Demonstrates specialist knowledge and skills in the speciality and shares this with others to positively influence patient care
• To provide direct access for patients, either face to face or telephone consultation
• Challenges poor practice and inappropriate intervention in relation to speciality
• Assesses effectiveness of the management plan in achieving reduced length of stay and long-term patient outcomes
• Provides specialist advice and education for patients and relatives/carers
• Attends the MDT meetings of relevant cases i.e., weekly foot and ankle, hip and knee MDT and monthly upper limb MDT

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.

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: Saramma Chacko Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail]