Total 178 job vacancies by Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Due to progression within the hospital we have exciting opportunities within the Ophthalmology Department in our admin and reception team.

We are looking for vibrant, confident people to join the team to help deliver a high quality service in the department. Excellent communication skills and attention to detail are a must.

You must have basic keyboard skills and have a clear and confident telephone manner. Ideally, you will have previous experience in a similar environment within an NHS setting. You will need to have excellent organisational skills as this is a fast paced environment to work in.

This role will involve liaising with medical secretaries, admissions team and clinical staff to ensure the timely and efficient day-to-day operation of all clinics.

Previous applicants need not apply
• To provide general reception and clerical support to the Ophthalmology team
• To act as front of house receptionist, greeting patients and their carers/relatives
• To use the relevant IT systems to register patients and make appointments as required.
• Support the administrative processes associated with outpatient clinics / referrals / inpatient referrals
• To answer telephone enquiries in an efficient manner and ensure appropriate follow through using initiative to deal with routine enquiries and referring complex queries to the relevant medical secretary.
• Maintain efficient electronic and manual filing systems, including the sorting and collation of all patient notes / results into the relevant patients’ hospital notes.
• To liaise with the wider clinical team/Medical Secretaries/Consultants accordingly.
• To undertake other clerical duties as requested e.g. photocopying, faxing, filing and maintaining adequate stationary supplies.
• To recognise when situations need to be dealt with urgently and action appropriately



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.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic HCPC registered Clinical Scientist to join our expanding team of physicists and technologists. You will work across our hospital sites including Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals and occasional visits to our Clacton Community Diagnostic Centre, community hospitals and other organisations where contractual arrangements exist.

You will participate in providing radiation protection services to Radiology, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT and Radiopharmacy.

You will deliver a wide range of activities aiming to promote the safety of patients, the public and staff in all areas where ionising and non-ionising radiation are used. These include:
• Scientific and technical advice and supporting the Trust in all aspects of radiation safety and some imaging physics, including radiology equipment quality assurance and optimisation
• Radiation Protection Adviser & Radioactive Waste Adviser services, including auditing, radioactive waste management and contingency planning
• Medical Physics Expert support for Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, including patient dose auditing and optimisation
• Scientific and technical support for non-ionising radiation including UV and ultrasound for clinical applications

We welcome your application if you are soon to complete the Scientist Training Programme or equivalent. If you are yet to achieve HCPC registration you will be appointed at the appropriate level.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the Quality Assurance programme for diagnostic radiography and non-ionising radiation equipment to ensure equipment is fit for purpose, in accordance with national guidelines and professionally recognised best practice.
• Keep abreast of the latest technical and scientific developments and new practices relating to Radiation Safety, Imaging Physics and associated fields.
• Assist in the development of new QA techniques.
• Assist in the commissioning and acceptance of new radiographic equipment.
• Through audit visits, audit reports and direct liaison at meetings and in person:• Assist the Medical Physics Experts (MPEs) in advising the Trust on compliance with IR(ME)R 2017.
• Assist the Radiation Protection Advisers (RPAs) in advising the Trust on compliance with IRR17, for example the production of radiation safety and shielding advice for facilities
• Assist the Radioactive Waste Advisers (RWAs) in advising the Trust on compliance with EPR 2016 and other relevant regulations.
• Work towards qualified expert status as an MPE / RPA / RWA / LPA as agreed with the head of service.
• Assist with the acceptance and consistency testing, as well as the calibration of radiation monitoring equipment.
• Collaborate in the routine review and development of departmental and wider policies and procedures.
• Provide training and supervision to junior members of staff and trainees working in Radiation Safety & Imaging Physics.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Dec 2024

Are you interested in becoming a key part of an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, developing your clinical skills across traditional health, social care and voluntary sector boundaries? We are seeking a GP with a special interest in frailty who is driven, committed and enthusiastic, who will bring clinical leadership to our multidisciplinary team and provide high quality care to our patients. This post will be 2 sessions on a weekly basis with appropriate breaks

REACT brings health, social care and voluntary sector (British Red Cross, Suffolk Family Carers and Citizens Advice Bureau) services together to provide a single coordinated care response that is underpinned by care in the community with early intervention, crisis management, reablement and rehabilitation. Based in the lovely county of Suffolk, this is a key role working within our virtual frailty ward and the 2-hour urgent community response across Ipswich & East Suffolk.

The virtual frailty ward seeks to manage individuals living with frailty who have an acute medical condition that would usually necessitate an admission to the hospital but with the support provided by the virtual frailty ward team, the individual will be supported to remain in their own home receiving a high level of clinical care, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage the acute episode.

The urgent community response within REACT provides a two-hour response and subsequent support to people who are experiencing a health or social care crisis that puts the individual at risk of not being safely managed within their own home with an increased risk of a hospital admission. This service enables adults with complex needs to access support from a wide range of health, voluntary and social care practitioners, supporting the individual’s independence if possible.

Please see attached application information pack for further details about the role including the JD & PS.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.

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The post holder will be responsible for providing the medical review of patients within their own home environment, who are on the REACT and virtual frailty ward caseload. This will include the planning and management of complete episodes of care, initiation and management of therapeutic diagnostics and interventions, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team, and delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use. The REACT caseload is discussed on the daily morning handover and the virtual ward has a twice weekly MDT. Senior medical cover is provided by Dr Lim, clinical lead for REACT, Dr Saghir and Dr Dan Coates. There is also advice available from the consultant covering the frailty assessment base Monday-Friday 9-5pm.


This advert closes on Friday 6 Dec 2024

Do you have a desire to learn and develop in the field of interventional cardiology? If so, we have the perfect job for you at The Ipswich Heart Centre.

This is a wonderful opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and innovative individual, who has keen interest in an area that supports the delivery of coronary angiography, rotablation, stenting & cardiac implantable devices.

The Ipswich Heart Centre has 2 catheterisation laboratories and 12 recovery beds. Previous cardiac or cath lab experience is desirable but not essential. We offer training and have competencies in place to enable the successful applicant to rotate between our 12 bedded recovery area and Cath labs.

A visit to the department prior to the interview is strongly encouraged, so we can offer discussion of the post and an opportunity to observe the type of work performed by staff.

Hours of work are currently between Monday to Friday, and between the hours of 7am to 8pm, with a requirement to provide on-call cover. Shift patterns vary to meet the demands of the PCI service which is working towards delivering a 24/7 service.



We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and dedicated registered nurse with a strong commitment and evidence of recent professional development.

Excellent communication skills are essential as you will be working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team including cardiac physiologists, radiographers, specialist nurses, medical colleagues and admin staff.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 22 Dec 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Support Secretary, Band 3 to work within the Oncology and Haematology department at Ipswich Hospital.

You will be working as part of a friendly and supportive team and in a fast paced and busy office environment.

You will provide efficient and pro-active secretarial/admin support to the consultants and other team members.

Administrative/Office experience is essential for this post and previous experience within an NHS Trust would be advantageous.

Essential skills required for the post include excellent typing and audio skills, the ability to prioritise tasks, effective time management, good IT and secretarial skills.

You will need to be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal and organisation skills. It is essential to be a good team member with the ability to work in a high pressured and sensitive environment.
• Manage generic team mailboxes.
• Process incoming referrals and booking appointments in line with agreed processes.
• Manage administrative processes associated with outpatient clinics / referrals / inpatient referrals as required
• Type general correspondence / dictated correspondence, clinic letters, discharge summaries in line with guidelines.
• Assist in developing and maintaining efficient electronic and manual filing systems, including the sorting and collation of all incoming patient results into the relevant patients’ hospital notes
• Maintain electronically stored patient information on spreadsheets or database, for audit and patient management purposes
• Ensure adequate stationery supplies

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 thatTime Mattersto 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 bringwhat’swidely 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


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Dec 2024

We are looking for a Pre-treatment Lead who shares our vision in providing consistently high quality care and service to our patients. Are you passionate about pre-treatment and looking for an exciting next step in your career?

You will be a clinical expert for pre-treatment, leading on CT and MRI planning scans and be the lead in new technologies and developments in pre-treatment area.

We have a Philips big bore CT scanner for planning radiotherapy treatments and dedicated slots on the Philips MRI simulator.

You will provide the highest quality of technical practice, patient care and ensure targets are achieved and be encouraged to gain a comprehensive set of skills and competencies. You will be supported in your professional learning and development and we actively encourage post qualification study. You will also be key to the training of undergraduate therapeutic radiography students and support with mentoring and training.

You will be based at Ipswich Hospital and work alongside your counterpart in Colchester Hospital.
• Lead in all aspects of clinical work related to the preparation, delivery and verification of Radiotherapy, maintaining the highest professional and technical standards of Radiotherapy and patient care.
• Work closely with all tumour site MDT’s to ensure smooth patient pathways
• Work closely with all professional leads to ensure Radiotherapy Referral Process and Service Improvements are developed and maintained to reflect service needs.
• Daily management of the pre-treatment area to ensure activities are prioritised appropriately.
• Lead staff development and training in the pre-treatment area to enable them to meet objectives and support departmental developments and policies
• Proactively optimise CT doses with the Lead Imaging Physicist, updating guidelines as required.
• Manage PGD’s within the pre-treatment area, meeting Trust guidelines and practices

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Dec 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you an experienced pharmacist looking to enhance your career in a specialist clinical role in an acute hospital Trust?

Working as a pivotal member of the High Cost Drugs pharmacy team you will be the lead clinical pharmacist supporting the homecare service in specialist areas where high cost drugs and biosimilars are the focus. Your areas of clinical speciality will include rheumatology and dermatology and you will support the team of clinicians and nurse specialists in providing high cost drugs to patients through a homecare service. You will also have the opportunity to utilise your prescribing skills within the specialty working alongside clinicians in supporting the management of these long term conditions.

Due to service innovation and Trust investment this new role has been created to better enhance service delivery. You will be based at Ipswich Hospital, however cross site working to Colchester is required. Your role will be key in ensuring high quality and cost effective medicines are provided to patients as part of the medicines optimisation strategy. You will maintain close links with NHS England and ICB in the provision of high cost drugs via Homecare delivery service.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration as well as pharmacy stock control system.

About our Pharmacy Service
• Fulfil role as the lead clinical pharmacist for the homecare services in the provision of medicines via homecare to patients at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
• Optimise the processes involved from reviewing a funding application to initiation of treatment for patients.
• Contribute to the development of the pharmacy homecare service.
• Co-ordinate processes for the introduction of homecare services for new medicines, including the development and implementation of local policies, in liaison with the pharmacy homecare team and homecare providers
• Provide clinical leadership and expertise for pharmacy homecare consultations and homecare queries
• Monitor and evaluate key performance indicators for homecare services and investigate incidents related to homecare services.
• Support, develop and monitor the training and education of all pharmacy staff working in homecare services and users of Blueteq
• Attend and actively participate in service review meetings between multidisciplinary clinical teams and homecare providers in relation to specific homecare service level agreements, and provide specialist pharmacy input to ensure compliance with professional, clinical and operational standards.

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 thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patient


We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat’swidely 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


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for an experienced Pharmacy Technician that is Willow certified to join our well-established Clinical Systems Team as a subject-matter expert in preparation for the introduction of Epic Electronic Patient (EPR) Record System in areas of Pharmacy and Chemotherapy pathways.

ESNEFT has identified Epic as their preferred supplier in delivering a new EPR system. The opportunity to develop our process and clinical pathways using the best-in-class EPR offers us the platform to strive for excellence in all areas of healthcare across all roles. The EPR will benefit all clinical & operational areas, aligning to our Trust strategy to support harmonisation of services and patient pathways across the Trust.

You will play a key role in providing day to day management of designated system modules for which you are responsible for, incorporating both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy systems, oncology treatment plans and medication administration support. You will be part of the team in managing the software performance reporting process, liaise with system suppliers, clinical informatics team and keep up to date with developments. You will provide specialist advice and guidance on system usage, proposed improvements and training.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge in Pharmacy related digital systems, then we are keen to hear from you.


• You will support the Chief Pharmacy Information Office (CPIO) and Clinical Informatics Pharmacists in the development, configuration, testing, implementation, optimisation and maintenance of systems as part of the digital transformation of pharmacy services and their informatics.
• Work to ensure the digital pharmacy strategy is aligned with Trust and pharmacy business plans.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration functionality within the EPR.
• You will manage the automated dispensing cabinets project, ensuring their optimal use, informatics, benefits realisation, ongoing maintenance and the strategy for Automated Dispensing Cabinet adoption trust wide.
• Support the delivery of IT reporting systems including clinical informatics benefits realisation.
• Support the work of the wider clinical informatics team and associated workstreams
• Ensure effective management of pharmacy informatics resources, policy and strategy development as part of the EPR team.
• Act as an expert and super user trainer to ensure safe and appropriate use of all digital medicines system

You will be based at Ipswich or Colchester and will be expected to travel to all Trust sites as and when required.

Please note internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Dec 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Support Administrator to join our Gastroenterology Team within East Suffolk North Essex Foundation Trust

Liver Surveillance Programme (LSP) – Project Support will support the hepatology team to fulfil the national requirement for a robust Liver Surveillance registry.

The EoE Cancer Alliances have worked collaboratively with Eclipse and the NHS Cancer Programme National Team to create a live interactive database to support the

LSP across the EoE Region by creating additional functionality into Eclipse database to:
• Improve the efficiency of attendance to appropriate LSP by providing reminders to patients.
• Integrate imaging and pathology results.
• Create a bespoke EoE protected service enabling clinicians to enter data into the standardised platform.
• Enable a ‘live’ audit and research in an IG compliant manner

This post is advertised as a 12 month fixed term / secondment, however there may be a possibility of an extension, dependant on national funding
• To identify patients that should be on the LSP that are not currently listed, including those that have failed to attend and / or are lost to follow-up.
• To populate the mandatory field template in relation to the Eclipse portal to ensure the named patient has been added to the portal with all relevant details.
• To work with the hepatobiliary service to ensure all patients that should be listed on the LSP registry are added appropriately.
• Ability to access local hospital patient administration systems and data to identify appropriate patients.
• To add newly identified patients to LSP as identified by the local service.
• To contact patients that are lost to follow-up or disengaged with LSP and support them back into the surveillance programme.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised administrator to join our Radiology Team at Ipswich Hospital.

As an integral part of the team you will provide a high standard of administrative support to the Medical Imaging Clinical and Operational Leadership Teams. You will use your current administrative skills to support the department to ensure an effective service is delivered to our service users.

You will be provided with on the job training on our hospital systems and specifics for each of the modalities within Radiology.

You will need to have the ability to work under pressure to strict dealings with excellent organisational skills.

You will work on your own initiative with attention to detail and have confident and accurate IT skills.
• Co-ordinate and maintain all directorate files including assisting in developing and maintaining efficient electronic and manual filing systems in Medical Imaging including the maintenance of files on Q-pulse
• Responsible for the maintenance of accurate data on hospital systems as appropriate including Radiology specific systems.
• Deal with external and internal queries. This may include providing complex or sensitive non clinical information or advice to patients or relatives.
• Manage your own workload to ensure completion of the full range of your tasks using the knowledge, skills and experience you have gained. Support other team members to undertake the full range of administrative activities
• Operate office equipment eg photocopier, printer etc to support administrative processes.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the radiotherapy treatment department at Ipswich Hospital for a Treatment Specialist Radiographer.

Applications are invited from suitably experienced Therapeutic Radiographers, who share our vision of providing state of the art treatment, delivered by caring and supportive professionals.

ESNEFT currently has:
• 1 Varian Ethos, 1 Varian Halcyon, 5 Varian TrueBeam Linear Accelerators, two with 6 degrees of freedom couch. ARIA R&V system and Eclipse treatment planning system
• Orthovoltage Units with a range of energies
• Philips & Siemens CT Scanners. 4DCT scans are completed for lung patients and DIBH scans for left sided breast patients
• MR Treatment planning
• Mould room and planning services are radiographer led
• Macmillan Radiographers are key workers for major tumour sites, and provide psychological support for patients and their carers
• The department is accredited to ISO 9001:2015, and uses QPulse as the document management system

You will work in all areas of the Radiotherapy department ensuring the highest quality of technical practice, patient care and ensuring targets are achieved. You will work closely with the leadership team for treatment in the radiotherapy department.

You will also participate in the training and mentoring of our undergraduate therapeutic radiography students.

Cross site working to our Colchester Hospital may be required.
• To work closely with the Band 8A operational lead to ensure the workload is managed to minimise waiting times and staff work efficiently and effectively as a team
• Daily planning and organisation of treatment units, to ensure activities are prioritised appropriately. Investigating and mitigating breaches where possible, escalating patient pathways where necessary
• Supervise and participate in all aspects of clinical work related to the preparation, delivery and verification of Radiotherapy to maintain the highest professional and technical standards of Radiotherapy and patient care, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Review and update Risk assessments and ensure appropriate documentation is in place to facilitate safe working practices in line with current legislation, and propose and implement changes
• Actively participate in the Quality System and other quality initiatives within the directorate and profession to develop, implement and evaluate practice and techniques
• Undertake appraisal and development of a personal development plan for junior radiographers in the department
• Perform other duties, delegated by the Radiotherapy Service Manager, or deputy, after consultation with the post holder, to meet the needs of the department
• Be prepared to vary working hours as may be necessary to meet the demands of the Department
• Be prepared to work at either Radiotherapy Department site within ESNEFT, should the need arise

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 thatTime Mattersto 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 bringwhat’swidely 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


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024

We are looking for a Support Secretary who is efficient, conscientious, well-motivated, enthusiastic and has relevant experience, with the skills to provide dedicated clerical support to both the clinical and administrative teams within an ENT department.

The key aspect of the role involves dealing with the public and professionals, as well as typing for the department, hence you must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have proven IT experience. We would welcome an informal visit to the unit.

The primary function of this role revolves around the provision of day to day secretarial support for the department, however, it is essential to help and support all members of the team by having a flexible approach to both workload, additional tasks and working patterns. Typing skills are essential.

The ENT department is very busy so you must be able to work under pressure. You will be responsible for working independently, providing a full range of secretarial and administrative support and, therefore, must be highly organised and show the ability to prioritise the workload.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

We are looking for two enthusiastic and well motivated people to join our switchboard team at Ipswich Hospital.

You must demonstrate the ability to work as part of a close-knit team, show a commitment to providing the highest standard of service and possess excellent communication skills.

Working within a 24hr, 7 day a week department, you will be required to work both flexible and varied shifts over the 7 day period. This will involve out of hours working, lone working, night duties and Bank Holidays so flexibility is paramount. There is no set shift pattern. In the coming months there will be the opportunity for home working.

To fulfil this post you will undertake 5 weeks ‘on the job’ training.
• To provide an efficient and courteous first line support service to patients, public and staff as a member of the Trust’s Switchboard, which operates 24 hours every day by participating in the shift rota.
• To receive and direct telephone calls both internally and externally.
• To act as the first point of contact for emergency calls of all types (cardiac arrest, fire and emergency lines) and monitor and respond appropriately to all the Trust’s emergency systems.
• To provide a 24 hr service to the Trust for the following services: Fire Alarms, Intruder Alarms, Plant/Gas Alarms, Bone Bank Alarms, Cook Chill Alarm & Lift Alarms. Administrators will action appropriate procedures when these alarms are activated. To monitor the trust CCTV system.
• To provide support for Trust IT systems and applications, managing and escalating incidents in accordance with Service Level Agreements in conjunction with Trust support staff and third party support organisations.

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.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop an understanding of the Trust’s telecommunication systems and procedures to be able to respond appropriately to calls from staff, patients, the pubic and the media.
• Develop an understanding of the Trust’s IT applications in order to be able to advise users on any problems encountered, including understanding the functions of the communications infrastructure used by the Trust.
• Develop an understanding of the Trust’s Facilities support.
• To monitor and respond to the Personal Mobile Radio system and Pearson Road help points.(Ipswich only).
• Maintain a record of emergency incidents.
• To operate the bleep system and investigate faults
• To manage and advise the escalation routes for emergency procedures liaising with emergency services as necessary eg missing persons, Majax call outs, security incidents etc.
• Manage storage of recorded media, monitoring, viewing and logging incidents that are observed. Monitor CCTV and instigate appropriate action. There may be a requirement to attend court to give evidence of authentication of CCTV recordings. (This is only required at the IHT Site)
• Maintain up to date technical knowledge of major operating systems and applications.
• Maintain awareness of commercial developments in communications, applications software, hardware and architecture, in order to contribute to ongoing technical improvements.
• To process service requests from user.
• To undertake general administration duties
• Carry out any other related and relevant duties requested by the Switchboard Manager.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the energetic, innovative complex discharge team at Ipswich Hospital.
It is an exciting time for complex discharge with many new pathways and initiatives being introduced with partnerships with external agencies being forged by the complex team.

You will provide clinical expertise to support safe, effective and timely discharge working directly with internal and external multidisciplinary teams as required.

The role will coordinate the NHS CHC process including carrying out nursing assessments ensuring that the Care Domains within the national framework for NHS continuing healthcare are applied against each continuing healthcare assessment and a detailed rationale given for each decision made. You will also recommend based on clinical evidence if patients have a 'primary health need' and therefore are eligible for NHS continuing healthcare.

This post will offer you the opportunity to develop and flourish whilst learning about the operational management of the Trust. You will be part of a developing team that strives to ensure all patients are given equal opportunity to return home.

You'll need to be enthusiastic and have a strong sense of purpose and good diplomatic skills in engaging staff. However you'll also need to be tenacious, confident, calm and persuasive.
• You will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the safe discharge of patients from Ipswich Hospital and the community hospitals in Ipswich and East Suffolk, and the effective delivery of Discharge to Assess.
• You will be responsible for supporting all aspects associated with the facilitation of discharging patients from Ipswich Hospital and the community hospitals, working with the relevant clinical specialties of ESNEFT to agreed quality standards and within the resources and income base available, to support the Trust’s development as a clinically led organisation.
• To work collaboratively with other clinical services within the hospital, social care, voluntary services, care sector, community services, and across the Alliance partners.
• Will provide that trusted assessor role to our care home providers.
• You will be responsible for interpretation of national policy and guidance relating to the safe discharge of patients, ensuring the development and implementation of local policy and procedures to deliver a quality integrated discharge service.
• To provide specialist advice with respect to NHS EOL FastTrack Continuing Healthcare, to patients, health and social care professionals and other agencies.
• To provide support and challenge to ward pressures to ensure high quality individualised discharge planning for patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing improvement and development of discharge processes and care pathways.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024

An exciting opportunity had arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person to lead the ESNEFT medical Imaging department in obtaining accreditation for Quality standard in Imaging (QSI). You will be required to have a ‘can do’ attitude and be able to foster excellent relationships with colleague and other departments.This post is fixed term / secondment until 30th August 2025.

QSI is available to imaging services across the UK both within and outside the NHS. Accreditation is the formal recognition that an imaging service provider has demonstrated that it has an organizational competence to deliver against key performance measures. These measure require the department to achieve high standard of service in relation to patient centred care and choice, safety, fit for-purpose facilities and clinical practices. The standards are endorsed by the Royal college of radiologists and the Society and College of Radiographers.

You will need to inspire the team around them and provide confidence that accreditation process is progressing. This is a cross site role covering both our Colchester & Ipswich Hospital locations and Community Diagnostic Centres where applicable.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your current line manager.
• To manage and supervise the accreditation and quality processes in the Diagnostic Imaging services, carrying out the required management and leadership tasks to support the accreditation processes
• To maintain the service and liaise with UKAS with regards required annual submissions
• The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of ESNEFT, which the Trust may amend from time to time.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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


Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024