Total 472 Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Colchester, Essex

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Medical Secretary/Admissions Clerk within the Urology department based at Colchester Hospital.

This post is a full time post.

This is a key role for the division. We are looking for a dynamic, flexible and enthusiastic team player to integrate with the current team and provide an efficient and effective secretarial and administrative support to the clinicians, patients & other team members.

You will have attention to detail, have excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and plan. You must be able to work using your own initiative and be flexible to work where the need is greatest.

In this role you will provide efficient and pro-active secretarial and admin support to the large team of busy consultants and other team members.

You will be the first contact for patients and queries on behalf of the Consultants and Department. You will work as part of a team, supporting other team members and covering when required.

Skills required for the post include: good typing and audio skills, the ability to prioritise tasks, effective time management skills, good IT and secretarial skills, good communication, interpersonal and organisation skills, and a good team member.

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 Tuesday 26 Nov 2024

We are looking for an efficient, conscientious, well-motivated and enthusiastic Minor Operations Booking Clerk with the skills to provide dedicated clerical support to both the clinical and administrative teams.

The primary function of this role revolves around the provision of day-to-day of management of the minor operations waiting list, 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.

Please note, internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only

You will be responsible for following all processes and procedures to enable the admission of patients for surgery. This will involve negotiating admission dates with patients and clinicians within all performance target deadlines, ensuring accurate recording of patient details onto the Trust's patient administration system and generating all appropriate documentation.

The Dermatology department is a high volume skin cancer service so you must be able to work under pressure, delivering excellent patient care. You must possess excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with excellent keyboard skills.

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 Tuesday 10 Dec 2024

Please note you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.

Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.

As an integral and highly valued member of the Specialist Care Team, the PSW will provide formal and professional peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain control over their lives and their unique recovery journey in a progressive way during their time on the ward.

Working in line with the national peer support competency framework, and the key principles of peer support as outlined by ImROC, The PSW will effectively use their own lived experience of recovery to support a person in their own recovery journey, helping the people they are supporting to navigate the inpatient pathway. By building positive relationship with service users and patients based on mutuality, reciprocity, and inclusivity, they will support people to identify their recovery goals and strengths working towards discharge. The PSW will advocate for a persons needs and support that person to self-advocate during their inpatient stay.



Where the term “service users” is used, this includes individual service users, people with lived experience, their family members and carers.

• To improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing
• To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their carers
• To work closely with multidisciplinary team within the service regarding the mental health needs of the people they are support

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

· To acknowledge and work to the key principles for providing peer support (Mutuality, Reciprocity, Non-Directive, Strengths-based, Progressive, Inclusive, Recovery-Focused, and Safe)

· Be aware the emotional context, staying calm and being clear, consistent and reliable. Ensuring that the approach with colleagues, and service users is balanced and fair.

· To work with multi-disciplinary teams to support service users access additional services and teams within the inpatient setting to better meet their needs where possible.

· To accept and respect service users’ personal beliefs, uniqueness and identities. Working and communicating in a way that acknowledges the personal social, cultural and spiritual strengths and needs of the individual.

· To be aware of, teach others and challenge issues in relation to stigma, low expectations and anti-discriminatory practice as appropriate.

· To attend multidisciplinary team and other meetings as appropriate, and champion a recovery and holistic approach to care. To actively participate in regular supervision and be willing to reflect on interpersonal dynamics.

· To be trauma-informed, and be an ambassador for trauma informed care



CARING RESPONSIBLITIES:

· To support service users to direct their own recovery process through encouraging them to work collaboratively with teams, and where possible, carers, to identify their own goals and needs and to co-produce care plans to support these.

· To assist service users to identify their strengths, personal interests and goals, and support them to access and participate in activities which meet these, whilst demonstrating acceptance of and respect towards service users' personal beliefs, uniqueness and identity.

· To support service users to maintain and/or develop positive relationships with others and learn how to improve or eliminate unhealthy relationships.

· To provide support to service users in the community and maintain continuity of contact if they are an inpatient, as appropriate to the role.

· To facilitate the individual to move through and beyond community services.

· To model/mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills, using own experience.

· To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and review of care with multidisciplinary teams.

· To accompany service users to appointments, therapeutic or social, and community-based activities, as appropriate.

· To work with their allocated service users as they. navigate inpatient services to assist recovery.

· To assist service users to integrate into the service and local area and support them to access information on health promotion, mental and physical wellbeing where possible.

· To assist the service user to understand their rights and choices within the services in which they participate.

· To offer transitional support and aid navigation for Peers and Carers to access EPUT, third sector providers and community resources as the need dictates where possible.

· To work with the family and carer ambassadors where possible to have a holistic approach to peer support for services users and their families / carers.

· To promote opportunities for peer support and Lived experience in other areas of inpatient services.

· To be an ambassador for lived experience across inpatient services.



RISK MANAGEMENT:

· To manage and work effectively in line with Trust risk policies and procedures, whilst supporting an individual's recovery.

· To ensure any observed concerns regarding an individual's wellbeing, including any issues of safeguarding, are raised with the team at the earliest opportunity.

· To report any untoward incidents or unusual occurrences to management immediately.

· Infection Control – to be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.



STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· To embed recovery values and the ethos of peer support into Mental Health Services and champion the role of Peer support worker within the service, the trust and in the community and share best practice.

· To bear a caseload that will be dependent on capacity and demand, and individually negotiated with supervisor/line management.

· To plan, manage and prioritise own workload.

· To positively promote and support independent living by maintaining knowledge of and links with community organisations, especially in relation to employment and leisure.

· To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation and national and local policies in relation to the specific service user group and peer support.

· To attend operational and strategic meetings as identified and agreed with line manager, and contribute to development of Peer Support Worker roles in the ICS.

· To attend peer professional development forums.

· To read and understand the statutory requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983.

· To ensure day-to-day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety and patient experience

· With the team managers and lead clinicians, play a lead role in the development of the Peer support worker team and the role of the peer support worker. Promote and encourage the development of the peer support initiatives.



ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS:

· To comply with Trust policy regarding the use of the intranet, internet and e-mail and the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.

· To maintain a record of activities in which engaged. To uphold data protection legislation and only share client information as per EPUT’s information governance policy, information-sharing protocols and client confidentiality agreements.

· Use of trust computers, mobile phones and other trust software.


This advert closes on Monday 9 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

The Community respiratory service are seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for the role of Clinical lead within the Community Respiratory service.
The service provides COPD, Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehab, respiratory physio and virtual ward for adults in North East Essex.

This is an exciting time to join the service as we are working towards accreditation of our Pulmonary rehab service, and onging development of virtual wards and closer working with our system partners.

You should be an ACP already (however we will consider those who have completed masters degrees, but need to complete the APEL route for ACP) with extensive knowledge and skill in respiratory care, ideally including community based.
You must have independent prescriber qualification.

Ideally you should also have competencies in home oxygen assessment and prescription as well as Pulmonary rehabilitation.

In addition to clinical work, as the clinical lead you will be required to line manage staff, so experience in leadership and management is desirable.

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As an ACP you will use a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making alongside demonstrating the four pillars of practice, Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education and Research in providing healthcare that enables innovative solutions to enhance experience and improve outcomes within respiratory.

You will provide professional leadership, clinical expertise and manage a caseload of respiratory patients within the community respiratory service.
As clinical lead and an ACP you will be expected to work in partnership with primary and secondary care colleagues and other agencies to secure a smooth patient journey across the whole patient pathway. Self-care will be encouraged and patients and carers will be actively involved in the development of their care plan and the management of their condition.
You will line manage members of the Community respiratory team.

The ACP is accountable for independent clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice. In addition to this the ACP is also responsible for appropriately referring patients to relevant specialities for any necessary inpatient or outpatient investigations as well as facilitating safe patient discharge.



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 Friday 6 Dec 2024

The post as an Clinical Fellow in General Surgery offers excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to develop laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical skills in the fields of general surgery.

The general surgery on-call will allow the candidate to gain additional experience of the management of the acutely ill surgical patient under the supervision of the Consultant Surgeon. Separate sessions are allocated to the Emergency theatre to allow the candidate to gain experience with emergency laparoscopy and laparotomy.

The post-holder’s duties will be based primarily at Colchester Hospital, but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust.

The post-holder will be expected to carry out ward rounds and are responsible for inpatient patient care with the consultant team. The post-holder will take part in the acute surgical on-call rota at Specialist registrar level for General Surgery.

Whilst this post will primarily involve training in general surgical procedures, there will be exposure to specialist colorectal/UGI surgeries as well as the opportunity arises. The post holder will also be exposed to basics of robotic surgery which includes simulation training and first assisting.

There will be the opportunity to be trained in upper and lower GI endoscopy depending on the previous experience of the candidate.

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:
• Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care
• Work with the multi-professional team following care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Follow and maintain good working practices

The Clinical Fellow will be expected to attend theatre sessions, outpatient clinics and endoscopy sessions with consultant surgeons and perform twice daily ward rounds on a rotating basis. There is a regular weekly surgical teaching meeting with teaching presentations by the registrars and a monthly audit and morbidity and mortality meeting.


This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024

Proud to be winner of the 2023 National Care Awards Large Care Home Group

About the Home

• Bradbury House Residential Home, New Street, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1ES
• 20 Bedded Residential Care Home
• Carehome.co.uk Review Score 9.8
• CQC Score Good

About the role

• Bank Care Assistant
• Bank; 0 hours, flexible working
• £11.90 per hour

What will Aria Care Offer you?

• Blue Light Discount Card
• Holiday & days out discounts
• Long service awards
• Recognition programme
• And much more!

We are looking for a compassionate care assistant to support residents in their everyday lives. If you are passionate about making a difference in people’s lives, Aria care will offer a supportive and nurturing environment to grow, both professionally and personally.

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer and thrive on learning from each other’s cultures, beliefs, and experiences. If you are empathetic, respectful and have a growth mindset, Aria Care is the perfect place for you.

It would be great to hear from you!

Support Secretary - 12 month fixed term contract / secondment until December 2025

We are looking for an efficient, conscientious, well-motivated, and enthusiastic and secretary, with the skills to provide dedicated clerical support to both the clinical and administrative teams to the Plastic Surgery department.

The key aspect of this role involves dealing with the public over the phone, booking appointments, dealing with clinical correspondence, updating in-house computer systems and audio typing for the department, hence you must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have proven IT experience.

If the successful applicant already works for ESNEFT then this will be on a secondment basis.

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. Flexibility and the ability to remain calm under pressure are key requirements for this role.

The Plastic Surgery department offer outreach services at Colchester Hospital for Mid & South Essex Hospital. The post holder will be responsible for working independently and as part of a team and be able to provide a full range of secretarial and administrative support and therefore must be highly organised and show the ability to prioritise a busy 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 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.

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 1 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

We are looking for Community Nurses to join our Workforce Solutions team to work "bank" shifts at Provide.

You will need to be a driver with access to a car.











The Integrated Care teams work with key stakeholders across Mid Essex to identify adult patients within the community with long term conditions or short term health care needs.

To achieve successful outcomes the team plans and delivers individual pathways of care involving the client and family based on their acute and rehabilitation needs. This ensures that their basic and complex nursing needs are met. We work closely with GP’s and link in with social services, the voluntary sector and other integrated service teams to achieve holistic independent living.

We provide our services on a three shift pattern between 8:00am and 11:00pm 7 days a week including bank holidays.

The geographical locations of our teams include-
• Maldon
• South Woodham Ferrers
• Chelmsford
• Braintree
• Witham
• Burnham
• Halstead & Earls Colne










Provide have developed a Workforce Solutions team that aims to support the whole organisation in relation to staffing. Some of you will be familiar with the term ‘bank’, Workforce Solutions works on the same basis but offers greater flexibility.

We are looking to recruit staff into a number of positions to work on an as and when required basis.

WE OFFER:
• Competitive rates of pay
• First choice of available shifts
• Flexible working hours
• Paid Annual leave (on an accrual basis)
• Pension Scheme Available
• Discounts through Staff Benefits
• Supportive Induction
• Developmental opportunities

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

See job description attached for full details.

Positions are available to work in all locations across Mid Essex


This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

An opportunity has arisen within the Colchester Specialist Community Mental Health Team. we are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload of service users and have a number of responsibilities that include assessment and coordination of care needs. Once needs are identified, you will be expected to plan and implement evidence-based care to the service users and their carers. You will have the support and supervision of your Team Lead, and as a Band 6 clinician, you will be expected to act as a supervisor and resource for junior or less experienced staff

· Assessing new referrals to the team and ascertaining whether they have care needs that need to be addressed within the service

· Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) of a designated caseload

· Creating and continually updating person-centred careplans and building therapeutic relationships with your clients.

· Continually assess risk and design personalised risk management plans

· Facilitate referral to crisis teams or admission to hospital where necessary, plus providing presence and involvement in inpatient careplan and discharge planning.

· Administration of long-acting anti-psychotic depot injections in a community setting

· Monitoring of medication adherence and any potential side-effects. Organising medical reviews when indicated.

· Identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.

· Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented

· Support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carer’s needs are identified and responded to.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

To be responsible as the Care Coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within a defined catchment area/locality. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, to act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.


This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Dec 2024

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department.

We are inviting applications for anObstetrician, with a specialist interest in Fetal Medicine.

The successful candidate will have a strong obstetric focus, and be able to demonstrate experience and interest in fetal medicine and high risk obstetrics.

This is a new post and creates the opportunity to further develop the Fetal Medicine and specialist obstetric services offered according to the applicant’s special interests and to work closely with our existing Fetal Medicine team.

Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (CESR) and must be on the Specialist Register.


Ideally we are looking for an individual with highly developed skills in fetal medicine and high risk obstetrics, as well as the drive and ambition to enhance and develop the existing service. The successful candidate should also be able to assist the department and other consultant colleagues in managing complex Obstetric cases.

· Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care

· Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines

· Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department

· Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care

· Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary

· Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility

· Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained

· Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated

· Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements

· Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy



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 organisation 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.

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The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

· Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetricsand Gynaecology Department

· Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into the department to admission or discharge from thedepartment

· Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit who will have opportunity to learn on a one to one basis on both formal and informal rounds and also on ad hoc basis throughout the day

· An active part in educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit

· To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate

· Maintain an up to date job plan and personal development plan

· Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the RCOG

· Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital


This advert closes on Friday 20 Dec 2024

This exciting role places you at the heart of patient care in North East Essex, acting as a vital link between Community Teams and inpatient services. Your mission will be to facilitate safe and effective discharges, ensuring that individuals transition smoothly back to their local communities, whether locally or from out of area. You will work flexibly alongside multidisciplinary teams, conducting thorough reviews of care plans and identifying community resources that will enhance the discharge process. Importantly, you will play a key role in passing care over to long-term care coordinators where needed, ensuring continuity and ongoing support for individuals. Your expertise in The Care Act, Section 117 aftercare, and relevant legislation will empower you to navigate complex discharge barriers and implement solutions, all while fostering a patient-centred approach.

To be responsible, as part of the MDT,for the assessment, planning,implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group, working towards meaningful admission and safe, appropriate discharge.

Responsible for clinical risk assessment of service users accessing services providing effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.

Responsible for participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.Responsible for ensuring the post holder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Legislation.Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.

Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.

Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct and/ orSocial Work England, HCPC.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

In this position, you will play a pivotal role in creating personalised care plans that reflect the unique needs of each individual, engaging families and carers in the care planning process to ensure their voices are heard. Effective communication will be key as you establish strong pathways for collaboration among all stakeholders. You will also be responsible for promoting equality, diversity, and rights in accordance with best practices and legislation, alongside identifying training needs to enhance the quality of evidence-based care within the team. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals, ensuring their safe and appropriate discharge, and contributing to the overall improvement of community mental health services.
• Willbe based within the North East Essex locality, acting as the link between Community teams and inpatient services , linking in as part of the process of safe discharge. Local and out of area.
• Work flexibly with Community Teams across North East Essex reviewing care plans and identifying community resources which will support and augment the discharge process back to the locality.
• Willwork with the MDT identifying barriers to discharge, and how these can be resolved, ensuring the safe discharge of the individual.
• Wil be completing Care Act and commissioning experience with the local authority and ICB. Knowledge of Section 117 aftercare needs and being part of this process in discharge planning in partnership with the inpatient teams.
• Will be responsible forsupportingthe assessment,planning,implementation,and evaluation of interventions within agreed parameters,to ensure meaningful admission and safe, appropriate discharge.
• Acknowledge that part of the move away from CPA that care plans will be personalised and individualised to meet the needs of the individual in the local community setting.
• Involved family and carers as part of the care planning/discharge process acknowledging their views.
• Have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit e.g.Care Act 2014, The Mental Health Act 1983/2007, Mental Capacity Act 2006/2007and our responsibilities within such legislation.
• Tribunal report writing with an understanding of the Mental health Act
• Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist.
• Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.
• Will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence based care as appropriate.Providing CMHT staff with guidance and advice regarding processes.



To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, and act up for the Team Manager in their absence as appropriate. To act as a role model and supervise less experienced staff.


This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Dec 2024

An opportunity has arisen within the Colchester Specialist Community Mental Health Team. we are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking Care Coordinator, you will hold a caseload of service users and have a number of responsibilities that include assessment and coordination of care needs. Once needs are identified, you will be expected to plan and implement evidence-based care to the service users and their carers. You will have the support and supervision of your Team Lead, and as a Band 6 clinician, you will be expected to act as a supervisor and resource for junior or less experienced staff

· Assessing new referrals to the team and ascertaining whether they have care needs that need to be addressed within the service

· Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) of a designated caseload

· Creating and continually updating person-centred careplans and building therapeutic relationships with your clients.

· Continually assess risk and design personalised risk management plans

· Facilitate referral to crisis teams or admission to hospital where necessary, plus providing presence and involvement in inpatient careplan and discharge planning.

· Administration of long-acting anti-psychotic depot injections in a community setting

· Monitoring of medication adherence and any potential side-effects. Organising medical reviews when indicated.

· Identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.

· Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented

· Support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carer’s needs are identified and responded to.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

To be responsible as the Care Coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within a defined catchment area/locality. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, to act as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.


This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Dec 2024

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


Applications are invited for the post of a substantive upper gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon at Colchester General Hospital, which is part of the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This is a new post which has been created to support the commencement of our weight management service which incorporates both medical and surgical pathways.

This is a rare opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic candidate to be part of a multi-disciplinary team creating a new weight management service and guide its future direction. Candidates would need to have a commitment to teaching and would have received training in advanced laparoscopic surgery.

The post holder will:
• Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the ED
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary
• Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
• Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
• Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
• Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy
• Become part of the ICENI teaching faculty in delivering or facilitating courses/programmes.

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 key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:
• Provide on-call cover as a general surgeon
• Provide on-call cover as a bariatric surgeon
• Provide specialist upper GI elective services including bariatric surgery

The candidate would be expected to contribute to the overall work of the Department of General Surgery and take part in the general surgery emergency daytime on-call, weekdays and weekends (currently 1 in 12) and out of hours on-call rota which will be on a 1 in 12 basis. They would also take part in a 1 in 3 bariatric on-call rota.


This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Dec 2024