Job summary
- Main area
- Community Hospital
- Grade
- General Practictioner
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 5.75 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2919
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clacton Hospital
- Town
- Clacton
- Salary
- £78,699 - £118,759 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Clinician
General Practictioner
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
ESNEFT is one of the largest Trusts in the East of England, with several of our services treating some of the highest numbers of patients in England. Improving quality and access to care by making the most of the scale of our services is an important strategic goal.
It is an exciting time to be working in the ESNEFT Medicine and Community Services as we strive to provide a modern and high-quality service for the population that we serve. The division formed in April 2025 as a merger between North East Essex Community Services and Medicine (Colchester) and is committed to integrating services across the patient journey. A particular focus is developing effective frailty services and managing multi-morbidity especially Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolic medicine.
We are looking for a Lead Clinician to take overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient & Community ward(s) at Clacton Hospital.
Main duties of the job
• Provide exceptional clinical leadership at Clacton hospital
• Overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient ward(s) at Clacton hospital
• To work closely with medical staff at Clacton hospital and foster the development of effective clinical teams
• To work closely with the Ward Managers, ACPs and Nurse Practitioner teams to ensure that patient care is managed holistically and is of high quality
• Effective use of EPIC and digital patient records including in basket pools
• Participation in quality initiatives and clinical audit
• In collaboration with clinical colleagues and service leads in primary, community and acute care pathways, ensure the highest levels of quality care (patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness) across the wards at Clacton hospital and seek to continually learn and improve
• Create a patient safety culture by engaging with appropriate governance arrangements, enabling effective management of complaints, incidents and risk management, audits and learning to improve patient care.
• Support the development of learners. For example: GP trainees and Nurse Practitioners acting as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) undertaking supervision of trainee ACPs and GP trainee rotations.
Working for our organisation
At ESNEFT we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We 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. Flexible working options will be considered for all roles in line with service needs.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer 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. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause delays for our staff and patients.
We have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This will transform life at ESNEFT for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide visible leadership to the clinical teams at Clacton hospital, promote continual improvement and transformation in quality, performance and delivery of integrated services
• Lead the Clinical Leadership team to ensure a framework of safe, caring practice supported by research and innovation
• Lead Clinician for all patients on Clacton community ward(s)
• Provide high-quality clinical care
• To demonstrate clinical leadership, skills and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Frailty Agenda, incorporating clinical competency trust wide and patient care pathways
• Ensure responsible use of resources at ward level including appropriate prescribing in line with local formularies
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to help ensure that effective governance arrangements and performance management systems are in place
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC/ GP Register
- Clinical Qualification to a post-graduate level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good clinical experience in a variety of hospital and community based settings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pip Davenhall
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07708468487
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