Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- FY3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2830
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £31,621 - £35,757 £46,553pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2026 12:00
Employer heading
Trust FY3 Doctor in Stroke
FY3
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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 looking for a Resident Doctor FY3 who has completed their Foundation competencies to join the Stroke team delivering care to patients admitted to the Stroke unit. This is a 9 month post in the first instance covering maternity leave.
Colchester Hospital, which is part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS trust, provides acute and rehabilitation services to all stroke patients in the catchment population of approximately 400000. Average stroke admissions is more than 700 per year. The hospital is equipped to provide comprehensive service in all aspects of stroke care. The hospital provides a comprehensive stroke service including 24-hour thrombolysis, 7 day TIA service, stroke follow up clinics and rehabilitation. Patients suitable for thrombectomy are assessed and transferred to tertiary centres for Mechanical thrombectomy. The hospital is equipped with state of the art Artificial intelligence for image processing and transfer. The post holder will support in the care delivery along with developing specialist skills in all the aspects of stroke care.
Main duties of the job
The applicants should be keen to develop skills in stroke medicine and will be required to take part in every day clinical care of all the patients admitted in the stroke unit. The postholder is expected to contribute to management of acute stroke including thrombolysis service.
The role will be working in the stroke unit Monday to Friday between normal working hours.
Working for our organisation
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 that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
Person specification
Qualifications/Experience
Essential criteria
- GMC
- 2 years post registration clinical practice
- Completion of foundation competencies
Desirable criteria
- MRCMRCP Part 1
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
- Dr Ramachandran Sivakumar
- Job title
- Stroke Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 747474
- Additional information
Applicants or prospective applicants are encouraged to visit both the Ipswich and Colchester departments and to meet prospective ESNEFT colleagues. Arrangements for visiting or any enquiries can be made by contacting:
Dr Ramachandran Sivakumar, Stroke Consultant
01206 747474
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