East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

FY3 in Older Peoples Services

The closing date is 23 May 2025

Job summary

This post is FY3 salary £44,041 per annum

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital. We are inviting applications for two Locally Employed Doctors (LED) at a level of FY3 in Geriatric and General Medicine.

The current structure of the service will encompass working across the four Older Adult Wards at Colchester Hospital, as well as the additional, newly-opened 'medically-optimised ward', as required.Acute services are based at Colchester Hospital with bed based rehabilitation units in Clacton and Harwich Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join the resident doctor's team based at Colchester Hospital. They will work with an older people services Consultant, and resident doctor ward team managing patients on one of the Older Peoples Wards. The post is rotational with opportunities to rotate to a different older people's ward.

Working within the clinical Guidance of the Consultant and Registrar, you will support active management of patients on the ward, using your clinical Judgment and experience to escalate more complex patients for management under more direct guidance and instruction of the Registrar initially, with overall clinical planning and accountability under the direction of the Ward Consultant. This will involve a daily consultant led board round, weekly MDT meeting and monthly clinical governance meeting.

About us

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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Date posted

16 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£42,008 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-MC2678

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide appropriate clinical management of patient as part the progressive, innovative multidisciplinary ward team, effectively managing their own time in supporting the registrar and ward consultant and working closely with the ward sister, nursing team and therapy teams to deliver excellent clinical care.

The role is ward based, there is no on-call or expectation of weekend working.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is ward based, there is no on-call or expectation of weekend working.

Person Specification

Essential

Full GMC Registration
Proven post registration experience in Medicine
NHS experience
Flexibility to respond to changing service needs
Basic life support (BLS)
Effective communication skills
Clear, logical approach to diagnosis and therapy
Awareness of personal limitations and importance of continuing self-appraisal

Desirable

MRCP part 1
Experience of PICC lines
Intermediate Life Support (ILS or equivalent)
Demonstrates use of evidence-based practice
Evidence of previous audit involvement
Understands structure of NHS management
UK driving licence

Person Specification

Essential

Full GMC Registration
Proven post registration experience in Medicine
NHS experience
Flexibility to respond to changing service needs
Basic life support (BLS)
Effective communication skills
Clear, logical approach to diagnosis and therapy
Awareness of personal limitations and importance of continuing self-appraisal

Desirable

MRCP part 1
Experience of PICC lines
Intermediate Life Support (ILS or equivalent)
Demonstrates use of evidence-based practice
Evidence of previous audit involvement
Understands structure of NHS management
UK driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)