East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow in Anaesthetics

The closing date is 26 August 2025

Job summary

We are pleased to invite applications from motivated anaesthetists to join our supportive and forward-thinking team at Ipswich Hospital, part of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

This is an excellent opportunity for anaesthetists with at least three years of anaesthetic experience, who have demonstrable competencies in theatre anaesthesia, obstetrics, and intensive care medicine. The post is ideally suited to those at the transitional stage between Stage 1 and Stage 2 of anaesthetic training.

Main duties of the job

You will join a full-shift rota alongside deanery trainees and specialty doctors, covering a range of shifts including days, nights, long days, and weekends. Out-of-hours responsibilities include cover for theatres, obstetrics, and intensive care, depending on your skills and experience.

Full induction and competency assessment will take place before any unsupervised on-call duties.

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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Details

Date posted

12 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-MI2728

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

This role provides an outstanding platform to further develop your clinical skills, with access to:

  • Independent and supervised anaesthetic lists
  • Dedicated teaching opportunities
  • Time protected for a significant quality improvement project

Youll have flexibility to pursue a clinical or non-clinical specialist interest, with support from experienced consultants and mentors, a dedicated educational supervisor will be appointed to guide you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role provides an outstanding platform to further develop your clinical skills, with access to:

  • Independent and supervised anaesthetic lists
  • Dedicated teaching opportunities
  • Time protected for a significant quality improvement project

Youll have flexibility to pursue a clinical or non-clinical specialist interest, with support from experienced consultants and mentors, a dedicated educational supervisor will be appointed to guide you.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • Minimum of 3 years anaesthetic experience
  • Competence in theatre anaesthesia, Obstetric anaesthesia and ICM
  • Team worker
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Completed Resuscitation Council

Desirable

  • Primary FRCA
  • ATLS
  • Paediatric Advanced Life Support
  • NHS Experience
  • Evidence of delivering teaching to junior trainees or multidisciplinary team
  • Evidence of career planning with regard to future training in Anaesthesia
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • Minimum of 3 years anaesthetic experience
  • Competence in theatre anaesthesia, Obstetric anaesthesia and ICM
  • Team worker
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Completed Resuscitation Council

Desirable

  • Primary FRCA
  • ATLS
  • Paediatric Advanced Life Support
  • NHS Experience
  • Evidence of delivering teaching to junior trainees or multidisciplinary team
  • Evidence of career planning with regard to future training in Anaesthesia

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead for Anaesthetics Ipswich

Ben Scoones

Benedict.Scoones@esneft.nhs.uk

01473712233

Details

Date posted

12 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-MI2728

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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