Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Treatment
- Grade
- GP/ Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (3 Year Tenure)
- Hours
- Part time - 4 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2740
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £76,038 - £114,743 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead- UTC
GP/ Consultant
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 the 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
We’re looking for a UTC Clinical Lead to join our multidisciplinary team at the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), co-located with the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital. The candidate will have experience working in both Primary and Secondary care, ideally within the Emergency Department or specialist interest in Urgent and Emergency Care and have experience in the management of both illness and injury in Adults and Children
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment alongside Paramedics, Nurse Practitioners, ACPs, Nurses, and HCAs.
Main duties of the job
• To operate within the shared vision and values of the Division, and work collaboratively across and outside of the Trust as appropriate
• To support the development of, and operate within, frameworks and policies as agreed by the Trust
• To work as part of the Clinical Delivery Group (CDG), in close liaison with Clinical Directors, Service Managers and Matrons , providing leadership and advice across the Clinical Delivery Group to contribute to the achievement of national and local objectives
• Ensure the speciality team agree, collect and review appropriate information to measure their 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 ensuring that the highest standards are maintained.
• Assist the Clinical Director and Divisional Director to ensure that the service and the workforce are constantly being reviewed to meet new models of care.
• Work in partnership with other local providers of health care across East Suffolk and North Essex to ensure the best service for patients.
• Ensure appropriate lines of communication are established to achieve effective, two-way communication with all medical and other staff within your area.
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
• Work collaboratively with the speciality management team in the development of the strategic direction of the speciality, CDG and the Trust through shared objectives
• Accountable for the management of all medical personnel issues in a timely manner in accordance with Trust policies, working closely with HR
• Accountable for ensuring that clinical managers adhere to their own line management responsibilities in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
• To ensure that all relevant medical staff have an approved job plan which complies to the trust’s job planning framework
• Employ a wide range of specialist knowledge and expertise to develop skills of all clinical staff in response to the Trust’s strategic objectives, having maximum impact to enhance patient care
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- GMC- Registered General Practioner
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical leadership which has engaged multi-disciplinary teams to improve quality, standards and staff and patient experience
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of (and successful) quality, people and financial experience.
- Experience of developing and delivering business plans to support corporate objectives.
- Evidence of successful management of change in a large complex organisation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good clinical understanding of quality and improvement levers
- Good understanding of Health economy developments, measures, changing agenda
- Demonstrate understanding of leadership and people engagement.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of NHS commissioning process.
- Understanding of specific acute trust divisional specialities
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
- Caroline Harris
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07552 290899
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