Job overview

Applications are invited for this exciting opportunity to join as a Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care (CT3+) at Colchester Hospital, part of East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.  The successful appointee will work under the supervision of consultants gaining experience and delivering intensive care to critically ill patients, and will be exposed to a complement of modern intensive care therapies.  The post holder will participate in a 1:8 on-call rota which is fully compliant with the European Working Time Directive.

The post holder, whilst primarily based in the Critical Care Unit, will be able to undertake anaesthetic sessions according to development needs.  It is however an essential pre-requisite for this post that the applicant has at least 12 months of anaesthetic training including acquisition of the Initial Assessment of Competence (or equivalent) and the ability to participate in theatre on-call rota when required. 

This post would be for 12 months, commencing from May 2026 or earlier by discussion.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join an established and enthusiastic team in delivering quality critical care services at the Trust. The post holder will be expected to take part in the out-of-hours on-call rota for the critical care unit.  

As well as immediate duties to the critical care unit, responsibilities of the airway-trained bleep-holder on-call include review of critically ill patients in the emergency department and wards, attendance at cardiac- and peri-arrest calls, trauma calls and paediatric calls.  Intra- and inter-hospital transfer of critically ill patient is also required at times, and there is a local transfer training course which will the successful candidate will be required to complete if the equivalent has not been previously undertaken.

Responsibilities will include the supervision of junior staff, teaching, training and participation in departmental governance and quality improvement meetings. There will be flexibility for the post holder to work in different areas in order to pursue special interests.

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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