Lead Clinician: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 78,699 to 118,759 £ / Year

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

ESNEFT is one of the largest Trusts in the East of England, with several of our services treating some of the highest numbers of patients in England. Improving quality and access to care by making the most of the scale of our services is an important strategic goal.It is an exciting time to be working in the ESNEFT Medicine and Community Services as we strive to provide a modern and high-quality service for the population that we serve. The division formed in April 2025 as a merger between North East Essex Community Services and Medicine (Colchester) and is committed to integrating services across the patient journey. A particular focus is developing effective frailty services and managing multi-morbidity especially Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolic medicine.

We are looking for a Lead Clinician to take overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient & Community ward(s) at Clacton Hospital.

Main duties of the job

o Provide exceptional clinical leadership at Clacton hospitalo Overall responsibility for the care of patients on the in-patient ward(s) at Clacton hospitalo To work closely with medical staff at Clacton hospital and foster the development of effective clinical teamso To work closely with the Ward Managers, ACPs and Nurse Practitioner teams to ensure that patient care is managed holistically and is of high qualityo Effective use of EPIC and digital patient records including in basket poolso Participation in quality initiatives and clinical audito In collaboration with clinical colleagues and service leads in primary, community and acute care pathways, ensure the highest levels of quality care (patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness) across the wards at Clacton hospital and seek to continually learn and improveo Create a patient safety culture by engaging with appropriate governance arrangements, enabling effective management of complaints, incidents and risk management, audits and learning to improve patient care.o Support the development of learners. For example: GP trainees and Nurse Practitioners acting as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) undertaking supervision of trainee ACPs and GP trainee rotations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC/ GP Register
  • Clinical Qualification to a post-graduate level

Experience

Essential

  • Good clinical experience in a variety of hospital and community based settings

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).

Closing Date: 12 September 2026

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