East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Nurse Consultant
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Nurse Consultant Opportunity at Great Tey Ward, Colchester Hospital
Great Tey Ward at Colchester Hospital is looking to appoint a substantive Nurse Consultant. Applications are being sought from candidates with experience either as a Nurse Consultant or within an Advanced Clinical Practice post.
About the Role
Great Tey is a Nurse Led, medically optimized ward that sits within the inpatient flow CDG. The post holder will be required to provide clinical leadership and day-to-day oversight of medically outlined patients who are accommodated within the Orthopaedic and Gynaecology wards (Oldham, Fordham, and Stanway). This will be undertaken in close collaboration with the relevant medical consultant teams, ensuring appropriate consultant oversight and support to deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care (outliers usually account for between 3-6 patients).
Key Responsibilities
- Act as an expert clinical practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge including evidence of critical thinking and implementation of research-based practice within the management of your own caseload.
- Work in close relationship with different Consultant bodies for professional guidance.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership, skills, and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Nurse Led Model of Care, incorporating clinical competency trust-wide and patient care pathways.
- Be responsible for developing and leading on nursing and advanced care practice standards, underpinning a robust governance structure for a future workforce of advanced practitioners within the ward.
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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 organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
Benefits
- 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 offers 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.
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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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Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, please contact:
- Name: Sarah Wiekamp
- Job Title: Deputy Associate Director of Nursing
- Email Address: Sarah.Wiekamp@esneft.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 07394402291
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