East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a student nurse or newly qualified registered adult nurse looking to commence your career in Autumn 2025?
Then join us at one of our recruitment events to find out about our variety of exciting opportunities. You will have the chance to speak to many different specialities about their roles and hear how we will support you as you transition from student to Registered Nurse.
Interviews will take place on the day so you could walk away with an offer!
Open days will take place:
1. 31 January - Ipswich Hospital, 9am - 5pm
2. 12 February - Colchester Hospital, 9am - 5pm
Please register your attendance at this link.
If you cannot attend either event we would still welcome your application. Please note this event/role is NOT suitable for internationally trained nurses who are required to complete OSCE.
We offer both full and part-time roles in our acute and community sites.
ESNEFT's offer to you:
* An opportunity to start work as a band 4 Pre-registration Nurse, whilst awaiting NMC Registration confirmation.
* High-quality 12 months Preceptorship Programme followed by ongoing continuing development opportunities.
* A named Preceptor from day 1.
* Internal Transfer Scheme allowing you to transfer between different areas across ESNEFT, including a large range of specialties across all sites.
Main duties of the job
Liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the speciality.
Be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of direct patient care with indirect supervision from senior staff.
Support the Charge Nurse/Senior Sister to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients.
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.
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 is 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.
Find out about living and working here - this link.
Job responsibilities
Be responsible for unsupervised assessment of patient care needs and development, implementation, and evaluation of plans of care, ensuring high standards of evidence-based care.
Undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with Trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility.
Ensure accurate and comprehensive nursing records are maintained using appropriate written and electronic documentation.
Monitor and record planned vs actual staffing levels and escalate issues when necessary.
For full details please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience as student adult nursing or newly qualified nurse adult.
* Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate.
* Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
Qualification
* Newly qualified (within 8 months) or due to qualify within 8 months.
Personal skills
* Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems.
* Skilled in use of computer/keyboard.
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata, per annum + unsocial hours (as applicable).
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