A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking a new substantive Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join our friendly and proactive department at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This new post has been developed as we expand our permanent workforce. We are a strong and supportive department and are looking for a long term colleague, who can bring their own skills and attributes to the department.
Our Gold Welcome Package includes a relocation package of £7000, additional £20,000 lump sum plus 1.5 additional ‘SPA’ time for the first 24 months to thank you for choosing to work with ESNEFT.
The successful candidate will normally be required to reside within a distance of 10 miles by road of the main hospital base or 30 minutes travel time when performing non-resident on call duties, in order that they are able to attend urgent and emergency cases. Some consultants live further than this during their working week but stay locally when on call. Advice can be sought at visits regarding areas for relocation. Relocation expenses are available for successful candidates.
Additional roles may also be offered, once the new appointee is settled in, subject to mutual agreement, which may require onsite non clinical work. These will be remunerated through APA within the job plan. If appropriate, the appointee will be named as an anaesthetic trainee Educational Supervisor. Educational supervision is paid at a rate of 0.25PA per trainee (max 0.75PA).
Any pre-existing consultant level additional NHS responsibilities will be discussed at interview and can be accommodated by mutual agreement.
If the successful candidate wishes to undertake private practice, they must offer the Trust an 11th PA prior to undertaking such arrangements (as per Ts and Cs)
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care. We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are buildIng a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.
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All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with their colleagues, an effective Service to meet the needs of the local population, within the resources available.
The proposed timetable for the post is indicative of the work required. It may be possible to negotiate aspects following successful appointment depending on the interests of the applicant and current service needs.
The appointed colleague will be given the opportunity to review their job plan after 3 months with the clinical director/clinical lead and then on an annual basis.
Proposed job plans are shown below
Clinical sessions - 8.5PA DCC (including on call and clinical admin)
1.5 SPA
TOTAL = 10 PA
The tentative job plan can be provided on request to the clinical lead.
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Jan 2025