We have an exciting opportunity within Emergency Medicine here at Colchester Hospital. We are looking for a Locum Consultant to join our team in Emergency Department to cover a Career Break for 2 years from November 2025.
At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level.
The role is full time role which will include on call commitment. We encourage independent thinking and the change to develop a portfolio career.
At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level. The Trust will support Consultants in developing a special interest within Emergency Medicine such as Academic Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) and Emergency Ultrasound.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to enjoy the variety of clinical practice that comes from working in a busy district general hospital whilst developing their own special interest both clinically and non-clinically. You will be responsible, along with the other Consultants for developing and maintaining the high standard of care we provide to our patients. This post will be part of the full Emergency Department Consultant rota.
Clinical responsibilities
The key duties and responsibilities are

Provide senior clinician services to Emergency Department/Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit as follows:

• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Emergency Department
• To develop joint protocols for the management of emergency cases
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the Emergency Department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into Emergency Department to admission or discharge from Emergency Department
• Agree and ensure clear processes for handover and triage from Emergency Department
• Supervision of the junior medical staff
• You will be expected to work with other members of the Emergency Medicine Team to provide adequate clinical care in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Emergency consultants provide clinical care cover 16 hours a day Monday to Friday and 14 hours direct clinical care over the weekend
• The post-holder will be expected to take an appropriate share in the management and administrative workload of the Department.
• The department actively encourages the development of specialist interests within the Emergency Medicine field

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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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 local people within the resources available.

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