Medical Doctor Degree Apprentice - 2025

at  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Please note this job advert is for our September 2025 intake of Medical Doctor Degree apprentices. Applicants must have attended an MDDA information session in order to apply.
Upon submission you will be required to validate your attendance by confirming your ‘ MDDA Reference Code’
For full details about this Apprenticeship programme, please see our MDDA information booklet attached.
The Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship (MDDA) offers an alternative path into medicine for people who might not have otherwise gone to medical school. It will contribute to changing the current doctor demographic to be more representative of our local communities in East Suffolk & North Essex.
As an apprentice you will be employed by ESNEFT and released for academic study to Anglia Ruskin University School of medicine full time. Both elements of the programme are dependent on each other. Loss of employment status or removal from the academic programme will result in removal from the apprenticeship entirely.
Both elements of the programme are situated in the East of England and full time attendance at the academic programme based on the ARU campus in Chelmsford is mandatory, therefore a demonstrable commitment to live and work in the East of England is highly desirable.
If successful at the first stage you will be required to apply direct to Anglia Ruskin University (via a private link) between 30th September - 08th October 2024

APPRENTICESHIP ‘WORK ROLE’:

When not attending university, MDDA’s will work in an ESNEFT job role throughout their 5-year programme. There will be a variety of rotational non-clinical roles in secondary and primary care settings that will support the wider development in medical training.
Some may be patient facing and others will look at the supporting systems needed to function as doctors. It will only be required to work in your ‘work role’ when not attending university, which for the first year will be 15 weeks.

‘WORK ROLES’ WE EXPECT TO OFFER INCLUDE:

Clinical Coding Assistants
Ward Clerks / Porters
Human Resources Administrators
Patient Advice Liaison Officers
Discharge Planners
Note summarising in Primary Care
Electronic Patient Record Trainers
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 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.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Please see the mandatory qualifications required