Consultant in Older Peoples Services- Welcome Bonus- £12K

Position

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust – Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital. The appointee will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Consultant‑led inpatient care and frailty work for elderly patients in Northeast Essex.
• Deliver on‑call acute care and participate in the development of the Frailty service.
• Collaborate with the multi‑professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Maintain good working practices across wards, out‑patients and the Emergency Department.
• Promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care.
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ensure appropriate information is available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks.
• Review the quality of services provided, analyse success and failure, and maintain highest standards.
• Serve as a role model of professional leadership, underpinning the corporate values and behaviours, and take remedial action where poor behaviour is demonstrated.
• Ensure junior doctors’ training complies with College requirements.
• Participate in the appraisal and assessment of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agreed policy.
• Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties and in the mental health trust.
• Participate in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes and teaching of other health professionals.

Salary & Benefits

Enhanced Welcome package includes a £12,000 bonus and relocation costs. Other benefits include a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), NHS discounts, and a staff health and wellbeing programme.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Friday 29 May 2026.

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