Clinical Workforce Lead
The closing date is 19 July 2026
Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a passionate and innovative nurse, midwife or allied health professional looking to make an impact on workforce development across one of the largest NHS organisations in the East of England?
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Workforce Lead to join our corporate Clinical Workforce Team.
Working closely with the Head of Clinical Workforce, you will play a key role in delivering the Trust’s workforce ambitions by supporting the design, implementation and evaluation of recruitment, retention and career development initiatives for our non‑medical clinical workforce.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about staff development, workforce transformation and creating innovative solutions that improve both staff experience and patient care. If you are passionate about developing people, driving innovation and making a meaningful impact across the organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Workforce Lead, you will support the delivery of the Trust’s Clinical Workforce Strategy in line with the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, NHS People Promise and ESNEFT’s organisational objectives.
You will work collaboratively with operational, education, recruitment and retention teams to design, implement and evaluate workforce initiatives that strengthen workforce supply, improve retention and create outstanding career development opportunities.
You will also provide day to day management and leadership of the Clinical Workforce team.
The post offers a varied and rewarding portfolio, including workforce planning, education, clinical competency development, international recruitment support, career pathway development and workforce project management.
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 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse/Midwife or Allied Health Professional
- Educated to degree level
- Evidence of relevant ongoing professional development
- Professional Advocate
Experience
- Proven experience at Band 6 in a clinical role
- Experience managing change processes
Knowledge
- Articlates clear understanding of national policies related to the non-medical clinical workforce
- Demonstrates an understanding of current workforce challenges in the NHS
- Awareness of Safer staffing agenda
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.
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearper annum pro rata
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