We are pleased to invite applications from motivated anaesthetists to join our supportive and forward-thinking team at Ipswich Hospital, part of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).
This is an excellent opportunity for anaesthetists with at least three years of anaesthetic experience, who have demonstrable competencies in theatre anaesthesia, obstetrics, and intensive care medicine. The post is ideally suited to those at the transitional stage between Stage 1 and Stage 2 of anaesthetic training.
You will join a full-shift rota alongside deanery trainees and specialty doctors, covering a range of shifts including days, nights, long days, and weekends. Out-of-hours responsibilities include cover for theatres, obstetrics, and intensive care, depending on your skills and experience.
Full induction and competency assessment will take place before any unsupervised on-call duties.
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 thatTime Mattersto 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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This role provides an outstanding platform to further develop your clinical skills, with access to:
• Independent and supervised anaesthetic lists
• Dedicated teaching opportunities
• Time protected for a significant quality improvement project
You’ll have flexibility to pursue a clinical or non-clinical specialist interest, with support from experienced consultants and mentors, a dedicated educational supervisor will be appointed to guide you.
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr