Total 38 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Colchester, CO4 5LJ

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A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


At Colchester hospital, we are seeking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly and busy day surgery unit to provide exemplary care to our patients admitted to the unit.

Elmstead Day Surgery Unit is a 23+ bedded day surgery ward adjacent to 5 operating theatres. We are a nurse led discharge unit who admits all day cases as well as taking post-operative day cases from other theatre units within the trust.

This post is integral to the effectiveness of our busy and forward thinking department and provides an exciting opportunity for you to play a fundamental role in the caring for a patient undergoing a surgical procedure in the Colchester Hospital.

In our progressive, supporting and forward thinking team you will be supported in your continual professional development.

In this role you will work with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure a high quality and effective care to our patients.

You will need to be proactive, forward thinking and innovative as well as professional, passionate and supportive. In addition you will need to be flexible, and organised as well as well-developed communication and change management skills and share in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve.

If you feel that you are ready for a change and would like to contribute to a fast moving, rapidly changing department then please apply.

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

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see attached job description and person specification.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Contribute professional expertise to current service provision and future service developments. Undertake highly specialist clinical work Provide Speech and Language Therapy advice to other disciplines, providing training, supervision and support as required. Carry out professional leadership responsibilities as delegated by the Head of Older Persons Community Therapy (Mental Health). Undertake research and other tasks that contribute to the implementation of the Trust Strategy for Allied Health Professions.

You will join our friendly and dedicated multidisciplinary Older Persons Community and in-patients Mental Health Therapy Service. We have monthly, clinically focused, departmental meetings where cases are discussed and we learn from each other. You will receive regular professional supervision and professional development is positively encouraged. We are supportive of flexible and home working. Clinical Duties: To manage complex and specialist caseload independently. To manage and prioritise own workload and caseload independently. To assess clients referred for specialist Speech and Language Therapy. To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases. To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with clients and their carers. To develop clear care plans based on best practice. To provide specialist professional advice regarding the management and care of patients with dementia &/or feeding and swallowing difficulties, where appropriate. To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required. To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings. To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to service users, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions. To work closely with service users, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management. To demonstrate empathy with service users, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist. To undertake joint assessments with other professionals within the specialist area of dementia. To manage a complex caseload. To regularly review clients progress in order to evaluate and interpret effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment or discharge clients accordingly. To ensure that the treatment offered is based on the best available evidence. To keep up to date clinical records in line with professional standards and local record keeping policies. To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local Trust policies. To provide written and verbal reports reflecting specialist knowledge as required at any stage in the treatment process in line with Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Governance Standards. To advise the line manager on issues of service delivery within own area. To assume delegated tasks as deemed appropriate by the line manager. To monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment as appropriate. To share information with others as and when appropriate, observing data protection guidelines and local Speech and Language Therapy guidelines. Indirect Clinical Duties: To attend clinical case discussions at meetings or ward rounds. To participate in clinical audit, research and evidence based practice. To undertake day to day clinical prioritisation and work planning for small teams. To identify clinical service needs and initiate projects, which could be developed in order to meet challenges. To promote the roles and skills of Speech and Language Therapy to other professionals, students, clients and carers. To contribute constructively to multi-disciplinary team working. Profession Specific Duties: To attend professional Speech and Language Therapy meetings as required. To take responsibility for developing as a professional. To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio. To undertake annual appraisal. To contribute constructively to the supervision process. To provide supervision to junior staff and students. To occasionally represent the Speech and Language Therapy profession at service development forums. To comply with policies and agreed procedures for annual leave, sickness and time owing. To complete daily diary sheets for statistical purposes. To supervise a minimum of one student per year. To participate in the induction and development of Speech and Language Therapy staff within the Service To participate in specialist training in area of clinical expertise, specifically in communication and dysphagia. To assist with the identification of training needs within own area. To participate in the recruitment and induction of Speech and Language Therapy staff within the service. To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate. To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct. To attend meetings as required and deemed appropriate by the Head of Service to maintain lines of communication and contribute to the overall purpose e.g. staff meetings, Service Planning days etc. To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal Development Plan/Professional Portfolio developed within an appraisal framework. To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist working in the field of adults with dementia and maintain up to date HPC and RCSLT registration. To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT Professional and Clinical and National and Local Clinical Guidelines. To participate in the development of local clinical guidelines informed by evidence of clinical specialism, e.g. dementia protocol. To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in adults with dementia. To provide a service to those patients who have specific eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties alongside other Health Professionals e.g. Acute Hospital SLTs, Consultants, Dieticians etc. To request more expert advice where appropriate and to refer for specialist medical advice/assessment where necessary. To maintain a high professional standard of practice as designated by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Head of Service. To ensure that relevant issues are discussed at regular clinical and management Supervision sessions and management support is sought where appropriate.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist in surgery to join our modern purpose-built facilities at ESNEFT. This key position will allow a committed and self-motivated Pharmacist to lead our Pharmacy services to surgical patients on our Colchester site.

You will be a fully established member of the multi-disciplinary team within surgery but with an opportunity to develop and establish the pharmacy service as part of the Weight Management Service for bariatric surgery. You will be pivotal in developing our clinical service within the speciality and will have responsibility for the provision of Pharmacy parenteral nutrition services including the opportunity to be a part of the multidisciplinary team. Other specialist surgery services that you will be a part of will include vascular surgery and urology.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We provide pharmacy forums and tutorials. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full Trust wide implementation of the Epic electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and a brand new aseptic facility.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure medicines optimisation strategies are embedded as part of the surgery practice; minimising drug wastage and managing the use of high-cost medicines accordingly.
• Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to surgical patients in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and agreed clinical standards.
• Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to pharmacy colleagues contributing to the clinical pharmacy service within surgery.
• Develop clinical pharmacy input into Surgical Services and provide departmental leadership into this speciality.
• Be the lead clinical pharmacist in the provision of parenteral nutrition services, in accordance with local and national standards and strategy.
• Oversee the implementation of, and further development of, the Trust’s Weight Management service for bariatric surgery

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 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.

Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you an enthusiastic and motivated individual looking for a future career as a qualified Pharmacy Technician? This training post includes an apprenticeship and starts in February 2025 and will end 26th February 2027 and is at Colchester Hospital.

You need to meet the apprenticeship criteria and have a minimum of 4 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade 9–4 or A*-C (Maths, English and Chemistry or Biology).

You must be self-directed to meet deadlines, committed to self-study and effectively use study time given by the department to complete the course and be eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. You must demonstrate an understanding and compliance with the values and behaviours expected of NHS staff and the Standards for Pharmacy Professionals.

The pharmacy is a busy department covering a diverse range of activities and functions including: dispensary, logistics, quality control, manufacture/preparation of medicines/products including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition, clinical trials, ward based/clinical activities, medicines information and community services. We have an automated robotic dispensing and stock supply system. This course places emphasis on clinical ward based and dispensary work.

You will be required to participate in our 7 day service provision and will have a short placement at Ipswich hospital site to gain an understanding of pharmacy services provided by them.

Interviews 2nd December 2024

Salary will be Band 4 Annex 21: Year 1 (£20,379) 70% top Band 4 and Year 2 (£21,835) 75% top Band 4. Internal applicants will be via Annex 30.

You will undertake a Certificate of Higher Education, in Pharmacy Technician Practice delivered by the School of Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. The course has a blended learning approach using e-learning, classroom tutorials, practical sessions and portfolio building. There will be on-going assessments, observations with mandatory study days and forums.

This course places emphasis on clinical ward based and dispensary work. You will communicate and work effectively with patients, ward based teams and multi-disciplinary staff to provide a safe, timely and efficient patient-centred service aiding supply, patient compliance and discharges. The course also includes Accredited Checking, Medicines Management and Medicines Reconciliation.

You must be able to attend mandatory study days, follow procedures, apply theory to practice and have an interest in a career as a hospital based Pharmacy Technician. Appropriate supervision and training will be provided throughout.

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 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 bringwhat’swidely 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


For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.