Clinical Workforce Lead | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Jul 2026
Closing date:	5 Aug 2026

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Summary

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.

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.

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.

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

This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jul 2026

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