Advanced Clinical Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Colchester, CO4 5JL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

“Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking to join a forward-thinking Same Day Emergency Care service?

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our friendly and expanding Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside an established team of ACPs, supported by experienced Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine consultants and a wider multidisciplinary team. You will be an integral part of a service focused on delivering timely, high-quality assessment and treatment while helping patients avoid unnecessary admission to hospital.

SDEC provides an exciting and varied clinical environment, managing patients with a broad range of acute medical presentations and providing senior clinical decision-making at the front door of the hospital.”

Proposed Interview date would be: Thursday 17th September or Tuesday 22ndSeptember 2026

· Practice as an autonomous professional in a self-directed manner, with confidence, authority and expertise under the supervision of the acute medical consultant team.

· Work within own clinical competency and NMC registration of patients aged 18 and above

· Perform advanced history taking, physical assessment, clinical examination, requesting/conducting/interpreting appropriate investigations/procedures to inform a clinical diagnosis and appropriate management plan in discussion with senior clinical decision makers.

· Autonomously discharge patients within own clinical competence as agreed with SDEC Consultant.

· Have direct responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made.

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 Monday 7 Sep 2026

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