# Nurse Consultant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Colchester General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Advanced clinical practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25T11:20:43.443Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nurse_Consultant/Nurse_Consultant-v8323131
- **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Great Tey Ward at Colchester Hospital is looking to appoint a substantive Nurse Consultant. Applications are being sought from candidates with experience either as a Nurse Consultant or within an Advanced Clinical Practice post.

Great Tey is a Nurse Led medically optimised ward that sits within the inpatient flow CDG. The post holder will also be required to provide clinical leadership and day to day oversight of medically outlined patients who are accommodated within the Orthopaedic and Gynaecology wards (Oldham, Fordham and Stanway). This will be undertaken in close collaboration with the relevant medical consultant teams, ensuring appropriate consultant oversight and support to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care (outliers usually account for between 3-6 patients).

Proposed Interview date: 20th October 2026

### Main duties of the job

- Act as an expert clinical practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge including evidence of critical thinking and implementation of research-based practice within the management of own caseload.
- To work in close relationship with different Consultant bodies for professional guidance
- To demonstrate clinical leadership, skills and knowledge in developing a comprehensive Nurse Led Model of Care, incorporating clinical competency trust wide and patient care pathways.
- Be responsible for developing and leading on nursing and advanced care practice standards, underpinning a robust governance structure for a future workforce of advanced practitioners within the ward.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Recently and actively working in clinical practice
- - Demonstrates specialist knowledge relating to care of older people
- - Evidence of admission avoidance and community working
- - Evidence of leadership skills that are capable of establishing direction and purpose

**Desirable**

- - Evidence of carrying out investigations and writing reports Evidence of operating at strategic level to positively affect service outcomes

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- - Current registration on part 1 of the NMC Register is essential
- - Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
- - Non-Medical Prescribing
- - Evidence of continuing professional development
- - Completion of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Level 2 training
- - Mental Capacity Act awareness training

**Desirable**

- - Recognised professional post basic qualification in the care of older people or dementia care

## Documents

- [staff networks (pdf, 252.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724)
- [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262)
- [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499)
- [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146)
- [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10644959)

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