Job requirements
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Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excel, PowerPoint, word and excel skills
- Skills
Ability to think creatively
- Skills
Good people skills
- Skills
leadership skills
- Experience
Proven post qualifying experience in an acute setting
- Experience
Experience supporting staff in the clinical environment
- Experience
Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience
- Qualififcations
Registered nurse/AHP (degree level or equivalent experience)
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous experience at band 6
- Experience
Project management/QI experience
- Qualififcations
Project Management qualification
- Qualififcations
Mental Health First Aider
- Qualififcations
Professional Advocate
Job overview
The Clinical Workforce Team has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse or AHP who is passionate about clinical workforce to join as a Senior Workforce Practitioner.
We have one 32 hrs permanent position from 4th January 2027.
You will need excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively in order to collaborate with senior clinical staff and ESNEFT recruitment and retention teams to design, implement and evaluate clinical workforce projects.
You will have a working knowledge of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and NHS People Promise as well as an awareness of national and regional clinical workforce initiatives.
You can choose whether your base site will be Colchester or Ipswich Hospitals however cross site working and travel is a requirement of the role.
Main duties of the job
- To support implementation of the NHS Long-term workforce Plan, NHS People promise, national and regional clinical workforce initiatives in line with ESNEFT Clinical Strategy
- To collaborate with senior clinical staff, the workforce lead, ESNEFT recruitment and retention teams and the Faculty of Education to design, implement and evaluate clinical workforce projects
- Develop and maintain a professional relationship with clinical areas and key corporate divisions providing support and advice with ongoing projects and initiatives
- Support activities to grow and develop our clinical workforce pipeline
- Support delivery of trust-wide training for medical devices
- Identify and develop resources to support retention of non-medical clinical staff.
- Support Safer Staffing agenda
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.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Senior Workforce Practitioner with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Ipswich, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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