Consultant in Intensive Care *Gold Package £20K lump sum & 1.5 SPA*

We are seeking a new substantive Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to join our friendly and proactive department at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This new post has been developed as we expand our permanent workforce. We are a strong and supportive department and are looking for a long term colleague, who can bring their own skills and attributes to the department.

Our Gold Welcome Package includes a relocation package of £7000, additional £20,000 lump sum plus 1.5 additional ‘SPA’ time for the first 24 months to thank you for choosing to work with ESNEFT.

The successful candidate will normally be required to reside within a distance of 10 miles by road of the main hospital base or 30 minutes travel time when performing non-resident on call duties, in order that they are able to attend urgent and emergency cases. Some consultants live further than this during their working week but stay locally when on call. Advice can be sought at visits regarding areas for relocation. Relocation expenses are available for successful candidates.

Additional roles may also be offered, once the new appointee is settled in, subject to mutual agreement, which may require onsite non clinical work. These will be remunerated through APA within the job plan. If appropriate, the appointee will be named as an anaesthetic trainee Educational Supervisor. Educational supervision is paid at a rate of 0.25PA per trainee (max 0.75PA).

Any pre-existing consultant level additional NHS responsibilities will be discussed at interview and can be accommodated by mutual agreement.

If the successful candidate wishes to undertake private practice, they must offer the Trust an 11th PA prior to undertaking such arrangements (as per Ts and Cs)

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 organisation 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.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sri Nallapareddy Job title: Clinical Lead for Critical Care Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01206 747474

Requests for visits to the unit should be made to:

Dr Sri Nallapareddy, Clinical Lead for Critical Care at Ipswich Hospital [email protected]

Dr Paul Mallett, Clinical Director for Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Theatres at ESNEFT

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