Job summary
We are looking for an highly experienced Nurse Practitioner/ Paramedic Practitioner/ Physiotherapist to work within ESNEFT's Urgent Treatment service in Colchester, providing a holistic approach to the care of individuals. The UTC is open 7 days a week with practitioners expected to work across all days.

We are looking for a nurse or allied health professional who has a proven track record at this level, who is proficient in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of minor injury, minor illness and urgent presentations as appropriate, working within the scope of professional practice and agreed guidelines and protocols. This post will cover the UTC at Colchester.

You will work with colleagues across health, social care, mental health and the voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.

You will empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patient's carers and members of the integrated team with management of urgent presentations.

Main duties of the job

• You will utilise your vast experience and clinical expertise to function as an clinician managing the assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients with a range of urgent care presentations.
• You will have clinical autonomy regarding the clinical diagnosis and future clinical management of presenting patients through clinical assessment and the requesting and interpretation of the results of specific medical investigations
• Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence
• Provide support, training and advice to patients, parents and carers
• You will have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively
• You will maintain appropriate clinical records in line with current practice guidelines

About us
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 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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Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 432-HR968-26
Job locations: Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, CO4 5JL, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered nurse recorded on NMC register or Registered Paramedic recorded on HCPC register
• Essential: Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field
• Essential: Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Desirable: Non-medical prescribing qualification

Knowledge and Skills

• Essential: Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Essential: Excellent knowledge of a range of advanced therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
• Essential: Specialist skills relevant to care group

Experience

• Essential: Proven experience within the relevant care group.
• Essential: Advanced competencies relevant to care group
• Essential: Experience of managing complex and/or highly specialist cases
• Essential: Supervising the delivery of care to patients presenting with a range of urgent care conditions
• Desirable: Experience of managing and supervising the work of others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: UTC Lead, Elizabeth Addison, Elizabeth.Addison@esneft.nhs.uk, 07866048137

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