Clinical Nurse Specialist - Deteriorating Patient

Overview

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you motivated, enthusiastic and want to make a difference? Do you enjoy teaching and supporting the learning of others? Have you had experience in the assessment and management of the deteriorating patient?

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Sepsis and Deteriorating patient team s trust wide role will include raising awareness of Sepsis, AKI and the deteriorating patient and supporting early recognition, assessment and interventions through clinical audit, clinical education and direct support to clinical areas.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to deliver education both in the clinical environment and within a classroom setting, working with other clinical educators including critical care outreach team.

Please note you will need access to a vehicle as the role involves traveling to all ESNEFT Sites as and when required.

Propose interview date week commencing 23rd February 2026.

Other aspects of the role include clinical audit and education which focuses on supporting and sharing skills with staff caring for deteriorating patients from primary to secondary care environments.

In collaboration with other members of the team, support multi-disciplinary staff to improve their sepsis knowledge and skills, promote team working to improve patient care and reduce clinical risk and support the development of seamless care.

You will be expected to act as an excellent role model and clinical expert in this field and you will need to be dynamic, responsive to the needs of the role, have proven leadership experience and excellent communication skills.

You will need to work autonomously and as part of a wider team.

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. Find out about living and working here -

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

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