Lead Case Manager | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7366059/432-HR519-25 |
Summary
The Transfer of Care Hub within Colchester General Hospital is looking for a Lead Case Manager to join their developing team.
This is a key role in supporting the senior case managers and case managers in the implementation and promotion of the discharge to assess pathway across all divisions. Working closely with the discharge and ward teams to standardise process and improve patient flow. Supporting developments within the team to improve the patient journey and reducing length of stay.
This is a fixed term/secondment position until the 31st December 2025
Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.
You will delegate and supervise work of senior case managers and case managers to ensure service delivery is standardised to a high level ensuring a responsive and Quality service is maintained.
You will be expected to regularly support surveys, audit, analysis or research to support service development and ensure data quality.
The Lead Case manager will work closely with members of the clinical and non-clinical teams across the Trust in developing policies and procedures to ensure seamless management of patients across all departments
You will participate and support recruitment and selection processes of senior case managers and case managers participating in shortlisting and interview process
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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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Aug 2025