Band 5 Community Nurse/Paramedic | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Lancing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking qualified Nurses or Paramedics to deliver urgent care in the community. The role involves conducting holistic assessments and managing treatment plans, supporting patients to remain at home. Flexible working options and continuous professional development are provided. Ideal candidates will have clinical competencies and relevant registrations.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience in a variety of clinical settings.
• Demonstrable competency in a range of clinical skills.
• Clear understanding of the role of the Nurse/Paramedic in the community.
• Car driver with a valid driving license for use in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic assessments and evaluate treatment care plans.
• Identify and manage deterioration in the community.
• Support evidence-based care and staff learning.

Skills

Professional registration with the NMC or HCPC

Evidence of a range of clinical competencies

Good communication and negotiation skills

Knowledge of Clinical Governance

IT literate

Education

Mentoring qualification or working towards this

Job description

Overview

It's an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we continue to build on our successful model. The UCR Service provides urgent support, seven days a week, to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This is achieved by providing a two-hour crisis response delivered by a multi-skilled team of professionals. Support is provided at home or where patients usually reside for people who are concerned their health or mobility is declining and are therefore at risk of admission to hospital. Our teams work closely with our local ambulance service to pull category 3 & 4 patients off the ambulance stack, supporting patients in receiving a rapid response in the community by teams with the skills to support them to remain at home. The UCR service also provides a general virtual ward service, supported by digital technology and remote monitoring. Our multidisciplinary teams ensure that patients receive hospital-level care at home safely and in familiar surroundings, helping speed up their recovery while freeing up hospital beds for patients that need them most. As well as home visits, digital remote monitoring is utilised.

Teams are made up of GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Health & Therapy Assistants who work together to reduce hospital admissions. Patients are reviewed daily by a clinical team and the ward round may involve a home visit or take place through video technology.

The Role

As a Nurse or Paramedic, you will be delivering holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment care plans, alongside reviewing care provision. You will provide input for patients including identifying and managing deterioration in the community by utilising a range of core skills. You will be part of a team supporting evidence-based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

This post is an ideal opportunity for a nurse or paramedic who is keen to develop both their holistic assessment skills and knowledge of urgent community response. If you are new to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, you will join our preceptorship programme, receiving protected time and regular clinical supervision with dedicated registered professional support.

If you’re a qualified Nurse looking to return to practice or have you previously been on the NMC or HCPC register and live in the Sussex areas, we want to hear from you! We can offer a flexible programme of Return to Practice and are interested in talking with you about your individual requirements. For more information, please contact us.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do. We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received. Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm.

To be successful in this role, you will need

• Professional registration with the NMC or HCPC
• A mentoring qualification or working towards this
• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role
• Experience in a variety of clinical settings
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
• Demonstrable competency in a range of clinical skills
• Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
• A clear understanding of the role of the Nurse/Paramedic working in the community
• To be able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
• To be able to promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
• IT literate
• To be able to demonstrate knowledge/understanding of boundaries of role
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• To be a car driver with a valid driving license for use in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
• To be willing to undertake training to develop within the role
• To be able to reflect and learn from situations
• To be able to identify difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
• To be able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self, able to identify personal limitations and shows openness to address them

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached supporting documents.

We often receive a high number of applications for this role so please be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than stated.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025