Bank Emergency Nurse/Care Practitioner | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Crawley, Lewes, Bognor Regis; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Sussex seeks Registered Nurses or Paramedics to join a bank team for urgent care. The role demands a post-registration practitioner qualification and skills for autonomous triage and treatment. Successful candidates will work in community settings, providing excellent care while supervising junior staff. This position offers an excellent opportunity for professional development in a supportive environment with flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Support networks for diverse groups

Qualifications

• Registered Nurses or Paramedics must have experience in Urgent Care.
• Ability to triage, assess, and treat patients autonomously.
• Supervisory and mentoring responsibilities for team members.

Responsibilities

• Triage, assess, examine, and treat patients.
• Use clinical tools and interpret diagnostic imaging.
• Mentor and supervise junior team members.

Skills

Autonomous clinical assessment

Excellent patient care

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Education

Post-registration Practitioner qualification

Tools

Clinical assessment tools (e.g., X-ray)

Job description

Overview

This vacancy offers an excellent opportunity to join a supportive bank team, with the flexibility to work across all West and East Sussex Urgent Care Units. We need Registered Nurses or Paramedics to join our established team who have a post registration Practitioner qualification & experience in Urgent Care and who are able to work autonomously, adapt to a fast paced, progressive service and provide excellent clinical care to their patients.

In return you will work in a supportive environment where your colleagues are a professional team, patients truly appreciate the service they can access close to home and for a Trust committed to staff development, well-being & engagement. This role covers the Sussex Community Foundation Trust Urgent Care and MIU Units. The post holder will work within local, national & NICE guidelines to triage, assess, and treat patients attending the Units. NHSE is continuing to lead on the transformation of a variety of services into Urgent Treatment Centres although currently our Minor Injury Units remain. The post holder will provide assessments for patients presenting to the Units with either an injury or illness. This means that an existing qualification is required in either illness or injury.

This post involves both sound, autonomous clinical assessment & treatment skills & the knowledge of where to re-direct inappropriate attendances, ensuring patients are transferred safely according to their presenting condition. The Post holder will be integral to the team and contribute to the overall running of the Units which includes the management of other staff working within the Unit, support with education or training needs and daily supervision.

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.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us

• Positive 2024 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

Values

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.

Responsibilities

• Act as autonomous practitioner to triage, assess, examine and treat the nature & extent of injury/illness for each patient. Assess those who are acutely unwell & arrange any immediate treatment (within guidelines) & safe transfer to the most appropriate facility.
• Use clinical tools such as X-ray. Know when to request and how to interpret, making independent judgment on the diagnosis and treatment of fractures and seeking further opinion when required.
• Use & develop skills to include tissue adhesives, suturing, administration of injections including infiltration of local anaesthetic, manipulation of pulled elbows, digits, plastering.
• Able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of Patient Group Directions available for a range of presenting conditions in the absence of a Non-Medical Prescriber qualification. Demonstrate sound knowledge of the administration of drugs for analgesia or treatment within the Units.
• To supervise & mentor additional members of the team as required such as Nurse Practitioners, HCA’s, student nurses & paramedic practitioners. This to include appraisals & sign off mentoring.
• To demonstrate personal & professional development and undertake training where required within agreed timescales.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurses or Paramedics with a post-registration Practitioner qualification & experience in Urgent Care (or equivalent).
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast paced, progressive service and provide excellent clinical care to patients.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025