Community Staff Nurse

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Crawley; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in Crawley is seeking a registered nurse to join the Crawley Primary Care Network team based at Crawley Hospital, covering Crawley and Horley. The role focuses on diabetic management, wound care (including leg ulcers) and palliative care, with additional continence care and bladder issues addressed.

You will benefit from an induction plan, varied community settings, and opportunities for training and development while contributing to improving patient

Responsabilités

• Diabetic management for community patients.
• Wound management including leg ulcers—diagnosis and treatment.
• Palliative care in the home/community setting.
• Continence care including bladder and bowel management and catheters.

Description du poste

The Crawley Primary Care Network (PCN) Team is looking for a registered nurse to join the team. We are based at Crawley Hospital and cover Crawley and Horley.
If you are newly registered or looking for a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a great opportunity to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field. Community nursing offers the applicants many specialties in one role.
Any successful applicants will have an individual induction plan to ease into this community environment.
The main aspects of the role are diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcers diagnosis and treatment and palliative care. Also bladder and bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.
As well as the traditional type of patients as stated above, we work in partnership with the local health and social providers covering a specific group of people under frailty.
Our goal is to deliver high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
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
  

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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Kavanagh Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07824606688
Please feel free to contact Jane Kavanagh Operational Team Lead on 07824606688 for an informal conversation and any further information that you require prior to application or interview.
Visits to the team are also welcomed.