Community Staff Nurse

Sussex Community Nhs Foundation Trust; Crawley Down; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Training and development

Location: Crawley area

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered nurse for a Community Nurse role based at Crawley Hospital, covering Crawley and Horley. The role offers varied community placements, with an induction plan to ease into the community environment and to support ongoing professional development.

The team focuses on diabetic and wound care, catheterisation and continence, and palliative care, with emphasis on rehabilitation, self-management and independence across the care continuum.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Diabetic management
• Wound management including leg ulcers diagnosis and treatment
• Palliative/end of life care including catheterisation and continence needs
• Promote independence and self-management in rehabilitation
• Work in partnership with local health and social care providers to deliver high-quality community care
• Support colleagues with evidence-based practice and staff development

Skills

Good numeracy

Good communication

Research-based practice

Professional codes of conduct

IT literacy

Catheterisation

Medicines management

Palliative care

Wound care

Education

RN qualification

ENB 998 or equivalent

Tools

NHS clinical databases

IT systems proficiency

Job description

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About 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. 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.

Details

Date posted: 27 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 150-MT3048-CC-A
Job locations: 4th Floor Crawley Hospital, West Green Drive, Crawley, RH11 7DH, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN qualification / degree or diploma
• ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards

Desirable

• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies

Experience

Essential

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
• Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
• A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse
• Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
• IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct. Ability to demonstrate knowledge/ understanding of boundaries of role. Practice supervisor
• IT literacy with NHS clinical databases
• Catheterisation skills, medicines management and administration, palliative and end of life care including management of syringe drivers

Desirable

• Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills e.g. wound management

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
• Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and development. Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
• A clear understanding of the role of Community staff nurse
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self, able to identify personal limitations and shows openness to address them
• Full UK driving licence and car driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address: 4th Floor Crawley Hospital, West Green Drive, Crawley, RH11 7DH, United Kingdom
Contact: Jane Kavanagh, Operational Team Lead, [e-mail], 07824606688