Community Staff Nurse - Adult Community Nursing (Part Time)

Sussex Community Nhs Foundation Trust; Steyning; Presencial; GBP 30.000 - 40.000; A tiempo parcial

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Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Personalised induction

Descripción de la vacante

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Part-time Community Staff Nurse to provide skilled nursing care in patients’ homes across the Chanctonbury locality. You will manage wound and catheter care, medicines administration, and long-term condition management, with holistic assessment and delegated caseload within a supportive team.

The role emphasizes autonomy in community practice, with pathways toward District Nursing and specialist interest, while ensuring safety and high standards

Formación

• Registered nurse with RN qualification
• ENB 998 or equivalent progression or training expected
• Must be registered with NMC

Responsabilidades

• Provide nursing care to patients in their own homes across the Chanctonbury locality
• Deliver community interventions including wound care, catheter care, medications and long-term condition management
• Support diabetic management and palliative care in coordination with GPs and hospice
• Diagnose and treat leg ulcers and manage continence care
• Carry out holistic assessments and manage delegated caseloads
• Promote rehabilitation, self-management and independence across care continuum
• Work with local health and social care partners to support frailty care

Conocimientos

Good numeracy

Good communication

Research-based practice

Local policies knowledge

Clinical governance knowledge

Educación

Nursing degree or diploma

ENB 998 or equivalent

Herramientas

Descripción del empleo

The Chanctonbury Community Nursing Team needs a Registered Nurse to work in patients' own homes across rural and semi-rural parts of the Chanctonbury locality, for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on wound and catheter care, medicines, long-term condition management and end-of-life support, with holistic assessment and a delegated caseload. This part-time post offers autonomy in community practice, with pathways towards District Nursing and specialist interest. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is unlikely, so candidates who need it should check their eligibility first.

What the job involves

• Provide nursing care to patients in their own homes across the Chanctonbury locality
• Deliver community interventions including wound care, catheter care, medication administration, long-term condition management and end-of-life support
• Provide diabetic management and palliative care, working with the hospice and GPs
• Diagnose and treat leg ulcers and provide bladder, bowel and continence care, including urethral and suprapubic catheters
• Carry out holistic assessments, identify changes in health status and elevate appropriately
• Manage and prioritise a delegated caseload, working independently and within a team
• Support patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence across the continuum of care
• Work with local health and social care providers on care for people living with frailty
• Work with GPs, therapists, social care and other partners involved in patient care
• Maintain accurate clinical records and use digital systems in line with Trust policy
• Take part in supervision, training and development to maintain required competencies
• Contribute to quality improvement and safety processes

What’s required

Qualifications

• RN qualification, degree or diploma
• ENB 998 or equivalent, or working towards it

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Practice supervisor

Skills & knowledge

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Applies research-based practice
• Knowledge of current local policies for community health and social care
• Clear understanding of the Community Staff Nurse role and its boundaries
• Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit, clinical supervision and professional codes of conduct

Checks & eligibility

• Car driver with access to a vehicle for work, unless reasonable adjustments apply under the Equality Act

Other

• IT literate, or willing to become so within an agreed period
• Promotes independence and choice in patient care
• Reflects on practice, learns from it, works with others on solutions and is committed to lifelong learning
• Self-aware of personal limitations and open to addressing them

Nice to have

• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies
• Competence in wound management
• Catheterisation skills
• Medicines management and administration
• Palliative and end-of-life care, including managing syringe drivers

What’s offered

• Flexible working options, including part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours and flexi-retirement
• Training, development and research opportunities
• Personalised induction and pathways towards District Nursing and specialist interest
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Staff networks including EMBRACE, disability and wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and religion and belief