Community Staff Nurse | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking a Community Staff Nurse in Bognor Regis. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care in the community, including diabetes and wound management. The successful candidate will have flexibility in working patterns and will work closely with local health providers. Qualifications as a registered nurse and community nursing experience are required. This position offers excellent training and development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Need to be a registered nurse with community nursing experience.
• Familiarity with diabetic management and wound care is essential.
• Experience in palliative care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care in patients' homes.
• Support evidence based care and facilitate staff learning.
• Work with local health and social care providers for frail patients.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Diabetes management

Wound management

Palliative care

Experience with frailty and complex conditions

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Regis Rural community PCN.

The PCN is a group of practices working together in collaboration with community and other health and care services. PCNs enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' identified needs through collaborative working by service providers to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.

Regis Rural Community PCN Team are looking for registered nurses to join the team. 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.

Note: This role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website to assess their likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Responsibilities

• To deliver high quality care in the community in patients' own homes, 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.
• Main aspects of the role include diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care working closely with the Hospice and GP’s, bladder and bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.
• Work in partnership with local health and social care providers to support a specific group of people under frailty, including Severely Frail (score based), Dementia diagnosis, End of Life, Complex Conditions and Care Home Patients.

About the organisation

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Please see job description for further information.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025