Senior Nurse Band 6

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing excellent community care. As a Senior Nurse, you'll lead a dynamic team, conducting holistic assessments and implementing care plans to support patients in their homes. This role offers a chance to develop your leadership skills while working in a supportive environment that values compassionate care and teamwork. With flexible working options and a commitment to professional development, this position is ideal for an ambitious nurse ready to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Active employee networks

Beautiful Sussex location

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC, experienced in community care and holistic assessments.
• Proven management and supervision experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and implement treatment care plans.
• Manage and supervise staff, ensuring quality patient care.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Holistic patient assessments

Management/supervision

Medication management

Wound and catheter care

Driving with full UK license

Education

RGN Level 1 registration with NMC

Post-registration study

Job description

The Home First service brings together nurses, therapists, health and therapy assistants to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient's own home.

Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients discharged into Home First receive step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions in their own homes to support recovery and monitor health post-discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First also provides acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting patients to achieve functional goals and work towards independence in activities of daily living.

You could join our innovative service, which offers a wraparound recovery approach emphasizing enabling independence.

We are seeking a Senior Nurse to lead our community care team. If you are an ambitious, proactive, and experienced nurse eager to take a leadership role in delivering excellent community care, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Nurse, you will conduct holistic assessments, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment care plans, and review care provision.

You will be responsible for staff management, supervision, development, shift coordination, visit allocation, and performance reviews.

You will utilize your clinical expertise to support patients and the team, including completing assessments, planning and delivering care such as medication management, wound, and catheter care, and identifying deteriorating patients.

As part of the team, you will receive support from multidisciplinary colleagues and participate in in-service learning. You will also supervise and support the development of colleagues and pre-registration students, developing your specialist areas of practice.

You will contribute to service development through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and quality improvement initiatives. This role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills through formal training, shaping future clinical practice.

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 help manage health, reduce hospital admissions, and shorten hospital stays.

Our vision is to provide excellent community care. We offer diverse opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualized hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active networks for EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Beliefo Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto 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, especially 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.

Job responsibilities

For detailed responsibilities, please see the attached supporting documents.

You will need to be able to drive with a full UK license and access to a vehicle due to the geographic area covered by the team.

We often receive many applications, so the vacancy may close early.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN Level 1 registration with NMC
• Evidence of post-registration study

Experience

• Experience at Band 5
• Experience in holistic patient assessments
• Experience working within the NHS
• Experience in community settings
• Management/supervision experience
• Research in practice
• Experience with audits

Other

• Valid UK driving license
• Access to a vehicle for work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to DBS checks as per the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per annum / pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

150-GM1693-UPC

Job location

Brighton General Hospital