Senior Nurse/Paramedic Band 6

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Lancing; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS community service provider in the UK seeks a Senior Nurse for the Urgent Community Response Service. The role involves delivering clinical care as part of a multidisciplinary team to avoid hospital admissions. Candidates should have RGN Level 1, NMC registration, and experience in community settings. Competitive salary offered between £38,682 to £46,580 per year.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience at Band 5 required.
• Holistic patient assessments experience.
• NHS work experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise for nursing team.
• Co-ordinate multidisciplinary team visits.
• Develop service through audit and reflective practice.

Skills

Teamwork

Effective communication

Decision-making

Organizational skills

Assessment skills

Interdisciplinary awareness

Venepuncture skills

Knowledge of respiratory conditions

Education

RGN Level 1

Registration with NMC

Post-registration study

Job description

The UCR Service provides urgent, seven-day support to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. We deliver a two-hour crisis response through a multi-skilled team, supporting people at home when their health or mobility is declining. We also work closely with the local ambulance service to pull category 3 and 4 patients from the stack, enabling rapid community-based care and helping people remain safely at home.

Alongside this, the UCR team runs a virtual ward supported by digital technology and remote monitoring, allowing patients to receive hospital-level care at home. Daily clinical reviews take place either through home visits or video assessments.

Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Health & Therapy Assistants. Together, we provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, from 8am-8pm.

If you're passionate about admission avoidance, delivering fast-paced, high-quality care, and working within a supportive, dedicated team, we are looking for a Senior Nurse to join us. If you're ambitious, proactive, and ready to lead, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service provides clinical interventions (including intravenous therapy) as part of a multidisciplinary team comprising of Medics, Nurses, Paramedics, Physio and Occupational Therapists for admission avoidance pathways (2 hour response and general virtual wards), in line with the national specification for UCR and general virtual wards.

The postholder will be required to provide clinical expertise and problem solving support for the nursing team as well as clinical care for patients requiring nursing care. They will co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary team, allocating visits as appropriate. There is an expectation to develop the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and audit. The postholder will identify suitable people referred to the service for planned early discharge from hospital or for the prevention of admission to the acute sector or long-term care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Operational Team Lead, Philippa Gregory - [e-mail]

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 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo
• 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 Brightono
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief network
• 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.

Job responsibilities

Do you have a passion for admission avoidance? Are you committed to delivering an outstanding service which is fast- paced and reliable? Do you want to work with a team of caring and dedicated staff? We are looking for a Senior Nurse to join us, so if youre an ambitious, proactive, and experienced nurse looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, wed love to hear from you!

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

Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN Level 1 and Registration with NMC
• Evidence of post registration study

Experience

• Experience at Band 5
• Experience in holistic patient assessments
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Experience of working within a community setting
• Evidence of management / supervision
• Evidence of research in practice
• Evidence of audit

Other

• Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK)
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

Skills

• Able to work as a team member
• Able to communicate effectively with patients, families, carer's and team members
• Able to make decisions and have well-developed assessment skillsAble to demonstrate organisational and time management skills
• Able to demonstrate awareness of benefits of interdisciplinary working
• Able to show understanding of inter-agency liaison
• Up to date Venepuncture, Cannulation and Catheter skills
• Knowledge of respiratory conditions/nursing, orthopaedic surgery and administration of intravenous therapy
• General surgical knowledge

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum / Pro rata