Senior Nurse/Paramedic Band 6 | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Lancing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a professional to support their Urgent Community Response team. This role involves providing clinical expertise and coordinating a multidisciplinary team to ensure timely patient care in the community. The ideal candidate will have a full UK driving licence and experience supporting nursing care. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a commitment to compassionate care.

Benefits

Positive NHS Staff Survey results

Varied working environments

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Diversity and inclusion networks

Beautiful Sussex location

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to cover the geographic area of the team.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and problem-solving support for the nursing team as well as direct clinical care for patients.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary team, allocating visits as appropriate.
• Develop the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and audit.
• Identify suitable people for planned early discharge from hospital or prevention of admission.

Job description

About the UCR Service

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. We provide a 7‑day service, 365 days a year, from 8am – 8pm.

Service Overview

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service provides clinical interventions (including intravenous therapy) as part of a multidisciplinary team comprising 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and problem‑solving support for the nursing team as well as direct clinical care for patients requiring nursing care.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary team, allocating visits as appropriate.
• Develop the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and audit.
• 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.

Requirements

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to cover the geographic area of the team.

Contact

Operational Team Lead: Philippa Gregory – [e-mail]

Benefits

• Positive 2023 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.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025.

Additional Information

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

Note

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.