Site Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Worthing; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Worthing is seeking a Band 7 Site Nurse Practitioner to join their management team. The role involves managing bed capacity and clinical placements, working both autonomously and as part of a team. Candidates must have significant experience as a Band 6 nurse or equivalent and possess strong clinical assessment, negotiation, and communication skills. This position offers a dynamic environment with a focus on patient pathway improvement and teamwork, along with an induction period and progression support.

Benefits

Induction period and training support

Diversity and inclusion staff networks

Buddy system for new members

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with significant experience in an acute setting.
• Demonstrable teaching and coaching skills.
• Evidence of further ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical placement of patients and bed capacity.
• Provide clinical advanced nursing practice and decision making.
• Operationally support and manage the hospital site 24/7.

Skills

Effective communication

Negotiation skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Registered Nurse

Management or Leadership qualification

ALS/ALERT Trained

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Site Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 02 February 2026

Opportunity to join the Site Management Team as a Band 7 Site Nurse Practitioner at Worthing Hospital.

We are a small, well‑motivated and hard‑working team using our clinical as well as management and organisational skills on a daily basis.

Our challenges vary every day, making it a great role for staff to liaise with the many specialities and departments within the hospital. We are often dealing with clinical emergencies anywhere on site, where you will need to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of an emergency team. The role also involves managing ongoing bed capacity throughout the day, so if you like solving puzzles, then this is the role for you. We offer you an induction period and support you at every stage of your progression.

The role carries significant responsibilities such as managing site issues on a 24 hour basis and involving night rotation, where you will be part of the Hospital at Night team.

You will need significant experience as a Band 6 at that level, also ward management would be an advantage. This is a great opportunity to broaden your knowledge. If you are looking for a challenge, then this is it, you will need to be able to communicate effectively, solve complex problems whilst thinking on your feet, and have good negotiation skills, as well as a sense of humour.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for the timely and appropriate clinical placement of patients by planning and managing the effective utilisation of inpatient beds providing an efficient and effective service for both emergency and elective admissions.
• To provide senior nurse support through advanced assessment skills, clinical interventions and clinical management support for all the clinical areas where needed.
• To ensure that patients receive timely assessment, referral and transfer from the A&E department and assessment areas in order that clinical care can be optimum and the national priorities achieved.
• To troubleshoot during the patient pathway to assist the clinical areas to improve the patient experience.
• You will act as the point of contact during the out of hours period, liaising with the on‑call teams as necessary. You will be responsible for enacting the overnight plans discussed with the Clinical Site Manager.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Job responsibilities

This role will actively support the patients pathway through the hospital, both managerially and clinically. The three principal responsibilities of this team are:

• To facilitate the timely and appropriate clinical placement of patients
• To provide clinical advanced nursing practice and decision making
• To operationally support and manage the hospital site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The focus of the team is about crossing boundaries and identifying solutions resulting in support and facilitation of an effective patient pathway.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of further ongoing professional development.
• Demonstrable teaching and coaching skills and teaching qualification
• Current Band 6 with significant experience in an acute setting
• Demonstrates high standards of nursing care
• ALS/ALERT Trained or willingness to undertake and successfully complete
• Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• A sense of personal and team accountability
• Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
• Negotiation
• Evidence based detailed knowledge and understanding of the operations of a major acute hospital.
• Being able to establish clear work priorities, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management systems.
• Awareness of change management processes.
• Evidence of research based practice
• Substantial post‑registration experience and/or experience that demonstrates effective management of complex clinical situations.
• Significant experience within an acute setting. Knowledge of patient flow /site management role
• Experience in delivering improvements to facilitate change that has direct patient benefits.
• Working with other stakeholders such as the ambulance service or primary care.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS Healthcare services and current priorities.

Skills

• To be able to facilitate, motivate and influence individuals through facilitating and fostering excellent working relationships with other colleagues across the Trust.
• To be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally complex information to others.
• Understanding of Quality assurance and clinical audit.
• To plan and prioritise own workload and facilitate the effectiveness of the team through others.
• Proven effective logical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team
• Previous involvement as part of team in policy or service development
• An awareness and understanding of financial budgets.
• Previous experience in supervising a group of staff and evidence of management skills
• Willingness to engage with changing technology and participate in the real time and mobile data to provide the business intelligence to support decision making
• Ability to use email and internet efficiently. Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

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.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

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