Staff Nurse - Milton Grange

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT); Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Onsite parking

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a passionate Staff Nurse (NHS AfC Band 5) to join the Eastbourne Milton Grange site. The role involves rota shifts over 7 days, including nights, with 37.5 hours per week and pro rata salary between £32,073 and £39,043 per year.

You will deliver evidence-based nursing care within a supportive team, participate in rehabilitation services, and benefit from NHS pension, staff facilities and onsite parking.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with 1st level registration (Diploma or Degree).
• Experience in acute care settings preferred.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate workload within a team.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care within a team.
• Manage a group of patients and deliver evidence-based nursing care.
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals to meet patient needs.
• Respond to and prioritise demands in a dynamic hospital environment.

Skills

Teamwork

Prioritisation

Nursing care

Communication

Education

1st level Registered Nurse – Diploma or Degree

Job description

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Main area Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Secondment: 5 months Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (This post is rota shift over 7 days per week including night shifts.) Job ref 374-LBCG7126

Site Milton Grange Town Eastbourne Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

As part of our ESHT Rehabilitation Strategy, we have an exciting opportunity to expand our workforce across our Intermediate Care Services at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. This includes Milton Grange.

We are looking for a passionate Staff Nurse who works well in a team environment, is highly motivated and committed.

The ESHT Rehabilitation strategy is focused on improving the quality and performance of our acute and community services to deliver high quality rehabilitation across East Sussex. This is a dynamic and changing environment, and the strategy is working to support our staff, teams and the organisation as a whole to make meaningful changes that bring about improvements in rehabilitation for the benefit of our population.

We pride ourselves on having a friendly and welcoming team – both Nursing and Therapy – you need never feel alone and you will get the support that you need. No week will ever feel the same again!

Main duties of the job

• To assess plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of patient care utilising research as appropriate within a team.
• To manage own group of patients and deliver evidenced based nursing care to the highest possible standard.
• To communicate with a wide range of individuals to meet individual patient needs.
• To respond to and prioritise a wide range of demands and tasks in a rapidly changing environment, with the support of senior staff.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse – Diploma or Degree

Experience

• Generic Pre Registration Experience in an acute care setting
• Demonstrate application of theory to practice
• Experience in a hospital environment
• Experience of chosen speciality

Skills

• Ability to prioritise and organise own and others workload, matching needs and skills
• Teamwork
• Basic Life Support
• Competent in drug calculation and use of infusion equipment
• Additional skills & knowledge appropriate to specialty
• Basic presentation skills

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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Application numbers

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