Staff Nurse | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Horsham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Horsham is seeking a registered nurse to join their team. The role offers an opportunity to work in community nursing with various specialties, focusing on high-quality patient care. Applicants will benefit from support in gaining competencies and pursuing further qualifications. The organization values compassion, diversity, and inclusion, and offers flexible working options. Ideal candidates should have a registered nurse qualification and a commitment to community health.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing preferred.
• Ability to manage diabetic and wound care.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with diverse populations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality community care to patients.
• Manage complex health needs focusing on rehabilitation and independence.
• Support evidence-based care and facilitate staff learning.

Skills

Diabetic Management

Wound Management

Palliative care

Bladder and Bowel care

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

The Horsham Primary Care Network Team is looking for a registered nurse to join the team. We are based at Horsham Hospital, covering Horsham and surrounding villages.

If you are newly registered or looking for a new challenge, Community Nursing offers a great opportunity to specialise in a highly diverse and rewarding field. Community nursing offers the applicants many specialties in one role.

Any successful applicants will have an individual induction plan to ease into this community environment.

We would expect any prospective applicants to have researched the community role and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust so you can demonstrate why you should be the successful candidate.

We provide a highly supportive approach with all staff to gain the competencies required for the role. This includes individual development for those who wish to pursue a pathway to gain the District Nursing qualification and towards a Clinical Nurse Lead role. Also for those who have a special interest in any of the community disciplines, we will ensure they have the access to expand on those skills.

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 2024 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.

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.

You will see on the Person Specification some of the competencies and expectations you will either have or need to develop if you were successful. The main aspects of the role are Diabetic Management, Wound Management including Leg Ulcers diagnosis and treatment, Palliative care working very closely with the Macmillan and GP’s, Bladder and Bowel care including urethral and supra pubic catheters and other continence needs.

As well as the traditional type of patients as stated above, we work in partnership with the local health and social providers covering a specific group of people under Frailty.

Our goal is to deliver high quality care in the community, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To participate in a team of colleagues supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025