Job summary
Our Adult Community Teams are looking to recruit Registered Nurses to join our Bank workforce, supporting a range of community services across East Sussex, this role offers the opportunity to gain experience across different teams and settings within community care.

Are you looking for a flexible and varied role, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills in a highly diverse and rewarding environment. Working on the bank allows you to gain experience across multiple community services, supporting patient care in a variety of settings while maintaining flexibility in your working hours.

Community nursing provides a unique opportunity to deliver holistic care to patients in their own homes and local communities, often encompassing a wide range of clinical areas within one role.

What we offer

• Flexible bank shifts across multiple teams and services
• Exposure to a broad range of community nursing specialities
• A supportive and experienced multidisciplinary environment
• An individualised induction plan to support your transition into community workin

Main duties of the job
We provide a highly supportive approach with all staff to gain the competencies required for the role.

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 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.

Job responsibilities
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 GPs, 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.

Qualifications
Essential

• RN qualification / degree or diploma
• ENB 998 or equivalent or work towards

Desirable

• Evidence of a range of clinical competencies

Experience
Essential

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
• Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
• A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse
• Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
• IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct Ability to demonstrate knowledge/ understanding of boundaries of role Practice supervisor

Desirable

• Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills e.g. wound management, Catheterisation skills, medicines management and administration, palliative and end of life care including management of syringe drivers.

Skills
Essential

• Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
• Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and development Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
• A clear understanding of the role of Community staff nurse
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self, able to identify personal limitations and shows openness to address them
• Car Driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Lewes Victoria Hospital, Neville Road, Lewes, BN7 1PE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Deputy Operational head of service, Ronnie O'Connor, r.o'connor@nhs.net