Urgent Community Response - Staff Nurse inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 27 JUN 2024

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and evolving service? Join us as a Nurse and make a difference every day! We are offering a range of flexible working opportunities that can be personalised to fit you and your life.

Our Urgent Community Response Service provides urgent care and therapy to people aged 18 and over, in their own home, to help them avoid being admitted to hospital. It also supports people to return home following a hospital stay.

The service runs every day of the year from 8am to 8pm and teams are based across Sussex in:

• East Sussex – Brighton and Hove, and Lewes
• West Sussex – Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Haywards Heath and Worthing
  
  

The teams respond to referrals within two hours, providing rapid access to a range of health and social care professionals, including Health and Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Paramedics and Physiotherapists.

Their short-term support helps people manage a health crisis or illness, medication needs, feeding and hydration, to ensure that they can remain in their own home safely and live more independently for longer.

As a Nurse, you will be delivering holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment care plans, alongside reviewing care provision. You will provide input for patients including identifying and managing deterioration in the community by utilising a range of core skills. You will be part of a team supporting evidence-based care, facilitating staff learning and development.

This post is an ideal opportunity for a nurse who is keen to develop both their holistic assessment skills and knowledge of urgent community response. If you are new to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, you will join our preceptorship programme, receiving protected time and regular clinical supervision with dedicated registered professional support. 

If you’re a qualified Nurse looking to return to practice or have you previously been on the NMC or HCPC register and live in the Sussex areas, we want to hear from you! We can offer a flexible programme of Return to Practice and are interested in talking with you about your individual requirements. For more information, please contact us.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Crowley Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: Telephone number:

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