Job overview

Excellent care at the heart of the community.

Step into a leadership role at the forefront of digital healthcare. As the Lead Nurse for our Remote Monitoring Hub, you’ll shape a service that supports patients at home, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions, and delivers compassionate care through cutting-edge virtual solutions.

Please note the banding for this role is indicative whilst it goes through job evaluation. 

About the Role

This is a strategic and operational leadership role where you’ll manage a team that coordinate care pathways, and drive service excellence across Sussex. You’ll work closely with clinicians, and senior leaders to ensure the Remote Monitoring Hub delivers high-quality, patient-centred care.

Although the patient monitoring is remote, the hub will be based at Crawley Hospital, where the team will be responsible for the monitoring of patients across Sussex. 

The Remote Monitoring Hub Operational Service hours are 08:00hrs-20:00hrs, Monday to Sunday, 365 days of the year.

Why Join Us?

• Rated “Good” with Outstanding Features – CQC
• Flexible working – job sharing, career breaks, parental leave
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Inclusive culture – thriving staff networks (BAME, LGBT+, Disability)
• Stunning Sussex locations – South Downs & coastal communities
• Workplace nurseries & wellbeing support
• Career development – leadership pathways, CPD, mentorship

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and managing the Remote Monitoring Hub team
• Overseeing triage, care coordination, and service delivery
• Supporting clinical governance, staff development, and wellbeing
• Driving innovation and transformation in urgent and community care
• Collaborating with strategic partners to reduce health inequalities

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a dynamic Registered Nurse with:

• Significant experience in clinical triage and staff management
• Strong leadership and operational skills
• Knowledge of long-term conditions, urgent and palliative care
• Excellent communication, documentation, and IT skills
• A commitment to continuous improvement and inclusive leadership

Working for our organisation

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
•    Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
•    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

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.