Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing/Paramedic
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Variable roster - hours between 8am-8pm 7 days per week)
- Job ref
- 150-GM2099-UPC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Quadrant
- Town
- Lancing
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Community Nurse/Paramedic
Band 5
Job overview
It's an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we continue to build on our successful model.
The UCR Service provides urgent support, seven-days a week, to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This is achieved by providing a two-hour crisis response delivered by a multi-skilled team of professionals. Support is provided at home or where they usually reside for people who are concerned their health or mobility is declining and are therefore at risk of admission to hospital. Our teams work closely with our local ambulance service to pull category 3 & 4 patients off the ambulance stack, supporting patients in receiving a rapid response in the community by teams with the skills to support them to remain at home.
The UCR service also provide a general virtual ward service, supported by digital technology and remote monitoring. Our multidisciplinary teams ensure that patients receive hospital-level care at home safely and in familiar surroundings, helping speed up their recovery while freeing up hospital beds for patients that need them most. As well as home visits, digital remote monitoring is utilised
Teams are made up of GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Health & Therapy Assistants who work together to reduce hospital admissions. Patients are reviewed daily by a clinical team and the ‘ward round' may involve a home visit or take place through video technology.
Main duties of the job
As a Nurse or Paramedic, 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 or paramedic 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
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 2023 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm.
Do you have a passion for admission avoidance? Are you committed to delivering an outstanding service which is fast- paced and reliable? Do you want to work with a team of caring and dedicated staff? If you answered yes to these questions, then we'd love to hear from you.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Professional registration with the NMC or HCPC
- A mentoring qualification or working towards this
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role
- Experience in a variety of clinical settings
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
- Demonstrable competency in a range of clinical skills
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- A clear understanding of the role of the Nurse/Paramedic working in the community
- To be able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- To be able to promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- IT literate
- To be able to demonstrate knowledge/understanding of boundaries of role
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- To be a car driver with a valid driving license for use in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- To be willing to undertake training to develop within the role
- To be able to reflect and learn from situations
- To be able to identify difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- To be able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self, able to identify personal limitations and shows openness to address them
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached supporting documents.
We often receive a high number of applications for this role so please be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than stated.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing or Paramedic Qualification
- Relevant registration
- Driving license
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate experience working in different clinical settings
- Experience in similar roles - community or responsive services
Desirable criteria
- Experience supervising junior colleagues
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding the service "Admission Avoidance" or "Supported Discharge"
- Range of practical core nursing skills
Desirable criteria
- End of Life patient management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philippa Gregory
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01903 276900
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