Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Haywards Heath PCN Community Team on a 9 month fixed term contract.



The PCN is a group of practices working together in collaboration with community and other health and care services. PCNs will enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Care is organised around individuals' identified needs through collaborative working by service providers to deliver excellent patient care at the heart of the community.



Haywards Heath PCN Community Team are looking for registered nurses to join the team. 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.



Community Staff Nurse



To deliver high quality care in the community in patients own homes, 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.



The main aspects of the role are diabetic management, wound management including leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care working very closely with the Hospice 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. This group includes Severely Frail (score based), Dementia diagnosis, End of Life, Complex Conditions and Care Home Patients.



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 2023 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



Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton



EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality 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



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.