Community Sister

Community Sister/Charge Nurse - 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary community team as a Community Sister/ Charge Nurse. This includes coordinating and delegating individual patient care by working across boundaries within secondary and social care settings. The role is that of a caseload holder, providing clinical case management for patients with complex health needs who are at risk of deterioration which may result in declining quality of life, avoidable hospital admissions, or an unnecessary length of hospital stay.

We currently have vacancies based at Brighton general Hospital and Conway court
- please advise of your preference if successful at interview.

Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Some of your main duties will include (but not exclusive to)

a) In conjunction with other key professionals you will be accountable for apatient caseload and delegate responsibility to other professionals within the multidisciplinary team.

unnecessary hospital admission.

c) To interpret clinical signs and symptoms and diagnostic tests in order to
develop a treatment plan and /or treatment in conjunction with medical
practitioners as appropriate. Provide advanced clinical advice to the wider
healthcare team to improve outcomes of patient care.

d) Enable patients to be as independent as possible facilitating a range of self management strategies.

e) Ability to develop and analyse audit, interpret data and use findings to
enhance clinical practice. Please see the attached job description for full details.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.
- Over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff members
- Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 10,000 children and adults a day
- July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ features
- Flexible working patterns offered across all services
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader

Some of your main duties will include (but not exclusive to)

a) In conjunction with other key professionals you will be accountable for apatient caseload and delegate responsibility to other professionals within the multidisciplinary team.

unnecessary hospital admission.

c) To interpret clinical signs and symptoms and diagnostic tests in order to
develop a treatment plan and /or treatment in conjunction with medical
practitioners as appropriate. Provide advanced clinical advice to the wider
healthcare team to improve outcomes of patient care.

d) Enable patients to be as independent as possible facilitating a range of self management strategies.

e) Ability to develop and analyse audit, interpret data and use findings to
enhance clinical practice. Please see the attached job description for full details.