Senior Twilight Community Nurse B6

Due to a service review, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Twilight Out of Hours Urgent Care Service as a band 6 coordinator.

The post is fluid in its location; we would ask you to go where the need is greatest on a shift. That may be Chichester, Arundel, or Lancing. You will be visiting patients in their own homes between the hours of 18:00-23:00hrs, but starting at 17:00hrs as part of a rota being the shift lead, supporting other twilight teams across West Sussex.

The short twilight shifts are ideal for part-time workers. We work a four-week repeating rota so that you can plan your life well ahead of time. In addition to being a very family-friendly shift pattern, one of the many benefits of working the evening shift is that all hours are paid with the appropriate enhancements.

Community experience is essential as you will be leading on complex out-of-hours care. The successful candidate will be professional, enthusiastic, adaptable & will have to be a positive role model.

Every shift on the Out of Hours is different: You will lead on End of Life Care, manage complex catheters, and deteriorating patients whilst supporting staff on shift. You will work alongside other B6 nurses ensuring the immediate and wider team are supported.

Main duties of the job

1. Providing urgent nursing care to patients referred into the service.
2. When coordinating, supporting all Twilight teams on shift across West Sussex (mainly phone support).
3. Working flexibly to move to different locations when the area has lower staffing levels (travel included in shift time).
4. Liaising with the Clinical Nurse lead and the Operational Team Lead to ensure smooth running of the service.

About 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, and 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.

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.

Job responsibilities

Together with your Team, you will deliver high-quality nursing care in the community setting out of hours, providing whatever short-term input is needed within the scope of practice. In liaison with our Day Team colleagues, we aim to support & maintain our patients in their own homes.

The post holder, as part of the Team, will provide the care needed whatever that may be. It might be enabling end of life care for the patient to ensure they achieve their preferred place of death, supporting them, their family & friends to meet that goal. Alternatively, with the Team, you'll be enabling those living with urinary catheters to live independent lives or dealing with whatever urgent health/nursing need may crop up.

The Band 6 shift coordinator will manage the clinical needs of the referred patients for that shift. The Service provides all & any urgent nursing care needs which cannot wait until the next day using skilled assessment of need & providing interventions before arranging with Day Teams & other care services for the ongoing care of patients as required.

You will need to be a confident driver as travelling at night and in adverse weather conditions is required. We provide a pool car for use, but you will also need to have your own car available for some shifts.

Person Specification

Experienced RN

• Three years post-registration experience.
• Previous Community Experience.
• Experience as a B6 nurse.

Range of clinical skills

• Range of clinical skills: deteriorating patient, catheter care, end of life care, wound care, administration of injectable medication.
• Leadership qualification or willingness to pursue one.
• Holds valid UK licence & has access to a car.
• Confident driving at night and in adverse weather conditions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Operational Team Lead, Overnight Services

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum/pro-rata