Clinical Lead Nurse | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum Pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 January 2026 |
| Location: | Lancing, BN15 8UW |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7693335/150-MT2319-CC |
Summary
Adur Community Primary Care Network (PCN)is seeking an experienced and motivated Community Nurse to lead, coordinate, and support our established team in delivering high-quality care to patients who are unable to leave their homes.
Our care model is centred on individual patient needs, achieved through collaborative working across services to provide exceptional care within the community.
This is a rewarding role for a patient-focused professional with strong clinical skills, a proactive attitude, and a commitment to excellence. We cover Adur and the surrounding areas.
If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an organisation dedicated to continuous improvement, we would love to hear from you.
Car driver essential – please include this in your application.
Clinical Lead Nurse – Adur Community PCN
We are seeking an experienced and qualified Community Specialist Practitioner with advanced practice credentials, strong clinical expertise, and proven leadership skills.
In this role, you will coordinate complex care, including the assessment and management of long-term conditions. You will apply case management principles to support patient self-management, promote independent living, and reduce hospital admissions through robust contingency planning.
As Clinical Lead, you will oversee staff management, supervision, and development, including appraisals and mentoring of junior team members. Acting as an educator and preceptor, you will lead the professional development of community nurses and champion self-care strategies for patients through innovative activation approaches.
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
• 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.
The focus of this role is to provide safe, effective and quality clinical care using advanced qualifications to support clinical practice along with strong clinical leadership, advice and support to the team.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills are essential in order to effectively liaise with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team as well as an ability to reflect upon and where needed challenge the status quo.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026