Staff Nurse Home First | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 February 2026 |
| Location: | Lewes, BN7 2FZ |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7708292/150-GM2342-UPC |
Summary
The Home First service brings together nurses, paramedics, therapists, health and therapy assistants, to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home.
Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients who are discharged from hospital into Home First will be receiving step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions provided in their own home to support recovery and monitoring of their health in the early days post discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First will, where required, provide acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living.
You could become part of our exciting service, bringing the unique benefits of a wraparound recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.
We are looking for a Nurse to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive, and looking for a dynamic role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you!
1. Holistically assess, plan, monitor, evaluate and discharge patients whilst working in an integrated manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
1. Empower patients to work as partners in their care, respecting individual choice and difference and encouraging self-care where able. Support patients in a programme of self-care/enablement.
1. Facilitate patients and their families toplan for the future and improve end of life care ensuring that choices are reflected in personalised care plans.
1. Identify significant change in patient’s physical, psychological and social status, acting on findings, seeking guidance and/or reporting to the appropriate member of the multi-disciplinary team.
1. Demonstrate effective time management by prioritisation and delegation of patient care, promoting continuity whenever possible and working in collaboration within the team.
1. Demonstrate commitment to continual professional development, participatingin clinical supervision and working within the NMC code and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust policiesdemonstrating awareness of personal accountability for own actions.
1. Demonstrate a high standard of clinical information collation and documentation, adhering to Trust and national guidelines pertaining to the collection and storage of clinical data.
1. To attend all mandatory and statutory training as appropriate to role.
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
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• 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
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.
Communication and working relationships
1. Working in partnership, the post-holder communicates effectively with patients and their carers, the multi-disciplinary team and other key stakeholders on a range of complex health care matters, issues, ideas and situations.
1. Assist in maintaining a safe working environment for self, colleagues, patients and others, report any accidents or untoward occurrences as per policy and undertake any investigations as required for untoward incidence, complaints, risk management and health and safety issues.
1. They act as an information resource for patients, multi-disciplinary colleagues and other stakeholders. Responsible for signposting and referring individuals, families, carers and communities to the most appropriate agencies/ services to support their needs.
1. Contribute to ensuring effective liaison and communication with other professional groups and outside agencies, acting as an information source, and work in partnership in the interests of patients.
1. Create opportunities for people to communicate effectively and in a manner that recognises barriers to this by modifying/changing existing communication method.
Main tasks
1. Holistic assessment and care planning.
1. Individualised care and the promotion of self-care.
1. Safe and effective review and referral to the appropriate member of the multidisciplinary team.
1. Effective delegation and prioritisation of workload.
1. Professional development as required to maintain area of practice, and as negotiated in supervision.
1. An awareness of health, safety and security risks.
1. Engagement in service provision and change.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026