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Site Nurse Practitioner
The closing date is 18 August 2025
A vacancy has arisen to join the Clinical Site Management Team as a Band 7 Site Nurse Practitioner at UHSussex covering the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital.
We are a small, well motivated and hard working team using our clinical as well as management and organisational skills on a daily basis.
Our challenges vary every day, making it a great role for staff to liaise with the many specialities and departments within the hospital. We are often dealing with clinical emergencies anywhere on site, where you will need to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of an emergency team.
The role involves managing ongoing bed capacity throughout the day and carries significant responsibilities such as managing site issues during night rotation to Princess Royal Hospital.
You will need to be a Band 6 with substantial experience at that level and this is a great opportunity to broaden your knowledge and development within Site Management.
If you are looking for a challenge, you will need to be able to communicate effectively, solve complex problems whilst thinking on your feet, and have good negotiation skills alongside a sound clinical background.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.
Main duties of the job
This role will actively support the patient's pathway through the hospital, both managerially and clinically. The three principle responsibilities of this team are:
* To facilitate the timely and appropriate clinical placement of patients
* To provide clinical advanced nursing practice and decision making
* To operationally support and manage the hospital site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The focus of the team is about crossing boundaries and identifying solutions resulting in support and facilitation of an effective patient's pathway.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Job responsibilities
* Responsibility for the timely and appropriate clinical placement of patients by planning and managing the effective utilisation of inpatient beds providing an efficient and effective service for both emergency and elective admissions.
* To provide senior nurse support through advanced assessment skills, clinical interventions and clinical management support for all the clinical areas where needed.
* To ensure that patients receive timely assessment, referral and transfer from the A&E department and assessment areas in order that clinical care can be optimum and the national priorities achieved.
* To troubleshoot during the patient pathway to assist the clinical areas to improve the patient experience.
* You will act as the point of contact during the out of hours period, liaising with the on-call teams as necessary.
* You will be responsible for managing the PRH site at night.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Experience / Qualifications
* NMC registered Nurse
* Experience in Acute Hospital Setting
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching
* LEO or RCN leadership programme
* Masters' Degree or equivalent qualification or experience
* A1 NVQ Assessor
* Experience as a Band 6 or above
* Clinical experience in acute setting
* Evidence of managing and leading in an acute clinical area
* Ability to problem solve
* Leadership course
* NVQ Diploma Management Level 4
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
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.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata
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