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 8 am and 8 pm. Patients who are discharged from the 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 rehabilitation 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 is ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.
Duties
We are looking for a Nurse to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive nurse looking for a dynamic role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you!
- Holistically assess, plan, monitor, evaluate, and discharge patients whilst working in an integrated manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
- 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.
- Facilitate patients and their families to plan for the future and improve end-of-life care, ensuring that choices are reflected in personalised care plans.
- Identify significant change in the patient’s physical, psychological, and social status, acting on findings, seeking guidance, and/or reporting to the appropriate member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate effective time management by prioritisation and delegation of patient care, promoting continuity whenever possible, and working in collaboration within the team.
- Demonstrate commitment to continual professional development, participating in clinical supervision and working within the NMC code and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust policies, demonstrating awareness of personal accountability for own actions.
- 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.
- To attend all mandatory and statutory training as appropriate to the 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.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Christine Ashton
Job title: Clinical Lead Nurse
Email address: sc-tr.homefirst-msandw@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01273 242297
