Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Frailty Nurse - Adult Community Nursing
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Job Opportunity: Autonomous Practitioner
This exciting post is available for a dynamic, holistic, and forward-thinking practitioner. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work as an autonomous practitioner, and use their expert clinical frailty knowledge to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate expert nursing care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support to a group of patients with acute/intensive medical needs in the community setting, who are at risk of further deterioration in health that may result in avoidable hospital admission or unnecessary length of hospital stay.
- Work alongside patients and their families, GPs, community nursing teams, Frailty nurses in the High Weald Lewes and Havens area, and alongside Community Geriatricians, offering specialist expert clinical advice in accordance with current evidence-based practice.
- Support the identification of Frailty using an agreed tool or through referrals from GPs or community professionals for patients needing intensive community support.
- Apply advanced nursing knowledge and skills, including independent prescribing, to identify changes in patient conditions, and analyze and interpret complex health scenarios.
- Deliver proactive, safe, and coordinated care for those living with frailty.
- Provide leadership and education, train staff and students, and help deliver optimum nursing care.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate expert nursing care.
- Prevent unplanned hospital admissions through urgent assessment and planning of coordinated care with appropriate services to support patients at home or in suitable settings.
- Work collaboratively with primary care, community, and acute teams to ensure care is delivered in the most appropriate settings, reduce readmissions, and enable positive outcomes for frailty patients.
- Advocate for high-quality, consistent care programmes for individuals with frailty.
- Inform, teach, and mentor patients and families to help them understand and manage the impact of living with frailty.
- Work autonomously to manage a personal caseload while contributing as part of the Community of Practice Multi-disciplinary Team.
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About Us
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.
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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, ensuring 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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Tina Simmons
- Job Title: Team Lead
- Email Address: tina.simmons@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07825 932917
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