Nursing Associate

We are delighted to offer this newly created post to support the delivery and development of the Children and Young People's Community Nursing Team in Crawley. As a Band 4 Nursing Associate, you will work alongside your clinical and practice development colleagues to focus on the clinical and associated public health nursing of children and young people and their families across Crawley and surrounding areas.

Are you an enthusiastic and patient focused Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate, with experience of helping to deliver excellent health care for Children? If this sounds like you, we would like to invite you to apply for our new Band 4 Children's Community Nursing Associate role within our Children and Young Peoples Community Nursing Team based in Crawley. The role will be part of a team of Nurses in a Children's Community Nursing Service which engages across multiple health care partners in Crawley and surrounding areas. You will support clinical care and practice. You will have previous experience within a Children's Acute or Community based Health setting, and you will be able to promote and work within a culture of innovation and quality improvement that supports Children, Young People and their families to remain at home. The successful candidate will join a Team within the Children's Community Nursing Service which delivers excellent Children's services to the residents of Sussex, working in collaboration with our system partners across health, social and voluntary care. You will have a full valid driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services. Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff