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Job summary

Main area
Adults
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
150-GM2053-UPC
Employer
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Crawley Hospital
Town
Crawley
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum / pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/09/2025 23:59

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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Remote Monitoring Clinician

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Be part of a pioneering new service that’s transforming how we care for patients across Sussex. Our Remote Monitoring Hub is designed to support patients at home, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, and deliver compassionate, timely care through innovative virtual solutions.

As a Senior Remote Monitoring Clinician, you’ll lead a dynamic team in managing patient data, triaging referrals, and coordinating care across community services. You’ll play a key role in shaping a positive, inclusive culture and ensuring patients receive the right care, at the right time.

Although the patient monitoring is remote, the hub will be based at Crawley Hospital, where the team will be responsible for the monitoring of patients across Sussex. The Remote Monitoring Hub Operational Service hours are 08:00hrs-20:00hrs, Monday to Sunday, 365 days of the year.

 

Why Join Us?

  • Rated “Good” with Outstanding Features – CQC
  • Flexible working – job sharing, career breaks, parental leave
  • Real Living Wage Employer
  • Inclusive culture – thriving staff networks (BAME, LGBT+, Disability)
  • Stunning Sussex locations – South Downs & coastal communities
  • Workplace nurseries & wellbeing support
  • Career development – leadership pathways, CPD, mentorship

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading shifts and supporting junior staff
  • Triaging patient data and referrals with clinical precision
  • Coordinating care with GPs, paramedics, and community teams
  • Ensuring service quality and performance targets are met
  • Promoting compassionate, patient-centred care

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a registered Nurse or Paramedic (NMC/HCPC) with:

  • Strong triage and critical decision-making skills
  • Experience in unscheduled care and team leadership
  • Knowledge of frailty, heart failure, COPD, and diabetes
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and IT skills
  • A passion for innovation and continuous professional development

Working for our organisation

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 valuesCompassionate 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. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for further details regarding this role.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse or Paramedic – NMC or HCPC
  • Evidence of post registration experience
  • Mentorship course or ENB 998 (teaching and assessing course) or must be willing to undertake within 1 year)
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to degree level
  • Postgraduate qualification in health-related subject

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Triage experience
  • Evidence of well-developed critical decision-making skills
  • Ability to manage a team
  • Understanding of the Health Care Agenda
  • Demonstrates commitment to and recent evidence of further education and professional development
  • Ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels including clients, carers, therapists, health and social care colleagues and other professionals
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude towards change
  • Understanding of multi-disciplinary working in the care of adults
  • Knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of the Single Assessment Process
  • Experience of unscheduled care
  • Experience of supervising, coaching, supporting, and mentoring less experienced staff
  • Experience of clinical supervision

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer Literate
  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills
  • Demonstration of clear, accurate and precise documentation
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent time management skills
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of SystemOne

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work flexibly within a shift pattern
  • Ability to travel to various work bases.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerCommitted to being an Inclusive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kim Fretter
Job title
Deputy Nursing Divisional Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07768 328283
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