Job summary
- Main area
- Adults
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 150-GM2051-UPC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley Hospital,
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Remote Monitoring Clinician
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
“Excellent care at the heart of the community.”
Be part of a forward-thinking team delivering virtual care across Sussex. Our Remote Monitoring Hub is a new and innovative service designed to support patients at home, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and provide compassionate care through digital solutions.
About the Role
As a Remote Monitoring Clinician, you’ll be at the heart of our virtual care service—triaging patient data, coordinating care, and ensuring timely, safe, and effective support for patients in their own homes.
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 – mentorship, CPD, leadership pathways
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Triaging referrals and monitoring patient data
- Coordinating care with GPs, paramedics, and community teams
- Supporting patients and carers with empathy and professionalism
- Documenting assessments clearly and accurately
- Contributing to a positive, inclusive team culture
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a registered Nurse or Paramedic (NMC/HCPC) with:
- Strong clinical decision-making and triage skills
- Knowledge of frailty, heart failure, COPD, and diabetes
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- A commitment to continuous learning and development
- Flexibility to work within a shift pattern
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 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.
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
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Postgraduate qualification in health-related subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates commitment to and recent evidence of further education and professional development
- Experience in the community and/or acute setting
- Experience and knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and the ability to recognise deterioration in conditions
- Ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels, including clients, carers, therapists, health and social care colleagues and other professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising, coaching/supporting/mentoring less experienced staff
- Ability to lead and manage the team in the absence of the clinical nurse lead
- Demonstrates a positive attitude towards change.
- Experience of individual performance review
- Experience of Clinical Supervision
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer Literate
- Demonstrate good communication skills
- Demonstration of clear, accurate and precise documentation
- Good organisational skills
- Good 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
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
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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