Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (may include weekend working in the future)
- Job ref
- 374-CFLVB1405
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site
- Town
- EDGH
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will promote the vision and values of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, leading by example and ensuring that they demonstrate those values in their leadership behaviours and how we support our teams and deliver our services
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will be able to provide expert professional advice and develops and implements specialist care
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner will ensure clinical excellence.
The Advanced Nurse/Practitioner provides specialist education and training to staff, students, carers and patients and develops educational pathways.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner undertakes research and leads clinical audits in own specialist area and contributes to Trust wide research programmes
Line management responsibilities will be dependent upon role and specialist area of work
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) plays a pivotal role in delivering advanced clinical, professional, and operational leadership across the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Virtual Ward services. This role is critical to ensuring safe, responsive, and evidence-based care for patients in their own homes, care settings, or within intermediate care environments.
Working autonomously within their professional scope, the ANP will carry out complex assessments, make diagnostic decisions, prescribe treatments, and coordinate care, while also supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. They are instrumental in delivering national and local priorities, including admission avoidance, early supported discharge, and virtual ward initiatives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
· Deliver advanced assessments, diagnostics, prescribing, and care planning for complex patients.
· Act as a senior clinical leader and role model; support team performance and lead MDTs.
· Mentor junior staff, contribute to training plans, support induction and professional development.
· Drive incident reviews, quality audits, and improvement plans; support compliance with CQC and national standards.
· Contribute to service transformation initiatives, digital innovations, and business case delivery.
· Ensure safe rostering, resource allocation, and delivery of KPIs linked to patient flow and urgent care access.
Working for our organisation
Working for your organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Professional and hold active registration with relevant Professional body
- Masters level qualification relevant to role
- Post Graduate qualification at Masters level in advanced clinical practice, relevant to role to demonstrate specialist clinical and leadership skills
- Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, and additional job specific specialist skills/procedures
- Education/Training qualification
- Managerial or Leadership qualification
Desirable criteria
- Project management/Quality improvement qualification
- Restorative supervision/Professional Nurse Advocate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in area of expert professional knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate experience/project leadership of Quality/Service improvement Project Management Leadership People Management Innovative and inspiring leadership and clinical practice Research or audit Education and Training
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience or relevant health care organisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Byers
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971036971
- Additional information
Blessing Mazanzi
Assistant Director of Nursing CHIC
Blessing [email protected]
07974139214
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