Critical Care Outreach Sister/ Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Join the Critical Care Outreach team at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, covering two hospital sites 24/7. This role is for an enthusiastic, highly motivated nurse with extensive critical care experience. You will expand your clinical skills, work autonomously, and provide expert assistance to acutely and critically ill patients. The position involves working flexibly across both hospital sites with 12-hour shifts, including nights and weekends.
Key responsibilities
- Provide expert assistance and support to acutely and critically ill patients outside the critical care unit.
- Work in collaboration with ward-based teams.
- Take part in education programmes for all groups of staff.
- Complete an orientation period in accordance with the Trust's induction programme.
- Work flexibly across both hospital sites (12-hour shifts with internal rotation of both nights and weekends).
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Professional and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Experience in nursing/clinical care, knowledge and expertise relevant to the clinical area within NHS or relevant health care organisation
- Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement complex programmes of care/discharge
Desirable criteria
- Masters level study relevant to role - Completion of an advanced physical assessment module and/ or Non-Medical Prescribers module.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Critical Care Outreach Sister/ Charge Nurse
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
The Critical Care Outreach team (CCOT) covers 2 hospital sites 24/7 at Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated nurse with extensive critical care experience to join the Outreach team. This is an ideal opportunity for a critical care who wishes to expand their clinical skills, to work autonomously within a supportive and progressive team. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across both hospital sites (12 hour shifts with internal rotation of both nights and weekends).
Main duties of the job
At EDGH and CQ, CCOT is led by a Senior Matron for Critical Care. The service provides expert assistance and support to acutely and critically ill patients outside the critical care unit. This includes patients recovering from critical illness and those at risk of deterioration (in ward and emergency care environments). You will work in collaboration with ward based teams and take part in education programmes for all groups of staff.
The post holder will complete an orientation period in accordance with the Trust's induction programme. You will also be supported completing the National CCO Professional Framework.
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