As a pivotal part of our team you will be responsible for the daily management and coordination of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure critically ill patients, and their families, receive an optimum level of safe, effective care.
You will also be responsible for supervising, leading and developing Nurses and Nursing practice within our Critical Care Units. You will undertake a rotation programme, across Critical Care, developing your transferable Critical Care skills and providing a comprehensive portfolio of experience. In return for your dedication and hard work we offer excellent opportunities for all staff which include local education and leadership and development programmes.
The interview process will consist of both panel and group interview taking place on the same day.
As a proficient Critical Care Nurse, you will act to ensure the highest standard of patient care is delivered either individually at the bedside, as a pod coordinator supporting more junior members of the team or as the Nurse in Charge of the shift.
You will be an expert practitioner, role model and mentor and will participate in the education and development of Nursing and Healthcare staff.
You will work closely with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, Matron and senior members of the Critical Care team.
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
• Applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
Closing date is midnight on 16th February 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 26th and 27th February 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
For further details/informal visits please contact:
NameLaura EllarbyJob titleSenior Sister - NCCU (Neuro Critical Care Unit)Email addressl.ellarby@nhs.netTelephone number01223 216358Additional contact informationNameAdam Deeks
Job title
Senior Charge Nurse - JVF ICU (John Farman Intensive Care Unit)
Email address
adam.deeks1@nhs.net
Telephone number
01223 217494
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025