Job summary
- Main area
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-C-267108
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division C
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/04/2026
Employer heading
Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist - Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional and highly skilled Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Allergy and Clinical Immunology services. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a specialist team, drive service innovation, and ensure the highest standards of patient care.
As the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will lead on the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using highly specialist expertise in Allergy clinical practice. You will work with clinical teams to ensure delivery of high‑quality, clinically effective and cost‑efficient healthcare across both specialties, aligned to national standards and best practice.
As an expert practitioner, you will provide care through nurse-led clinics and work with the multi-disciplinary teams to deliver a service to adults & children in an Out-Patient setting. Experience and knowledge in Biological treatments, venom and pollen desensitization/immunotherapy will be a requirement for this post.
Main duties of the job
Leadership and management of a workforce of specialist nurses within Allergy and clinical immunology services.
Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of care, utilising highly specialist skills in Allergy clinical practice.
Responsible for ensuring high quality, clinical and cost-effective healthcare across both Allergy and Clinical Immunology specialties.
Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate and introducing innovative ways of working in response to increasing patient demand and meeting performance targets.
Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care.
Working for our organisation
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)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
This vacancy will close at midnight on 19 April 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 28 April 2026.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with a degree
- Post registration module in Specialist field of work
- Research Module
- Advanced clinical assessment skills (if nurse led services are part of role)
- Teaching and mentoring qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development with a portfolio of learning
- Leadership and management module
- Willingness & ability to work toward masters
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescriber
- Master’s degree
Knowledge/experience
Essential criteria
- Significant clinical experience as clinical nurse specialist in Allergy
- Recognised as an expert in the field of practice with in-depth knowledge and broad experience
- Experience in audit management
- Evidence of leading service change
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience in Immunology nursing
- Project management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
- Ability to work autonomously in nurse-led clinics
- Proven leadership skills - to lead/ build teams
- Proven ability to manage and progress own and others’ professional development
- Presentation skills – verbal and written
- Able to effectively respond to change and apply added value of change to service developments in practice
- Proven ability with the management and delivery of Clinical Governance – quality and safety assurance
Desirable criteria
- Clinical skills in Clinical Immunology
Additional requirements
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
- Reliable and supportive
- Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Coupe
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977969265
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