Job summary
- Main area
- Infusion Centre
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-C-267033
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division C
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/02/2026
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Cambridge Infusion Centre
Band 6
Job overview
The purpose-built unit, the Cambridge Infusion Centre, is a busy, fast paced environment with plenty to offer the right person. The unit is dedicated to providing a ‘Nurse led’ service working closely with the various Specialist Consultants and Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Trust and with other external partners.
We undertake treatments for various specialties' including gastroenterology, rheumatology and vasculitis. Treatments are developing constantly and there are always new skills and development opportunities to explore.
So why not join us, and you can look forward to all the scope and support you need to achieve your professional goals in this progressive environment.
We are looking to recruit a committed band 6 team leader to join our Unit & assist the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse in the overall running of the ward and the co-ordination of the multi- disciplinary team to ensure a safe and effective standard of patient care.
Main duties of the job
To assist the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse in the overall running of the Unit and the co-ordination of the multi- disciplinary team to ensure a safe and effective standard of patient 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
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 11 February 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 25 February 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 significant previous experience in relevant speciality or an Infusion Service setting.
- Evidence of maintaining professional portfolio.
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring qualification.
- Intermediate life support
Experience
Essential criteria
- Sound clinical practice.
- Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
- Accept personal accountability for own practice.
- Experience of autonomous working
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
Desirable criteria
- Experience managing change.
- Clinical experience in an infusion service setting.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and evidence of professional and personal development.
- Awareness of reflective practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
- Adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Adaptive leadership skills.
Desirable criteria
- Committed to the development of junior staff.
- Assertiveness.
- Documentation, audit and presentation skills.
- Participation in the appraisal/PDP process.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- 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
- Anna Mayhew
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 596018
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