Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term/ Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-267078
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CUH Trust Addenbrookes Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Pain
Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Paediatric Pain Nurse Specialist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team for a 9-month fixed term/ secondment contract. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and further develop specialist pain management services for infants, children, and young people.
In this advanced clinical role, you will provide expert assessment and management of both acute and chronic pain, developing individualised, evidence-based care plans tailored to each child and family. You will support children and young people undergoing medical, surgical, and procedural treatments, ensuring optimal comfort and holistic care throughout their healthcare journey.
A key aspect of this position is education and leadership. You will deliver training and guidance to nursing and medical staff, empowering teams with best-practice pain management strategies. You will also provide education and support to families, helping them understand and participate confidently in their child’s pain management plan.
In addition, you will contribute to service development through policy review, quality improvement initiatives, and the implementation of innovative pain management approaches aligned with national standards and best practice.
If you are interested in the role, please do not hesitate to make contact.
Main duties of the job
You will be a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures
Responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students
Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care
Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area
Development of Nurse Led clinics within the speciality
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.
Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd April 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 15th 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
- RSCN/ RN Child
- First Degree (or equivalent level) in nursing or health-related subject
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Advanced safeguarding training
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate Diploma/ Degree /Masters
- Counselling qualification
- Non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with acute and chronically ill children and young people
- Evidence of having worked collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrate a commitment to teaching colleagues/ students and to mentorship
Desirable criteria
- Experience in caring for children with ophthalmologic conditions, and their families
- Community experience
- Experience in developing care pathways and patient information
- NHS experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of relevant national policy and guidelines relating to children’s nursing and ophthalmology services
- Demonstrate an understanding of how paediatric ophthalmology services are set up in the East of England
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification study in ophthalmology
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Skills of diplomacy and negotiation
- Well-developed organisational and planning ability, able to prioritise and delegate
- Maintain a flexible attitude to change
- Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and build good relationships
- Ability to respond to clinical needs with a flexible approach to capacity requirements
- Computer literate
- Ability to manage performance of staff, change management and conflict
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of managing conflict
- Clinical assessment skills
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all time towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust vales of safe, kind and excellent
- Ability to get on with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation and external agencies
- Committed to providing a high standard of clinical
- Able to motivate others
- To work flexibly as the role demands
- Car driver/ clean full UK driving Licence
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Autonomous Practitioner
- Experience of audit and research
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
- Lorraine High
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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