Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 30 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
- Job ref
- 180-E-CVA1074
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 p.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/09/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric ENT
Band 7
Job overview
Due to the expansion of the service we are pleased to be recruiting an additional Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist to the team. The paediatric ENT CNS role is a very exciting role with vast scope for the right candidate to improve their specialist clinical practice and knowledge alongside utilising their existing excellent communication and organisational skills
The role covers multiple areas across CUH and encompasses inpatient work, outpatient clinics and regional surveillance via telephone and email of complex ENT children
There is also a managerial element: your own time management skills will need to be excellent as this is very much an autonomous role within a busy, dynamic and friendly team. There is direct line management of a Band 6 specialist support nurse. There is caseload management of a large cohort of ENT patients
Although a busy role, there is plenty of support across an experienced team which comprises Surgeons, Trainees, clinic nurses and HCAs and administrative staff. The team is approachable and this role is well-supported by the Matron team including the direct line manager for this post
This role is responsible for some of the most complex ENT children in the region and shares a caseload with our colleagues in the Long Term Ventilation service
Main duties of the job
You will need to have an excellent knowledge of paediatric airway management including tracheostomies and naso-pharyngeal airways. You will also have excellent knowledge of and experience in caring for routine paediatric ENT procedures such as adenotonsillectomies
You will have good evidence of recent continuing professional development and evidence of being involved in research. You will have a good understanding of service development and feel confident representing the service in meetings with a range of attendees. You will have a good understanding and recent experience of audit and how management pertains to safety and service development
You will be confident and competent at writing and providing teaching sessions both informally and formally in a range of settings and for a variety of attendees from parents and carers to clinicians
You will have broad knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and young people and be a competent advocate for children and young people with very complex health, communication and social care needs. You will have good experience in managing complex caseloads, either as inpatients or in the community setting. You will ideally have a good understanding of discharging the complex child from hospital and of the commissioning process in the community
You will communicate confidently and effectively with professionals in other secondary and tertiary care centres and should be willing to share support and advice with other teams
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
However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 13th September 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 21st September 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
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate Diploma/ Degree/Masters
- Counselling qualification
- Non-medical prescriber
- Advanced communication skills
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 involvement in mentorship
- Community experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in caring for children with ENT conditions, and their families
- Evidence of publications in nursing journals
- NHS experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Children Act
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the National Service Framework
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Every Child Matters
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Working together to Safeguard children
- Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the NHS Plan
Desirable criteria
- Experience in developing care pathways and patient information
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
- Computer literate
- Ability to manage performance of staff, change management and conflict
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of managing conflict
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 care
- 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
- Georgina Forman
- Job title
- Paediatric ENT CNS
- Email address
- [email protected]
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