Job summary
- Main area
- Division C - Nephrology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent / 12 Months Secondment or Fixed Term Opportunity
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-C-258018
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes off-site Satellite Dialysis Centres
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 p.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
We have exciting band 5 staff nurses opportunities across our off-site Satellite dialysis Units within Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust.
The sites are:
Cambridge Dialysis centre - CDC - based at Fen Ditton Cambridge.
Kings Lynn Dialysis Unit based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, kings Lynn,
Hinchingbrooke dialysis Unit based at Hinchingbrooke hospital.
West Suffolk Dialysis Unit based at West Suffolk hospital
The largest of these satellite dialysis units, Cambridge dialysis centre, serves the Cambridgeshire and surrounding area caring for Chronic Haemodialysis dependent patients. This unit consists of 36 dialysis stations, dialysing patients Monday through Saturday from 07.00 hours until 23.30 hours. Twilight shifts run Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
The nurses at this unit further provide staffing to the Acute 6 bedded unit on ward C5 at the main hospital, this includes providing an on-call service from 02.00hrs until 07.30 hours and Sundays all day. Please note for candidates applying to this unit that there is the added the requirement to cover and provide support for this on-call service and within the acute dialysis once trained and competent to do so.
The Kings Lynn dialysis unit has 17 dialysis stations and dialyses patients Monday through Saturday from 07.00 hours until 23.30 hours. Twilight shifts running 6 days per week.
The Hinchingbrooke Dialysis unit has 20 dialysis stations and dialyses patients Monday through Saturday from 06.30 and until 23.00. Twilight shifts running Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Part time hours only available at this unit.
The West Suffolk Dialysis unit has 12 dialysis stations and dialyses patients Monday through Saturday from 07.00 hours until 23.30 hours. Please note currently the vacancies here are for a fixed term/ secondment maternity leave cover.
Successful candidates need to be good team members with evidence of good communication and organisational skills. You must be an NMC registered nurse with an active PIN. Recent experience of caring for haemodialysis patients in the chronic and/or acute care setting is beneficial and evidence of clinical practice in an acute setting is essential. Intravenous medication competencies and active ILS are advantageous, and completion/evidence of a preceptorship are beneficial.
If you think you are the right candidate to come and work within the dialysis units alongside the existing teams of caring, flexible, dedicated nurses please apply. You must be flexible and able to work a full range off shifts including taking part in the on-call roster if based at the Cambridge dialysis unit.
When applying please indicate the dialysis location that you are applying for.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of safe individualised, holistic and evidence-based patient focused care in consultation with the patient, relatives and the multidisciplinary team.
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)
For Candidates applying from outside the UK
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 (www.gov.uk)
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 is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration and experience is acute settings. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role.
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 08th Oct 25
Interviews are due to be held on 20th Oct 25
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
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
- NMC registered nurse PIN essential
Desirable criteria
- Completion of preceptorship period
- Recent acute hospital experience
- Other post-basic, health-related courses evidence of continuing professional development and its application
- Evidence of teaching and assessing
- Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
- ILS competency or working towards it
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven clinical experience in relevant area
- Experience of utilising reflective practice
- Proven acute clinical practice in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care
- Experience of shift ward management in absence of senior colleagues
- Previous experience within a Dialysis setting
- IV competent
- Computer literate and keyboard skills
- Ability to work under pressure and independently manage difficult situations and escalate when required
- Able to perform nursing activities specific to speciality
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines of professional practice
- Good theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
- Health and Safety awareness
- Quality issues and Clinical Governance
- Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department policies
- Awareness of need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviour
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of risk management procedure
- An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
- Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS
- Specialist knowledge in area of speciality
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven verbal and written communication
- Skills with all members of the healthcare team, colleagues, patients and relatives
- Practical application of Trust documentation standards
- Self motivated
- Ability to take initiative when required and liaise with the appropriate manager/bleep holder
- Maintenance of confidentiality
- Identify problems and recommend solutions
- Time management
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
- Awareness and respect for colleagues’, patients’, relatives’ cultural and emotional needs
- Able to remain calm and work effectively in pressured situations
- Willingness to adapt to change as the organisation develops
- An ability to perform clinical skills with dexterity
Desirable criteria
- Ability to achieve competency in Trust computer systems
- Ability to induct and orientate new staff to clinical area and to identify the key learning needs of less experienced staff
- Practical skills teaching
- Able to demonstrate practical application of health and safety in relation to acuity and patient/nurse ratio
- Effective management of equipment and resources
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
- John Gallego
- Job title
- Senior Charge Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- Staff Desk: 01553-613544 / Ward Secretary: 01553-613533
- Additional information
Charmaine Lee - Senior Sister
Tel: 01223 400180 (CDC)
Email: charmaine.lee1@nhs.net
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