Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 2 permanent positions and 1 fixed term/secondment post for 1 year
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-C-267114
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division C
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/05/2026
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Palliative Care
Band 6
Job overview
Ward T2 are looking for motivated individuals to join our compassionate and driven team. This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at a time when the ward is still evolving. You will need to be passionate about end of life care showing commitment towards service improvement.
You will work alongside the senior nursing team and Matron to provide strong clinical leadership to the ward facilitating the delivery of high quality, patient centred care.
Working with the existing team in a leadership role you will assist in the enhancement and development in end of life care with a particular focus on the delivery of high-quality care within this environment. You will be in charge of the clinical shift and dedicated to ensuring the planning, implementation and evaluation of high standards of care embedding the Trusts behaviours and values.
You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well a passion for improvement and be committed to the development of your team. You must be calm and resilient with the ability to deal with difficult conversations ensuring you are able to provide support to junior members of the team. You will actively assist and support the ward manager to ensure the effective management of the ward and deputise in their absence. You must be flexible in being able to work as part of a 24-hour service.
There are two permanent posts and one fixed term/secondment post available. Please indicate on your application which you are interested in.
Main duties of the job
Dedicated, motivated and skilled and take pride in providing exceptional patient care
Have a passion for End of Life care
Have the potential for leadership skills and possess mentorship skills and knowledge
Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills and work well within a MDT as well as individually
Have some knowledge or experience in audits and recognise the need for improvement work
Familiar with Health Roster
Skilled at day to day shift coordinating, supporting and mentoring junior staff and escalating changing in patients needs accordingly and communicating in the MDT daily board rounds.
Full training and support will be given to help you progress your skills at band 6 level
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.
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 28 April 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 11 May 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
- Current registration with the NMC as an adult nurse
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Mentorship
Desirable criteria
- Completion of leadership program
- Qualification in Palliative Care
- Nurse Prescribing / transcribing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience within an acute clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Experience as team leader
- Experience in team development and management eg. appraisals
- Post Registration experience within Palliative care
- Previous experience of bleep holding
- Working in a Nurse led environment
- NHS experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of mentorship and teaching
Desirable criteria
- Advanced assessment skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills
- Management and teaching skills
- Effective team working skills
Desirable criteria
- ILS
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.
- Be able to work a variety of shift patterns including up to six nightshifts in a four week rota
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
- Julie Johnston
- Job title
- Senior Sister - T2
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217397
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