Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward K2

Job 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

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 9 October 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 21 October 2025

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 caf, 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the register
• Evidence of continuing professional development and its application

Desirable

• Teaching Assessing Qualification
• Experience / course in clinical specialty or relevant field e.g. ENB 249, 998, N05

Experience

Essential

• Experience of shift: shift ward management in absence of senior colleagues
• Experience of mentoring junior staff
• Experience of teaching junior staff
• Post registration experience in a relevant field
• Experience as a Divisional Bleep holder

Desirable

• Experience as Cardiac Nurse
• Experience of delegated ward manager responsibility during the absence of manager
• Experience of clinical supervision/action learning/reflective practice

Knowledge

Essential

• NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines of professional practice
• Sound 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
• An understanding of the professional nursing agenda

Desirable

• Awareness of Cardiac Disease, Diagnostics and intervention for pts
• Experience of managing Human Resource issues, i.e. poor performance, recruitment and retention
• Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS

Skills

Essential

• 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 provide leadership in order to influence

Desirable

• Ability to provide leadership in order to affect change
• Scope of practice skills

Additional Requirements

Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
• Flexible approach to working in line with service requirements

Desirable

• Evidence of positive feedback from colleagues, line manager and patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).