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Job overview

If you are a compassionate leader, with a passion for teaching and an experienced Paediatric intensive care nurse we would welcome you to join our education team.  You will be joining a well-established team within a large teaching hospital. 

You will work closely with the lead matron and senior team to ensure appropriate staff training across the unit for all staff from those commencing the PICU course, band 6’s and above. The role will also lead on service development projects both for the HDU/PICU service and wider children’s services as part of the practice development team.

You will be responsible for being a clinical expert, providing safe and effective care to all levels of critically ill and/or injured children requiring intensive care. You will demonstrate effective and safe decision making in the development of the PICU team and our service provision.

Cambridge University Hospitals has a diverse child admission criteria and is a tertiary centre for oncology, major trauma, neurology and many Paediatric surgical & medical subspecialties, with the exception of cardiac surgery.

Training and development opportunities will be available for the right candidate and working with national groups will be encouraged. If you believe that you can meet the demands of a challenging, skillful and ultimately rewarding job, please apply.

Main duties of the job

Promote research based clinical practice within children’s services.

Manage and lead a specialist education and development programme in line with Paediatric critical care and HEE national standards for the nursing team who are undertaking the critical care course and senior nursing team.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist skills.

Be involved in the design and implementation of specialist services as appropriate.

Be responsible for supporting the multidisciplinary team implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments, level 3 skills e.g. CVVH and evidence-based care.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) 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.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.