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Job overview

We are looking for committed Paediatric Nurses to join the team on Charles Wolfson Ward.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the existing team on Charles Wolfson Ward . The Ward is a 12 bedded multi specialty Paediatric ward that forms part of the inpatient children's services at Addenbrookes. The ward caters for children from 0-1 year of age with a range of both acute, chronic and emergency admissions We work closely with both the neonatal intensive care unit, Lady Mary post-natal Ward and general pediatrics. 

As a Staff Nurse in children’s services, you’ll be joining a diverse and stimulating department. Our work is wide ranging and we are well respected both locally and as a regional specialist treatment centre.

You will need to be an excellent communicator who is clinically credible amongst work colleagues and a positive role model. You will have a questioning mind, never settling for mediocrity, and always determined to, enthusiastically, find the best solution for patients, families and staff. You will have a love of educating and mentoring that you will use to support both junior staff and students.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for competently providing safe and effective care to infants and children requiring hospitalisation, with minimal supervision by a more experienced registered nurse. Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care. To participate in the supervision and teaching of unqualified and qualified staff, including basic and/or post basic students.

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.