Staff Nurse - Paediatric ICU

The post holder will be responsible for competently providing safe and effective care, without supervision, to critically ill children requiring high dependency nursing intervention, Level 1 Dependency, and care to the Level 2 and Level 3 Dependency patients under the supervision of a registered nurse who is qualified in specialty. They will assess care needs; plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

They will participate in the supervision and teaching of unqualified and qualified staff, including students.

We have Our Trust values of Together - Safe, Kind, and Excellent to support the delivery of outstanding care. Our ethos of child centred care and multi‑professional collaboration drives our service, alongside a commitment to family focused teamwork. We believe in supporting our patients, their families and our staff, and we offer a diverse range of dedicated psychosocial and clinical support services for all groups.

When you join the team on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital, you are rewarding yourself with opportunities unavailable to you in most areas. The only PICU covering the East of England, we look after children requiring a higher level of care than can be provided locally, across a range of medical and surgical specialities.

As well as being part of the Regional Trauma Centre, Children’s Services at Addenbrooke's caters for a range of specialities including neurosurgery, oncology and plastic surgery, with our support. This results in a wide variety of patients across age‑range and treatment. Many children make their way to us via a specialist Children’s Transport Service, including the recently established PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision, support and Retrieval service), which operates out of Addenbrooke's, and with whom we work in partnership.

There is a comprehensive induction pathway for new staff, supported by our own Practice Development team, and further along you will be offered the chance to undertake the relevant courses, run in‑house, for High Dependency and Intensive Care nursing. We have excellent facilities in which to practise your skills and support your development. Career progression is an expectation here. Excitingly, planning for the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital is well under way.

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.

• 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
• 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 will close at midnight on 01 Mar 26. Interviews will be held on 09 Mar 26.

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