East of England Neurosurgery Network Specialist Nurse/AHP

Job overview

The East of England Neurosurgery Network (EoE NN) is hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and is the region’s sole Neurosurgery Clinical Network. It was launched in October 2023, and it operates under the motto “Collaborating in Cranial Excellence”. Its triple aim is to improve quality, reduce inequalities, and to improve value of neurosurgical management across the eastern region.

We are advertising this 12-month post within the 2026/7 financial year; offered to either nursing or AHP colleagues. The position is full-time (37.5 hours/week); hybrid working is encouraged, with reasonable occasional travel expenses provided. We strongly encourage secondment applicants from across the East of England.

As East of England Neurosurgery Network Specialist Nurse/AHP, you will join a team of colleagues committed to quality improvement of cranial neurosurgery across the eastern region. The post holder will receive formal training in project management, via PRINCE2 accreditation (PRINCE2 with Agile Foundation +/- Practitioner). To encourage clinical development, we will facilitate appropriate clinical experience in neurosurgery.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with the EoE NN team, you will select two of the 2026/7 workstreams that best suit your experience:

- Clinical pathways (focus on traumatic brain injury, TBI)

- Neurorehabilitation (scoping regional solutions)

- Patient engagement (utilising a co-design approach)

- Supra-regional MDT (initially relevant to mild TBI)

- Training (neurosurgical education for non-specialists).

Supported by the EoE NN Manager, the post holder will also contribute to the regional repatriation workstream.

These posts represent a unique opportunity for mid-career nurse/AHP to take an active role in a regional funded quality improvement initiative (EoE NN), whilst also further developing clinical skills across relevant sub-specialties of neurosurgery.

We welcome pre-application discussions with prospective candidates and encouraged all interested colleagues to join our webinar (12.30pm on Thurs 30th April 2026) to learn more about the EoE NN and the offered roles.

Contact the EoE NN Manager by email for joining details, to access the recording, or to arrange an individual discussion ([email protected])

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.

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 7 May 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 18 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.