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Job overview
This role is a Band 5 staff nurse role on Ward G5 our Transplant ward. You will join a highly skilled and enthusiastic team caring for a mixture of surgical and medical patients throughout the transplantation journey. The unit cares for patients post renal / renal pancreas / liver / multi-visceral and modified multi-visceral transplant.
Main duties of the job
Undertake the role of a Band 5 Registered Nurse, delivering high-quality care to patients across all stages of the transplant pathway. Provide immediate post-operative care, including the assessment, monitoring, and management of acutely unwell patients. Recognise and respond to transplant-related complications, including acute rejection, ensuring timely escalation and appropriate intervention. Deliver holistic, patient-centred care and contribute to effective discharge planning in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. Work under the guidance and support of senior nursing staff to ensure safe, evidence-based practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.
Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. 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.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12th July 2026 Interviews are due to be held on 21st July 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.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills with all members of the healthcare team, colleagues, patients and relatives
- Demonstrate competency with Intravenous medication administration via peripheral and central routes
- Practical application of Trust documentation standards
- Ability to identity problems and recommend solutions
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to adapt to meet changing workloads and to work under pressure
- Ability to work well within a team
- Willingness to adapt to change as the organisation develops
- Competency with administration of parenteral nutrition
- Competency and skill to unblock central venous access lines
Desirable
- Ability to orientate new staff to clinical area.
- Ability to identify the key learning needs of students
- Practical skills teaching
- Previous experience in caring for post operative transplant patients
- Ability to manage complex wounds
- Knowledge and experience with complex discharges
- Knowledge and practical experience of looking after patients with stomas and drains.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines of professional practice
- Good theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
- Health and Safety awareness
- Understanding and knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department polices
- Professional awareness reflected in attitude and appearance
- Understanding and maintenance of confidentiality
Desirable
- An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
- Awareness of broader issues within The Trust and NHS
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical practice in an acute hospital
- Experience in both surgical and medical clinical areas.
- Experience of utilising reflective practice
- 18 months post qualification experience
Desirable
- Experience of mentoring and teaching junior staff
- Experience of shift: shift ward management in absence of senior colleagues
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Previous transplant experience
- NHS Experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the Register
- Supervisor and assessor training completion
- Alert / WACS or equivalent
Desirable
- Other post-basic, health-related professional development and its application
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This advert is for Staff Nurse - Ward G5 with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 p.a pro rata. The contract type is 12 months (Various Fixed Term/Secondment Lengths on Offer. Ranging between 6 and 12 months.). The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
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