Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Nurse to work within the Renal and Germ cell Oncology service.

You will be part of the CNS team working alongside the band 7 CNS and the band 6 support nurse. The post is based in Oncology out-patients, with the role covering both outpatient and inpatient settings.

You will have excellent communication and time management skills, have the ability to work under pressure within and as part of the multidisciplinary team. Your role will be to support and manage these patients and their carers throughout their cancer journey. This will include triaging new referrals, coordinating treatment, sign posting and supporting patients through their follow-up and surveillance and supporting end of care. Being point of contact for this client groups requires autonomous working within scope of practice, resilience and team working.

Main duties of the job
Point of contact for this client group and other AHP that requires excellent communication skills.

Triaging and co-ordinating care.

Face to face and telephone contact with patients.

Onward referrals

Education

About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals 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.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• 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
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Details
Date posted
07 August 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 6

Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year

per annum pro rata

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time,

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number
180-B-CVA1071

Job locations
Cambridge University Hospital

Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

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

This vacancy will close at midnight on 17th August 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 26th August 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 caf, 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
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching or mentoring qualification
• Post registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete
• Transferable skills to oncology

Desirable

• Degree
• Research Module
• Advanced communication skills

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrate expert nursing skills
• 2Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Accept personal accountability for own practice

Desirable

• Experience of caring for patients with renal /germcell cancer/ surgical experience or express a clear willingness to learn
• Experience of either: cancer treatments, surgical experienece relevant to cancer site, palliative care.
• Support role/CNS experience
• Triaging skills
• Sact competency
• NHS experience

Skills
Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues' needs
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working.

Desirable

• Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
• Documentation, audit and presentation skills
• Leadership Skills

Additional requirements
Essential

• To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
• Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Cambridge University Hospital

Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead CNS

Lorraine Muffett

lorrainemuffett@nhs.net

01223216817

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.