Critical Care Practice Development Sister/ Charge Nurse
Posted 2 days 19 hours ago by Cambridge University Hospitals
Main area Critical Care Practice Development Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-A-267030
Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A
Town Cambridge
Salary £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 12/02/:59
Interview date 26/02/2026
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Critical Care Education band 6 to deliver excellence across two critical care units. This is a pivotal role for an experienced critical care nurse who thrives in complex clinical environments and is passionate about developing the next generation of critical care nurses.
Working across a diverse portfolio of specialist services including Transplant, Oncology, Vascular, Neuro, Neurosurgical and Major Trauma, you will contribute to the educational opportunities and development for critical care nurses. You will support a large number of the CC workforce driving high-quality pre- and post-registration education, workforce development and career progression, alongside policy development and changes to practice.
You will be instrumental in ensuring education delivery aligns with the National Framework for Critical Care Education Standards, embedding evidence-based practice, innovation and continuous improvement. Beyond the organisation you will have an opportunity to network regionally and nationally sharing expertise.
This role offers the chance to:
- Influence practice across multiple highly specialised clinical pathways
- Make a tangible, lasting impact on patient outcomes through education excellence
If you are a critical care nurse with an educational vision, this is your opportunity to step into a role where your influence will be felt far beyond the bedside.
Main duties of the jobTo work across all Critical Care areas as a practice development nurse facilitating CC3N step 1 to 3 competency completion for all nursing staff, through formal and informal teaching, and standardization of competency assessment.
To support the review of the current Critical Care Step 1 education curriculum, and deliver a new version ensuring it is focused, current, achievable and incorporates the learning outcomes of both local and the CC3N Step 1 competencies.
To facilitate and support the delivery of the Critical Care education programme.
To support the implementation of the Digital Step 1, 2 and 3 project, increasing compliance and timely completion by critical care staff and new starters.
To support and promote the work-based learning and competency completion of nursing staff, by promoting Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor training, ensuring uptake of these roles is increased, and delivering on their feedback of support required.
Work to review, identify and feedback on strategies to improve student's engagement, learning, assessment and completion of the CC3N Step 1 to 3 competencies.
To work in the clinical environment across critical care.
Act as a link with staff from other areas to share knowledge, best practice and clinical expertise.
Act as a link with staff from the regional Critical Care Course.
To teach on the regional critical care course, in house foundation program and trust wide educational collaborations.
Working for our organisationCome 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)
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
- 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
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 12 February 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 26 February 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 Qualifications- RGN - degree or diploma
- Critical Care Course at 60 credits.
- Degree
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education (or equivalent) completed or in progress
- MSc
- Research Experience
- Experience of creating/writing a curriculum
- At least 2 years Critical care experience with post graduate CC course.
- Experience teaching, training and mentoring staff within critical care.
- Quality improvement Project management experience
- Experience of leading or developing a project
- Audit / research experience
- Expert clinical knowledge in Critical Care.
- Ability to integrate education and professional needs with the needs of the service.
- Understanding of current issues in Critical Care nursing and delivery of service
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent team working skills
- Motivational leader
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to integrate educational/professional needs of the service
- Able to adapt to the changing needs of the Critical Care unit
- Able to prioritise workload
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Willingness to undertake additional roles.
- Willingness to accept alternative shift times.
- Understanding of current issues in Critical Care
- Interest in teaching.
- Representation of unit/organisation in broader initiatives.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.