Sister/Charge Nurse - Oncology Day Unit

Main area Oncology Day Unit 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-B-257269

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Addenbrooke's Hospital - Division B
Town Cambridge
Salary £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/11/:59

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Sister/Charge Nurse on the Oncology Day Unit. We are looking for an experienced Nurse with Oncology and Chemotherapy experience to join our team on a permanent basis.

You will have the passion and drive to take charge of the unit, lead the nursing team and continue to help develop the service. You will have excellent communication and clinical skills, and put patients at the heart of your work.

The Oncology Day Unit has 17 treatment spaces. There is also use of James Watson Suite for care of patients undergoing brachytherapy. The Oncology Day Unit is open 6 days per week 07:30-20:00 on weekdays and 07:30-16:00 on Saturdays.

You must demonstrate competence at leading shifts, knowledge and experience in Oncology and be competent in chemotherapy administration. This is an exciting time to join the cancer nursing team at CUH as we continue to develop and grow our services for patients.

You will be responsible for coordinating the Day Unit as well as supporting the Senior Sister.

Be competent in providing safe and effective care, including the administration of systemic anti cancer therapy to the patients on the Unit.

To participate in the supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal of pre and post registration staff.

Demonstrate professional leadership and act as a role model, ensuring the provision of a high quality, effective and safe clinical service in line with the corporate nursing and midwifery agenda.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Senior Sister in the overall management of the Oncology Day Unit and to provide safe, individualised, holistic and evidence based, patient focused care for Oncology patients within the service.

Working for our organisation

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)

Detailed job description and main 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
• 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 16 November 2025

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 24 November 2025

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

• Registered Nurse
• Studied to at least diploma level
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Development that is pertinent to the specialty
• Registered mentor or willingness to undertake qualification.
• A specialist cancer module
• Advanced communication
• Nurse-led Clinic competency or willingness to work towards

Experience

• Significant experience in Oncology/Cancer
• Care of patients with life-threatening illness
• Mentoring and preceptorship
• Managing people
• Managing a service area in the absence of more senior staff
• Coordination of shift
• Care of patient undergoing Brachytherapy
• Experience of working with external organisations.

Knowledge

• Good level of knowledge in cancer and it's treatment
• The impact of cancer on the patient and their family
• Some understanding of team dynamics and how one influences these.
• Risk Management process (with Clinical Governance)
• Awareness of broader issues that affecting Healthcare provision.

Skills

• Competent in IV drug administration
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Competent in administration of Systemic anti-cancer treatment
• Caseload and workload management
• Teamwork
• Will actively intervene to improve patient outcomes
• Able to effectively and safely hold the directorate bleep
• Counselling skills

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
• A desire to work with people living with cancer
• A flexible approach to shift patterns in line with service requirements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.