Lead Nurse for Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy

Lead Nurse for Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy Band 8b

Main area Surgical Gynae-Oncology Nursing Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Rotational day off to avoid strain injuries (RSI) - Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-B-267054

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B Town Cambridge Salary £64,455 - £74,896 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/03/:59 Interview date 23/03/2026

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced senior nurse to lead our dynamic nurse-led Gynae Oncology Service. The postholder will provide strategic, operational and clinical leadership across the pathway, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care.

You will lead the development of our hysteroscopy and colposcopy services and must be a qualified practicing hysteroscopist and / or colposcopist. The role includes responsibility for workforce, leadership, recruitment, retention and staff development ensuring a skilled and sustainable team.

You will oversee service performance, support delivery of cancer waiting times standards, and contribute to implementation of the new cancer plan. Strong governance, quality improvement and resource management skills are essential, alongside the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

This role includes corporate responsibilities and representation at Divisional and Trust-wide forums. We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking leader with proven managerial experience, excellent communication skills and a commitment to high-quality cancer care.

Main duties of the job

Manage and lead the Gynaecological-Oncology Nurse Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy services. Taking responsibility for ensuring high-quality, cost-effective healthcare across complex pathways

Take accountability of the case load for Gynaecological-Oncology nurse led services, using local and national data to inform this and taking action as required

Responsible for managing waiting times for nurse led services (inclusive of cancer and RRT)

Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis, treatment, implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist skills

Lead the Myosure service as an autonomous practitioner

Assess, diagnose and remove endometrial polyps during nurse led myosure and see and treat hysteroscopy clinics

Using highly developed clinical skills to interpret results to diagnose endometrial cancer, notifying the patient and planning appropriate follow up care

Responsible for running own theatre lists for Myosure

Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate

To play a lead role in ensuring gynae-oncology targets as a whole are met and to propose and implement service changes to improve efficiency in conjunction with the Deputy Operations Manager and Lead Cancer Nurse

Ensure that best evidence-based practice bought from audit, national guidelines and new treatment protocols are understood and implemented

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 5 March 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 23 March 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

• Registered Nurse with a master's degree
• Accredited with British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy
• Advanced clinical assessment and treatment skills
• Advanced communication skills
• Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
• Non-medical prescriber
• Colposcopy training, or a willingness to undertake
• Counselling qualification
• Research Module
• Leadership or management module

Experience

• Significant clinical experience in the speciality
• Experience in project management
• Evidence of leading service change
• Managing and or leading a team
• Effective time management
• Practical experience of policy development
• Audit or research experience

Knowledge

• Recognised as an expert in the field of practice with the ability to clinically assess and diagnose.
• Budget management

Skills

• Advanced communication skills
• Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
• Ability to work autonomously as an independent practitioner.
• Proven leadership and team leading skills
• Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development.
• Able to respond to change and apply themselves to development in practice.

Additional Requirements

• Highly motivated
• Committed to continuous service development and quality improvement
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
• Reliable and supportive
• Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

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.