Nursery Nurse - NICU and Transitional Care

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Shopping concourse

Day nurseries

Discounted bus travel

Free Park and Ride

Subsidised parking for staff

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge is seeking a Band 4 Nursery Nurse to support NICU and Transitional care, delivering safe baby care under supervision. You will join a dedicated NICU team with training and a comprehensive orientation, and you will be supported to develop skills in neonatal care and family-centred planning.

The role emphasises teamwork, communication, and compassionate care for babies and families, with a structured 12-week probation and clear

Qualifications

• Ability to provide safe and effective care to babies under supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Experience in parent craft and discharge planning is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective care to babies within the service under direct supervision.
• Prepare all feeds including specialised diets for infants in Children’s Services.
• Maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.
• Apply knowledge of child development when selecting play activities.
• Deliver family-centred nursing care to babies requiring neonatal transitional care.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication

Hospital experience (advantage)

Job description

Job overview

Are you a team player, with excellent communication skills? Experience in a hospital setting advantageous but not essential.

We are seeking a Band 4 Nursery Nurse to join the NICU Team. Working across NICU and Transitional care on the postnatal ward to provide care to our baby’s.

The NICU is one of the 3 tertiary centres for the Eastern Neonatal network and part of the East of England Neonatal ODN. The unit admits babies requiring tertiary neonatal care including surgery and neurosurgery.

Lady Mary ward is a 27 bedded postnatal ward caring for families from the birth of their baby until discharge home. The ward also cares for mothers whose babies are on the neonatal unit (NICU).

You will receive training and development in this friendly and dynamic organisation which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence. You will also receive a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support tailored to individual needs.

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You will be responsible for providing safe and effective care to babies within the service under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. This will include all aspects of parent craft and discharge planning.

You will be responsible for the preparation of all milk feeds including specialised diets for infants within Children’s Services.

To maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally

To use knowledge of child development when selecting play activity.

To provide individualised nursing and family centered care to babies requiring at risk and neonatal transitional care. This includes babies requiring IV therapy via a peripheral line, hot cot, nasogastric tube feeding or phototherapy. Support the ward in caring for ‘at risk’ babies outside criteria where allocation allows.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

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 30th September 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 12th October 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.