Nursery Nurse - Neonatal Services

Cambridge University Hospitals; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Band 4 Nursery Nurse for its NICU Team in Cambridge. The role involves providing care to infants under supervision, preparing specialised diets, and maintaining a child-focused environment. Candidates should have experience in a Neonatal setting and a Level 3 Child Care qualification. The position offers both full-time and part-time working options with various benefits to support a good work-life balance.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Reduced-cost bus travel

Subsidised parking

Qualifications

• Experience of working with infants.
• Experience of working in a Neonatal setting.
• Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective care to babies within the service under supervision.
• Prepare all milk feeds, including specialised diets for infants.
• Maintain a safe, child-focused environment.

Skills

Teamwork

Effective communication

Computing and internet skills

Education

NNEB, NVQ Level 3 Child Care

Job description

Position Details

Main area: Neonatal Services

Grade: 4

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)

Job ref: 180-E-253195

Available hours:

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Employer Details

Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Addenbrookes Hospital - Division E, Town Cambridge

Salary: £27,485 – £30,162 p.a. pro rata (Salary period: Yearly)

Closing date: 28/12/2025 23:59

Interview date: 05/01/2026

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 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.

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.

Main Duties

The post holder 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.

The post holder 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.

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 1,100 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, 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.

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 date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th December 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 5th January 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

• NNEB, NVQ Level 3 Child Care

Experience

• Experience of working with infants
• Experience of working in Neonatal setting
• Experience of working as a team member

Knowledge

• Knowledge of best practice
• Knowledge and understanding of child development
• Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
• An awareness of health and safety and risk management
• Documented evidence of continuing Professional Development

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Computing and internet 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.
• Commitment to patient/family centred, non–discriminatory practice
• Be able to sensitively deal with the frequent challenges associated with social differences, parental and family anxiety and cultural diversity.

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

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.