Staff Nurse - Cambridge Dialysis Centre | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	12 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£31,049 - £37,796 p.a pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	14 March 2026
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Company:	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7804479/180-A-258009

Summary

We are now recruiting band 5 staff nurses across dialysis sites within CUH. These opportunities are, working for Addenbrookes Trust, at the off-site Dialysis units - Cambridge dialysis Centre Fen Ditton (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Dialysis Unit at (Hinchingbrooke hospital) Huntingdon.

The largest of these satellite dialysis units, Cambridge dialysis centre, this is a unit separate from the main hospital. The unit serves the Cambridgeshire and surrounding area caring for Chronic Haemodialysis dependent patients. This unit consists of 36 dialysis stations, dialysing patients Monday through Saturday from 07.00 hours until 23.30 hours.

The committed nurses at this unit further provide staffing to the acute 6 bedded unit on ward C5 at the main hospital Addenbrookes, this includes providing an on-call service from 02.00hrs until 07.30 hours and Sundays all day. Please note for candidates applying to this unit that there is the added the requirement to cover and provide support for this on-call service and within the acute dialysis once trained and competent to do so.

The Hinchingbrooke unit has 20 dialysis stations and dialyses patients Monday through Saturday from 06.30 and until 23.00.
Successful candidates need to be good team members with evidence of good communication and organisational skills.

Please Indicate on your Application which Area you would prefer to go into, please note that you may only choose one of the two.



To provide a high standard of safe individualised, holistic and evidence-based patient focused care in consultation with the patient, relatives and the multidisciplinary team.

You must be an NMC registered nurse with an active PIN. Recent experience of caring for haemodialysis patients in the chronic and/or acute care setting is beneficial and evidence of clinical practice in an acute setting is essential. Intravenous medication competencies and active ILS are advantageous, and completion/evidence of a preceptorship are beneficial.

If you think you are the right candidate to come and work within the dialysis units alongside the existing teams of caring, flexible, dedicated nurses please apply. You must be flexible and able to work a full range off shifts including taking part in the on-call roster if based at the Cambridge dialysis unit.

When applying please indicate the dialysis location that you are applying for.

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) 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 CUH?

• 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

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

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

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 16 Feb 2026

Interviews will be held on the 10 Mar 26

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.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Feb 2026