Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Ent

Job summary

Due to the expansion of the service we are pleased to be recruiting an additional Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist to the team. The paediatric ENT CNS role is a very exciting role with vast scope for the right candidate to improve their specialist clinical practice and knowledge alongside utilising their existing excellent communication and organisational skills.
The role covers multiple areas across CUH and encompasses inpatient work, outpatient clinics and regional surveillance via telephone and email of complex ENT children.
There is also a managerial element: your own time management skills will need to be excellent as this is very much an autonomous role within a busy, dynamic and friendly team. There is direct line management of a Band 6 specialist support nurse. There is caseload management of a large cohort of ENT patients.
Although a busy role, there is plenty of support across an experienced team which comprises Surgeons, Trainees, clinic nurses and HCAs and administrative staff. The team is approachable and this role is well-supported by the Matron team including the direct line manager for this post.
This role is responsible for some of the most complex ENT children in the region and shares a caseload with our colleagues in the Long Term Ventilation service.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have an excellent knowledge of paediatric airway management including tracheostomies and naso‑pharyngeal airways. You will also have excellent knowledge of and experience in caring for routine paediatric ENT procedures such as adenotonsillectomies.
You will have good evidence of recent continuing professional development and evidence of being involved in research. You will have a good understanding of service development and feel confident representing the service in meetings with a range of attendees. You will have a good understanding and recent experience of audit and how management pertains to safety and service development.
You will be confident and competent at writing and providing teaching sessions both informally and formally in a range of settings and for a variety of attendees from parents and carers to clinicians.
You will have broad knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and young people and be a competent advocate for children and young people with very complex health, communication and social care needs. You will have good experience in managing complex caseloads, either as inpatients or in the community setting. You will ideally have a good understanding of discharging the complex child from hospital and of the commissioning process in the community.
You will communicate confidently and effectively with professionals in other secondary and tertiary care centres and should be willing to share support and advice with other teams.

About us

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. 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.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

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.

• 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)

Job 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
However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 13th September 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 21st September 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 caf, 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

Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child
• First Degree (or equivalent level) in nursing or health‑related subject
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of on‑going CPD

Desirable

• Post‑graduate Diploma/ Degree/Masters
• Counselling qualification
• Non‑medical prescriber
• Advanced communication skills

Experience

Essential

• Working with acute and chronically ill children and young people
• Evidence of having worked collaboratively in a multi‑disciplinary team
• Demonstrate a commitment to teaching colleagues / students and involvement in mentorship
• Community experience

Desirable

• Experience in caring for children with ENT conditions, and their families
• Evidence of publications in nursing journals
• NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Children Act
• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the National Service Framework
• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Every Child Matters
• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the Working together to Safeguard children
• Demonstrate an understanding of the implications of the NHS Plan

Desirable

• Experience in developing care pathways and patient information

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Skills of diplomacy and negotiation
• Well‑developed organisational and planning ability, able to prioritise and delegate
• Maintain a flexible attitude to change
• Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and build good relationships
• Computer literate
• Ability to manage performance of staff, change management and conflict

Desirable

• Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of managing conflict

Additional Requirements

Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all time towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust vales of safe, kind and excellent
• Ability to get on with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation and external agencies
• Committed to providing a high standard of clinical care
• Able to motivate others
• To work flexibly as the role demands
• Car driver/ clean full UK driving Licence
• Current NMC registration

Desirable

• Autonomous Practitioner
• Experience of audit and research

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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