NICU Assistant

NICU Assistant

The closing date is 01 March 2026

We are looking for staff that can offer support to the nursing team on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This is not a clinical role and you will not be doing patient care. The role involves stocking up areas, cleaning of equipment and running errands for the nursing team to allow them to care for the patients. You must have previous experience of handling equipment on NICU or a critical care environment, good communication skills, team working, and reliability and demonstrate an approachable manner.

You will be responsible to the senior nurse on duty and carry out non clinical duties as requested. The shifts are 11.5 hours and include day and night duty.

To carry out non‑nursing duties to assist in the smooth running of NICU. To have good communication skills and demonstrate an approachable manner when dealing with families within the service needs. To be a team player demonstrating reliability. To be responsible to the senior nurse on duty and carry out duties as requested.

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.

• 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

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

• As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.
• 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 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 1st March 2026.

Interviews will be face to face and are due to be held on 9th March 2026.

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…