East of England Neurosurgery Network Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Specialist Nurse within the East of England Neurosurgery Network, hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals. The network aims to improve quality, reduce inequalities, and enhance the value of neurosurgical management across the eastern region. The post holder will lead patient engagement and training workstreams, receiving formal project management training and developing clinical skills in neurosurgery. It offers a unique opportunity for a mid-career nurse to contribute to regional quality improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Take a lead on patient engagement workstreams, utilising a co-design approach.
- Facilitate a pre-designed programme of neurosurgical education for non-specialist healthcare workers.
- Collaborate with the EoE NN team on 2026/7 workstreams.
- Receive formal training in project management via PRINCE2 accreditation.
- Develop clinical skills across relevant sub-specialties of neurosurgery.
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Post-registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete
- Ability to drive or travel as required (adjustments can be made for candidates with a disability)
- Relevant clinical experience at Band 6 or above
- prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
- working within guidelines
- experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (telephone, email, face-to-face)
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues' needs
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and/or patients
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management
- Effective interpersonal skills; negotiate effectively, influence others positively, act as a role model
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Documentation, audit, and presentation skills
- Willing to drive or travel around the East of England on an ad-hoc basis, occasionally working from a laptop/hot desk
- To act in a professional manner, at all times, in accordance with the relevant professional Codes of Conduct
- Capable of developing positive working relationships with other organisations across the region
- The ability to understand and behave, at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
- Formal project management
- certification (such as PRINCE2)
- Some experience working within multiple Trusts
- Some experience of facilitating a Working Group
- Familiarity with common patient outcome metrics (such as length of stay, LoS)
- Experience of using EPIC
- Data entry experience and documentation
- Experience of project management
- Experience of in/formal teaching
- NHS experience
- Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
- Leadership Skills
- Reasonable IT skills, including familiarity working with data entry systems such as Microsoft Excel
- Ability to travel around the country to meetings, as required (rarely)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
East of England Neurosurgery Network Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
The East of England Neurosurgery Network (EoE NN) is hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and is the region's sole Neurosurgery Clinical Network. It was launched in October 2023, and it operates under the motto " Collaborating in Cranial Excellence ". Its triple aim is to improve quality, reduce inequalities, and to improve value of neurosurgical management across the eastern region.
Main duties of the job
The position is full-time 37.5 hours/week; hybrid working is encouraged and reasonable occasional travel expenses are provided for ad-hoc travel across the East of England which can be flexible to your schedule
As East of England Neurosurgery Network Specialist Nurse, you will join a team of colleagues committed to quality improvement in cranial neurosurgery across the eastern region. The post holder will receive formal training in project management via PRINCE2 accreditation (PRINCE2 with Agile Foundation +/- Practitioner). To encourage clinical development, we will also facilitate appropriate clinical experience in neurosurgery
In collaboration with the EoE NN team, you will take a lead on the following 2026/7 workstreams:
- Patient engagement
(utilising a co-design approach with identifie
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