Nursing Associate - Huntingdon
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join the team on Holly Ward and the Paediatric Assessment Unit at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. The role involves providing high-quality care to children and families in a dynamic and supportive environment. You will work across a 19-bedded general paediatric ward and a 9-patient Paediatric Assessment Unit, with occasional rotation to Amazon Ward at Peterborough City Hospital. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, offering development opportunities.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate with NMC
Desirable criteria
- Post registration teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Demonstrates an understanding of accountability & responsibility, evidence based practice, reflective practice
- Ability to work in a demanding and busy environment
- Experience of participating/undertaking audits
- Key Skills
- Verbal, non verbal and written communication
- Computer literate
- Ability to recognise the opportunity to teach and develop others
- Ability to work autonomously whilst within a team
- Computer skills
- Other
- Demonstrates Trust's and own values
- Good attendance record and professional appearance and behaviour
- Awareness of current developments in healthcare and professional nursing relevant to area
- Education and Qualifications
- Registered Nursing Associate with NMC
- Post registration teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Demonstrates an understanding of accountability & responsibility, evidence based practice, reflective practice
- Ability to work in a demanding and busy environment
- Experience of participating/undertaking audits
- Key Skills
- Verbal, non verbal and written communication
- Computer literate
- Ability to recognise the opportunity to teach and develop others
- Ability to work autonomously whilst within a team
- Computer skills
- Other
- Demonstrates Trust's and own values
- Good attendance record and professional appearance and behaviour
- Awareness of current developments in healthcare and professional nursing relevant to area
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Associate - Huntingdon
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a Nursing Associate, passionate about providing high-quality care to children and families? Do you thrive in a dynamic and supportive environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team on Holly Ward and the Paediatric Assessment Unit at Hinchingbrooke Hospital on a 12 month contract to cover maternity leave.
We are a friendly, supportive team that is passionate about delivering high quality care to our patients and their families, whilst working closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Please note that we can only consider applications from individuals with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN, as we are currently unable to support OSCE.
Main duties of the job
We are a 19 bedded ward comprising of 6 en-suite cubicles, 3 four bedded bays and one HDU room
We are a general paediatric ward receiving children from 0 - 18 years dependent on condition. We have a busy day surgery area within the ward and take up to 6 surgical patients per day. Our Paediatric Assessment Unit takes up to 9 patients and is where GP's and other health professionals can refer into for admissions and / or assessment, as well as taking patients on their journey from the Emergency Depar
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