Cambridge University Hospitals Jobs, Pay & Visa Sponsorship

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is a family of hospitals made up of Addenbrooke's and the Rosie, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

It provides care locally, regionally and nationally, alongside teaching and research.

Addenbrooke's provides emergency, surgical and medical care for local people and is known for specialist services including organ transplants, brain and nerve care, children's care and genetics. It is the major trauma centre for the East of England. The Rosie is a women's hospital that CUH describes as the top centre in the area for maternity care, with a unit for babies needing intensive care.

CUH says it has around 1,500 doctors among over 11,000 staff. It is building the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital with the University of Cambridge and the Cambridge Children's Hospital.

CUH employs doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and scientists, and it is a licensed visa sponsor. Its dedicated overseas recruitment programme is for nurses: the trust has recruited nurses internationally for around ten years and holds the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for its support of internationally educated nurses and midwives. Doctors and other professionals apply to advertised posts.

Founded

1766 (Addenbrooke's Hospital opened)

Run by

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Leadership

• Nicola Ayton, Chief executive
• Dr Sue Broster, Chief Medical Officer
• Lorraine Szeremeta, Chief Nurse

Switchboard

01223 805000

• Organ transplantation

  Addenbrooke's is known for specialist transplant services.

• Major trauma

  Addenbrooke's is the designated major trauma centre for the East of England.

• Neurosciences

  Brain and nerve care, including a neurosciences and trauma critical care unit.

• Cancer

  A regional cancer centre, with the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital in development.

• Children's services

  Paediatric services that will move into the new Cambridge Children's Hospital.

• Genetics

  Named by the trust among Addenbrooke's specialist services.

• Maternity (the Rosie)

  A women's hospital with its own theatres and neonatal intensive care.

• CUH's overseas recruitment page says the trust has welcomed over 900 nurses from overseas in the past ten years and has travelled to recruitment campaigns in countries such as the Philippines, India and Dubai. A dedicated team meets nurses on arrival, helps them settle and supports them through NMC registration.
• The trust says it offers financial support for the first month's rent, on-site accommodation for up to three months, and a welcome pack with bedding, crockery and cutlery.
• Its Clinical Education Support team provides an induction followed by 11 weeks of OSCE preparation while you work clinically, with study time, an OSCE study guide, mini mock exams and a mock OSCE in week 8. The trust holds the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award.
• Note: when we checked on 21 October 2026, the overseas recruitment page was not loading; the details above come from the page as published in October 2025. Confirm current arrangements with the CUH Careers Team.
• Home Office sponsor register: we checked the register of licensed sponsors (workers) on GOV.UK on 21 October 2026, in the version dated 20 October 2026. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is listed in Cambridge with an A rating for the Skilled Worker route. Being listed means the organisation can assign certificates of sponsorship; it does not mean every vacancy is open to sponsorship, so check the advert and ask the recruiting team.

• Nurses and midwives: registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). If you trained outside the UK you pass the NMC test of competence (a computer-based test and the OSCE) and show English at NMC level, for example IELTS Academic 7 in listening, reading and speaking and 6.5 in writing, or OET grade B with C+ in writing.

• Doctors: registration with a licence to practise from the General Medical Council (GMC). Most international graduates qualify through PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 or an acceptable postgraduate qualification, and the GMC asks for IELTS Academic 7.5 overall with at least 7.0 in each area, or OET Medicine grade B in every skill.

• Allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers: registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) through its international route, with an HCPC-accepted English test unless you qualified in a country on its list.

• Visa: if you do not already have the right to work in the UK, you need a job offer and a certificate of sponsorship from an approved employer, then usually the Health and Care Worker visa. GOV.UK sets the eligibility, salary and fee rules, not the employer.

• EEA-trained nurses: the NMC compares your training with UK standards and asks for evidence of English before registration, as CUH's overseas page explains.

1. 1

   Check NMC, GMC or HCPC eligibility

   Start the regulator's international route and book your English test. Nurses should pass the NMC computer-based test before relocating.
2. 2

   Contact CUH Careers

   For working at CUH from overseas, the trust asks you to contact the CUH Careers Team, listed on careers.cuh.nhs.uk.
3. 3

   Search vacancies

   Browse current vacancies by staff group (nursing and midwifery, medical and dental, allied health professions and more) at careers.cuh.nhs.uk/current-vacancies.
4. 4

   Apply and interview

   Complete the online application against the person specification and attend interview if shortlisted.
5. 5

   Visa and arrival

   With a certificate of sponsorship, apply for the Health and Care Worker visa on GOV.UK. Ask about the rent support and on-site accommodation for new arrivals.
6. 6

   OSCE and registration

   Nurses complete the induction and 11-week OSCE preparation programme, then sit the OSCE to join the NMC register.

• Band 5 (newly registered nurse or midwife)

  £32,073 to £39,043

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £34,592 after 2 years, top after a further 2 years.

• Band 6

  £39,959 to £48,117

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £42,170 after 2 years.

• Band 7

  £49,387 to £56,515

  Agenda for Change 2026/27. Intermediate point £51,932 after 2 years.

• Resident doctor, FY1 and FY2

  £41,226 and £47,610

  2016 contract nodal points from 1 April 2026, as restructured to ten points in the July 2026 circular.

• Resident doctor, ST1 to ST8

  £55,355 to £77,348

  ST1 and ST2 £55,355; ST3 £67,325; ST4 and ST5 £67,998; ST6 £76,582; ST7 and ST8 £77,348.

• Specialty doctor (2021 contract)

  £63,696 to £102,689

  2026/27, by years of experience.

• Consultant (2003 contract)

  £113,565 to £150,569

  2026/27, by years completed as a consultant.