Head of Student Health & Wellbeing and College Nurse

The Role

The Head of Student Health & Wellbeing and College Nurse will head the College’s Health Centre and will liaise closely with the Tutors and members of the Education & Tutorial Department, and other Heads of Department. You will provide first-line health care and health-related welfare advice and first aid to students of the College community throughout the year as well as developing a programme of wellbeing events designed at improving prevention of mental health and wellbeing concerns. The College Nurse will be available for the ‘drop-in’ clinic and appointments to students.

This is a permanent full-time role and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week.

The annual full-time salary for this role is £52,653.

Why work at Caius?

Benefits include:

• Generous Pension Scheme; 14.5% employer contributions and 3x death in service benefit
• Health care cash plan
• 33 days of annual holiday (inc. Public Holidays)
• Free on-site lunch provided
• Workplace Nursery Scheme (salary sacrifice)
• College gym
• Car parking (subject to availability/eligibility)
• The opportunity to work in a beautiful environment

The College

Gonville and Caius College is one of the largest colleges in the University of Cambridge. It is an educational charity and its mission is to provide a place of education, religion, learning and research, in conjunction with the University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.

The College is an academic community comprising some 530 undergraduate students, 250 graduate students, and 110 Fellows (lecturers, professors and other senior academic researchers and teachers) and almost 200 staff. It plays a significant role throughout the University.

Further Information

• Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society.
• Entry into a position with the College will be determined by the application of criteria related to the duties of the post. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
• During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policy and monitoring process. The contents of this form will not be disclosed to the selection or interview panels, and all applicant data is managed in accordance with our data protection policy.
• The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
• In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.

The Application Process

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• The closing date for applications is 12 noon BST on Wednesday 25th June 2025, interviews will be held in the week of 30th June 2025.
• You are encouraged to make an early application as the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
• For your application to be considered it must be complete and include:
  
  
• An up-to-date CV
• Covering letter
• Details of 2 referees, one of whom should have detailed knowledge of your ability in relation to the requirements of the role.
• For additional information, please contact the HR Administrator via email at careers@cai.cam.ac.uk.

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