Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our service. We are looking for people who are also committed to delivering the very best patient care and take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating all patients, customers and colleagues with respect and dignity and seek people who strive for excellence and innovation in all they do.
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Wolfson Fertility Team.
If you join us you will have the opportunity to:
* Develop your fertility, surgical, and gynaecological nursing skills in a supportive environment.
* Provide a high standard of care for your patients.
* Work alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team including specialist fertility nurses, embryologists and doctors.
You will work as a part of a Multidisciplinary Team with additional support from our Clinical Practice Educator. There are many learning opportunities available including, fertility, theatre, egg collections, embryo transfers, basic scanning, pain management, health promotion, patient education, pre-operative, intra-operative and post-procedure care, patient observation and discharge planning.
Caring for this group of patients is highly rewarding and will provide you with plenty of scope to develop further. If you would like to join the incredible Wolfson Fertility team at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
* Assess the needs of women and men with subfertility problems, initiating and accepting referrals as appropriate.
* Undertake assessment, implementation and evaluation of patients to provide specific care, advice, support and counselling where necessary.
* Proactive participation in the co-ordination of the patient care across the patient pathway, contributing to the development of the pathway to maximise patient satisfaction and outcomes.
* Participate in and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and specialist clinics.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Teaching or Mentorship course or equivalent
* Qualification in ultrasound scanning
* Gynaecology or Fertility related qualification
Experience
* Recent experience working in an assisted conception unit
* Good understanding of the HFEA Code of Practice requirements
* Knowledge of current trends/treatments in fertility and reproductive medicine
* Experience of undertaking research and/or audit
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
* Good team worker
* Can demonstrate initiative and the ability to work independently
* Ability to mentor junior staff
* U/S scanning
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: May Hernandez-Jequinto Job title: Matron - Lead Fertility Nurse Specialist Email address: m.hernandez-jequinto@nhs.net
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