Clinical Embryologist

Job details

• Job reference: 250227
• Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
• Job closing date: 10/06/2026
• Job Type: Healthcare Sciences
• Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
• Employment type: Fixed-term
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 03/06/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
• Department: Edinburgh Fertility Centre

Fixed Term for 12 months

An opportunity has arisen for a HCPC registered Clinical Embryologist to join the embryology team on a temporary basis at the Edinburgh Fertility Centre, based within the Royal Infirmary at Little France, Edinburgh.

The Assisted Conception Programme at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is a busy and successful unit, which currently carries out 500 cycles of IVF/ICSI annually, as well 450 cycles of frozen embryo transfer, surgical sperm retrieval, gamete and embryo cryopreservation and sperm, oocyte and embryo donation. We also routinely perform day 5/6 trophectoderm biopsies as part of our PGT testing service.

The unit is involved in a range of research projects, with close collaborative links to the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh.

You should have experience in all aspects of laboratory techniques and be able to work to a high standard independently of others.

The post is full time, fixed term for 12 months and will include weekend and on-call obligations.

For more information contact Daniel Collins on 0131 2422498 or Anna Kopakaki on 0131 2422439.

Email: Daniel.Collins@nhs.scot or Anna.Kopakaki@nhs.scot

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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