Nurse Fertility - Specialist

Job overview

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Band 6 - Senior Nurse Fertility Specialist to join the Wolfson Fertility Centre team at Hammersmith Hospital. 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 on 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.   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 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.

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 the pathway to maximise patient satisfaction and outcomes.
• Participate in and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and specialist clinics.
• Develop advanced skills e.g. ultrasound scanning to undertake follicle tracking, undertake intrauterine insemination and other treatments as required and for which competency has been assessed, referring to experienced practitioners for advice and under supervision where necessary.
• Undertake nurse coordination clinics, providing specialist information and advice regarding fertility treatments, risks and side effects and self-administration of medicines, supporting patients with choices and in undertaking the consent process.

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.