Fertility Nurse
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Job summary
The Homerton Fertility Centre is a small welcoming team of fertility professionals that offers comprehensive assisted conception services, and performs around 900 fresh IVF/ICSI cycles and 600 FERs annually.
The service has recently experienced a number of issues, prompting us to collaborate more with regulators to maintain high quality patient care. Considerable work has been undertaken to review the patient pathway, make sure competencies and standard operating procedures are in place and that staff feel empowered and are able to provide the best care for patients. The team has been open and learned from other organisations who deliver exemplar practice.
This has resulted in the news that Homerton Fertility Centre can resume treating patients from 8th August 2024, from a suspension of service in April 2024.
This advertisement is to recruit a fixed-term, Band 6 nurse, to assist with implementing new pathways and add to the continued redevelopment of the Homerton Fertility Service.
What can we offer the successful candidates?
This redesign of the Homerton service offers the candidates a unique opportunity to influence and input to ongoing service improvement. While challenges remain our team has stayed united in improving the care we provide to our patients. Our Executive and Divisional teams are incredibly supportive of the improvements already made and those currently in progress.
Main duties of the job
Key duties / requirements
- Working closely with patients throughout their journey to coordinate treatment cycles and ensure compliance standards are met and maintained.
- You will need excellent communication skills, ability to manage own workload able to work effectively as part of a team.
- Uses clinical expertise and specialist knowledge base to work in a collaborative way to extend the role of nursing to meet the needs of individuals undergoing fertility treatment.
- Act as a role model to develop and encourage harmonious relationships and professional rapport within the department and with other disciplines, departments and external agencies.
- Working in conjunction with the Lead Nurse and to ensure that nursing practice within the unit is of a high standard, evidence based and clinically effective.
- To act as a team leader, providing mentorship and training with junior staff for them to achieve their professional development goals.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Details
Date posted
01 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£42,471 to £50,364 a year p.a. inc.
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
293-SWNS-0379
Job locations
Homerton Healthcare
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR
Employer details
Employer name
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Homerton Healthcare
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR
Employer's website
https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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