Job summary
As a Registered Practitioner, youll work closely with our Donation
Teams Lead Practitioner to provide clinical care to donation services, the surrogacy
support team and donor support team.
Youll make appropriate assessments and provide advice,
information, support and clinical care through supporting donors, recipients,
shared motherhood and intended parents, and surrogate arrangements - while delivering
a high-quality, patient experience and patient care.
Youll support inductions
of new starters, along with their training and development. While actively
implementing continuous improvement initiatives to improve business area
performance.
If
you join Care Fertility, youll join a company that will invest in your career development
and training.
Main duties of the job
About you:
Youre a great team player, a real people person, you love helping
others and youre passionate about patient care.
Youre just as passionate about your own personal and professional
development and want to be the best nurse/midwife you can be and well help
you to get there.
Youll need the following skills/experience:
- A
qualification as in adult nursing Degree/ Diploma as well as being a registered
NMC nurse or midwife is essential
- Essential
to have post registration experience working within an acute hospital setting.
- Desirable
but not essential to have experience of gynae/obstetric.
Location/Benefits:
This is a full-time, hybrid role, with 6-to-8-week
training at our Manchester Clinic (108-112 Daisy Bank Road, M14 5QH). After
training youll promotility work remotely with flexibility to come into clinic
for training/development.
In a company where hard work and great results are
recognised, you can look forward to a supportive culture of collaboration where
we value each other.
- Salary of
up to £34,000 depending on experience
- 33 Days
annual leave (inc. public holidays)
- Pension
scheme
- Life
assurance
- A range
of other benefits including retail discounts, a wellbeing hub, holiday trading
About us
About us
Were Care Fertility, were the largest private
provider of IVF and fertility treatment in the UK.
We draw on the knowledge of our wider team of over 600 dedicated
doctors, embryologists, nurses and support teams who all work together to
ensure our patients get the very best fertility treatment.
At Care we care, for our patients and for our people. We believe
in helping you to reach your full potential.
If you join Care, you can look forward to a challenging and
rewarding role, with great results bringing great opportunity for recognition
and promotion.
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This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Registered Practitioner, you will work with the Donation Team Lead Practitioner to provide clinical care to donation services, surrogacy support team and donor support team
As a Nurse/ Midwife you will make appropriate assessments and provide advice, information, support and clinical care by supporting the prospective egg and sperm donors, egg, embryo and sperm recipients, shared motherhood and intended parents and surrogate arrangements.
The main objective is to maximise efficiency and deliver a high-quality world class donation service for the Group.
As a member of the Care Family, you will carry out your roles in a way that supports and delivers our shared values. You are caring, patient focused and committed to do your best.
Role accountabilities and duties:
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities
Manage donor nurse-led consultations following the Group donor pathway and the donation polices.
Consult altruistic egg donors, requesting and interpreting investigations/scans, developing treatment plans and suggest prescribing doses for donors in accordance with evidence-based practice and Care protocols within scope of expertise. Ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient experience and patient care.
Provide clinical support to the surrogacy support team to ensure a high-quality service for intended parents and surrogate hosts.
Manage IP and surrogate nurse consultations ensuring the correct pathway is followed.
Support members of the nursing/midwifery team to ensure practice is in evidenced based and in line with polices and regulatory requirements.
Ensure you deliver of high-quality patient experience and patient care.
Contribute to the induction, training and development of new and existing members to ensure that a high standard of care for patients is being delivered. Teach, monitor, assess and mentor team members when required.
Work with the Donation Team Lead Practitioner and the Group Donation Lead to actively implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve business area performance
Where requested, support with meetings and travel to clinics within the Group to support, network and motivate, ensuring adherence to policy/SOP.
Assist with statistics on key performance targets and help drive continuous success.
Raise the profile of the Donation Service internally and externally, contributing to research activities and submission of abstracts, posters and papers.
Deliver effective quality management including participation in audits and implementation of corrective and preventative actions as required.
Assist with the management, investigation and implementation of actions following incidents and complaints, where requested.
Promote excellent customer service and listen to patient feedback and respond to concerns and suggestions, where requested.
Work collaboratively with other external stakeholders, where required.
Contribute to the development of patient information, SOPs, and policies. Actively feedback issues to the applicable focus group, always driving improvement.
Assist with HFEA inspections when required.
Participate in marketing activities, events and meetings. Flexibility of working hours to meet the needs of the service.
Meeting the diverse needs of our patients and having an inclusive approach and embracing diversity
Advice and information provision
Ensure that you provide advice and information to donors, recipients and surrogacy patients, and give patients time and support in understanding their treatment plan and answering patient queries throughout their treatment journey. This will be dealing with questions face to face and over the telephone/ video call and resolving any queries or problems.
Provide implications to donors and recipients so that they are aware of the legal implication of donation / using donated gametes, including legal parenthood where applicable and offering them appropriate support and implications counselling.
Support patients with the consent to treatment process, ensuring patients are appropriately informed and aware of the consent requirements and implications. Ensure the consent process is complete in accordance with consent policies and standard operating procedures.
Provide the most up-to-date information and support with medication queries during the treatment preparation process.
Interpret and sign off blood results, escalating where necessary and advise patients on results, implications and actions the next steps of treatment following blood test results and ultrasound scans results.
Provide emotional support to patients with empathy and understanding. Signpost patients to Cares counselling support services and any relevant external support services.
Systems and digital processes
Input data, find information on the clinical patient database and follow the system pathways to ensure accurate record keeping and efficient and safe processes.
Support with developments and new systems to maximise results and efficiency. Suggest new ideas and improvements.
Use Microsoft Outlook to communicate effectively with colleagues.
Teamwork and collaboration
Contribute to effective team working with donation services, donor support team, donor bank and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively and build trusted relationships with team colleagues and the wider multi- disciplinary team. Communicate in an engaging way to build relationships and drive change.
Participate in team meetings and clinic meetings, participate in development projects, forums or research and development projects. Be supportive of new ideas and their implementation.
Attend team meetings and ensure effective communication within the wider multi-disciplinary team, when requested.
Openly sharing knowledge with colleagues and being a supportive mentor to others.
Treat everyone fairly and equally and encourage and embrace diversity within the team.
Governance and safety
Together, with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that all processes are followed in accordance with the standard operating procedures.
Maintain accurate and timely records, and audit the team to ensure they are implementing this.
Ensure you are up to date and compliant with the HFEA Code of Conduct.
Assist with supply, dispensing and the safe keeping of drugs in accordance with Cares policies,
RCN Medicines Management 2020 and the NMC Code.
Maintain all standards of professionalism, performed to the Nursing and Midwifery Code.
Ensure you are up to date with the regulatory and governance framework by following Cares induction and learning pathways and that the team have evidence of competency using the applicable competency assessment process.
Assist with Datix incidents and complaints. Act with integrity, being open and honest so that we learn from each other and achieve better outcomes.
Ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies and reporting requirements.
Ensure you complete mandatory training and actively participate in the learning pathways provided by the Company.
Follow Infection Control and Prevention policies and requirements.
Follow Adult Safeguarding policy and requirements.
Confidentiality and data
Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times in accordance with the HFEA Code of Practice and Cares standard operating procedures.
To handle patient data responsibility by completing training on data protection and following Company requirements on data protection and information governance. Adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and Data Protection Act 2018.
Maintain knowledge and develop professionally
Be up to date with clinical protocols, patient information and standard operating procedures by actively participating in professional update activities provided by the Company.
Actively participate in the Personal Development Review process and the competency assessment processes. Challenge yourself to develop further.
Take ownership of your learning and skill development and engage with the learning opportunities available.
Take ownership of your revalidation and engage with the relevant team members to achieve this within the timescale required.
Job revision
The key accountabilities, responsibilities and duties of the role are inclusive but not limited to the detail included in this job description. Role requirements continually evolve. It is the practice of this Care Fertility Group Limited to periodically examine an employee's job descriptions and to update it to ensure that that it represents the role that is being performed.
The process of role review is jointly conducted by each manager in consultation with the employee. We will strive to reach agreement to implement reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to mandate changes to the job description commensurate with the employees level in the organisation following consultation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Registered Practitioner, you will work with the Donation Team Lead Practitioner to provide clinical care to donation services, surrogacy support team and donor support team
As a Nurse/ Midwife you will make appropriate assessments and provide advice, information, support and clinical care by supporting the prospective egg and sperm donors, egg, embryo and sperm recipients, shared motherhood and intended parents and surrogate arrangements.
The main objective is to maximise efficiency and deliver a high-quality world class donation service for the Group.
As a member of the Care Family, you will carry out your roles in a way that supports and delivers our shared values. You are caring, patient focused and committed to do your best.
Role accountabilities and duties:
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities
Manage donor nurse-led consultations following the Group donor pathway and the donation polices.
Consult altruistic egg donors, requesting and interpreting investigations/scans, developing treatment plans and suggest prescribing doses for donors in accordance with evidence-based practice and Care protocols within scope of expertise. Ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient experience and patient care.
Provide clinical support to the surrogacy support team to ensure a high-quality service for intended parents and surrogate hosts.
Manage IP and surrogate nurse consultations ensuring the correct pathway is followed.
Support members of the nursing/midwifery team to ensure practice is in evidenced based and in line with polices and regulatory requirements.
Ensure you deliver of high-quality patient experience and patient care.
Contribute to the induction, training and development of new and existing members to ensure that a high standard of care for patients is being delivered. Teach, monitor, assess and mentor team members when required.
Work with the Donation Team Lead Practitioner and the Group Donation Lead to actively implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve business area performance
Where requested, support with meetings and travel to clinics within the Group to support, network and motivate, ensuring adherence to policy/SOP.
Assist with statistics on key performance targets and help drive continuous success.
Raise the profile of the Donation Service internally and externally, contributing to research activities and submission of abstracts, posters and papers.
Deliver effective quality management including participation in audits and implementation of corrective and preventative actions as required.
Assist with the management, investigation and implementation of actions following incidents and complaints, where requested.
Promote excellent customer service and listen to patient feedback and respond to concerns and suggestions, where requested.
Work collaboratively with other external stakeholders, where required.
Contribute to the development of patient information, SOPs, and policies. Actively feedback issues to the applicable focus group, always driving improvement.
Assist with HFEA inspections when required.
Participate in marketing activities, events and meetings. Flexibility of working hours to meet the needs of the service.
Meeting the diverse needs of our patients and having an inclusive approach and embracing diversity
Advice and information provision
Ensure that you provide advice and information to donors, recipients and surrogacy patients, and give patients time and support in understanding their treatment plan and answering patient queries throughout their treatment journey. This will be dealing with questions face to face and over the telephone/ video call and resolving any queries or problems.
Provide implications to donors and recipients so that they are aware of the legal implication of donation / using donated gametes, including legal parenthood where applicable and offering them appropriate support and implications counselling.
Support patients with the consent to treatment process, ensuring patients are appropriately informed and aware of the consent requirements and implications. Ensure the consent process is complete in accordance with consent policies and standard operating procedures.
Provide the most up-to-date information and support with medication queries during the treatment preparation process.
Interpret and sign off blood results, escalating where necessary and advise patients on results, implications and actions the next steps of treatment following blood test results and ultrasound scans results.
Provide emotional support to patients with empathy and understanding. Signpost patients to Cares counselling support services and any relevant external support services.
Systems and digital processes
Input data, find information on the clinical patient database and follow the system pathways to ensure accurate record keeping and efficient and safe processes.
Support with developments and new systems to maximise results and efficiency. Suggest new ideas and improvements.
Use Microsoft Outlook to communicate effectively with colleagues.
Teamwork and collaboration
Contribute to effective team working with donation services, donor support team, donor bank and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Work collaboratively and build trusted relationships with team colleagues and the wider multi- disciplinary team. Communicate in an engaging way to build relationships and drive change.
Participate in team meetings and clinic meetings, participate in development projects, forums or research and development projects. Be supportive of new ideas and their implementation.
Attend team meetings and ensure effective communication within the wider multi-disciplinary team, when requested.
Openly sharing knowledge with colleagues and being a supportive mentor to others.
Treat everyone fairly and equally and encourage and embrace diversity within the team.
Governance and safety
Together, with the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that all processes are followed in accordance with the standard operating procedures.
Maintain accurate and timely records, and audit the team to ensure they are implementing this.
Ensure you are up to date and compliant with the HFEA Code of Conduct.
Assist with supply, dispensing and the safe keeping of drugs in accordance with Cares policies,
RCN Medicines Management 2020 and the NMC Code.
Maintain all standards of professionalism, performed to the Nursing and Midwifery Code.
Ensure you are up to date with the regulatory and governance framework by following Cares induction and learning pathways and that the team have evidence of competency using the applicable competency assessment process.
Assist with Datix incidents and complaints. Act with integrity, being open and honest so that we learn from each other and achieve better outcomes.
Ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies and reporting requirements.
Ensure you complete mandatory training and actively participate in the learning pathways provided by the Company.
Follow Infection Control and Prevention policies and requirements.
Follow Adult Safeguarding policy and requirements.
Confidentiality and data
Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times in accordance with the HFEA Code of Practice and Cares standard operating procedures.
To handle patient data responsibility by completing training on data protection and following Company requirements on data protection and information governance. Adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and Data Protection Act 2018.
Maintain knowledge and develop professionally
Be up to date with clinical protocols, patient information and standard operating procedures by actively participating in professional update activities provided by the Company.
Actively participate in the Personal Development Review process and the competency assessment processes. Challenge yourself to develop further.
Take ownership of your learning and skill development and engage with the learning opportunities available.
Take ownership of your revalidation and engage with the relevant team members to achieve this within the timescale required.
Job revision
The key accountabilities, responsibilities and duties of the role are inclusive but not limited to the detail included in this job description. Role requirements continually evolve. It is the practice of this Care Fertility Group Limited to periodically examine an employee's job descriptions and to update it to ensure that that it represents the role that is being performed.
The process of role review is jointly conducted by each manager in consultation with the employee. We will strive to reach agreement to implement reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to mandate changes to the job description commensurate with the employees level in the organisation following consultation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A qualification as in adult nursing Degree/ Diploma as well as being a registered NMC nurse or midwife is essential
- Essential to have post registration experience working within an acute hospital setting.
- Desirable but not essential to have experience of gynae/obstetric.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A qualification as in adult nursing Degree/ Diploma as well as being a registered NMC nurse or midwife is essential
- Essential to have post registration experience working within an acute hospital setting.
- Desirable but not essential to have experience of gynae/obstetric.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).