Job summary
Located in beautiful and tranquil surroundings, in a purpose built, state of the art, clinic, Hull & East Riding Fertility provide fertility treatment and diagnostic investigations to both NHS and private patients.
Previously known as The Hull IVF Unit, the clinic was established in 1986 and has helped thousands of patients to have their dream family.
The clinic has established connections with Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Hull York Medical School and its educational work involves research into human infertility, education and training for all grades/disciplines of staff and the wider community.
The Nurse Manager will have ultimate responsibility
for management of nursing care and of other specified resources devolved to be
within the post holders control within the fertility clinic. All
responsibilities are enacted in line with the policies, procedures and terms
and conditions laid down by the Clinic.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a NMC registered nurse and will have the clinical skills and experience required to perform and interpret the findings from a wide range of highly skilled procedures used in the monitoring of patients during treatment, and nurse management of their care. The post-holder will have experience of managing an area of service and directing staffing, processes and policy. They will be expected to direct training programmes, and to oversee the development of new and improved clinical procedures and practice within the Clinic.
About us
The Clinic, founded over 30 years ago,
enjoys a reputation as a successful, friendly and caring IVF Clinic. We are an
independent, private clinic providing tertiary and secondary care to both
private and NHS patients. Our work involves the provision of a full range of fertility
treatments (approximately 350-450 IVF cycles/year), diagnostic services and
research.
Set in beautiful, tranquil surroundings, near the Humber Bridge, our clinic is easily accessible from all of the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions.
We understand that every patient is unique, which is why our highly experienced Reproductive Medicine team will individualise a patient's care and tailor a treatment package to their needs and requirements.
We are a friendly team of highly experienced clinicans, embryologists, nurses and administrative team members. Having a group of dedicated people who go the extra mile to care for and support our patients, throughout their fertility journey, is extremely important to us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Post Title: Nurse Manager
Reporting to: Board of ERFS Directors
Duration: Permanent
Grade Senior: (salary competitive/ negotiable)
Summary of the Post:
East Riding Fertility Services Ltd (ERFS); trading as Hull & East Riding Fertility is a private, organisation, established in 1986, providing fertility treatment and diagnostic investigations to both NHS and private patients. The clinic has established connections with Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Hull York Medical School and its additional work involves, research into human infertility, education and training for all grades / disciplines of staff and the wider community.
The Nurse Manager will have ultimate responsibility for management of nursing care and of other specified resources devolved to be within the post holders control within the fertility clinic. All responsibilities are enacted in line with the policies, procedures and terms and conditions laid down by the Clinic.
The post-holder will be a NMC registered nurse and will have the clinical skills and experience required to perform and interpret the findings from a wide range of highly skilled procedures used in the monitoring of patients during treatment, and nurse management of their care. The post-holder will have experience of managing an area of service and directing staffing, processes and policy. They will be expected to direct training programmes, and to oversee the development of new and improved clinical procedures and practice within the Clinic.
This job description reflects priorities and commitments and may change because of service and business requirements and can be varied after consultation with the post holder.
Specific ResponsibilitiesClinical
- Act as a role model as a Fertility Nurse Specialist and be accountable for own actions.
- Supervise nursing staff in the delivery of care/treatments ensuring all staff are compliant with clinic procedures and protocols.
- Ensure the rights, dignity, privacy and confidentiality of the patients are protected at all times in accordance with the relevant Acts of Parliament.
- Communicate with patients, ensuring they receive adequate and concise information and act as the patients advocate, referring patients to the counselling service if required.
- Ensure all telephone and e-mail enquiries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
- Develop and Maintain agreed standards of care to ensure that the delivery of the care is to the highest standard.
- Review any clinical complaint / incident with the full nursing team to ensure lessons are learnt and process/behavioural changes are made if appropriate.
- Supervise the co-ordination of treatment cycles plans ensuring that all documentation is complete and meets regulatory standards.
- Implement programmes of patient care planned by the medical staff.
- Teach and guide patients in the administration of their drugs.
- Communicate effectively to the wider multi-disciplinary team in an appropriate manner, including participation in weekly audit and planning meetings.
- To be involved in direct patient care (i.e. theatre procedures, recovery, ultrasound scans, sedation, phlebotomy).
- Take part in an out of hours on-call rota for queries by patients. Is also available for out of hours treatments as required.
Managerial
- Manage the day to day running of clinics.
- Supervise, plan and ensure the safe level of nursing cover for all planned procedures, clinics and on-call.
- Take action to resolve work force deficits.
- Have an active role in nurse staff recruitment.
- Plan, control and record annual / study / sick leave.
- Monitoring and maintain adequate stock levels within an agreed budget.
- Control and ensure safe handling of all fertility medication.
- Co-ordinate an appraisal system for nursing staff, ensuring performance is monitored on a regular basis and recorded.
- Attend departmental meetings and cascade information to nursing staff.
- Chair nurse meetings ensuring all nurses are informed of relevant. information, ensure meetings are transparent and minuted.
- Attend and speak at Patient Open / Support evenings.
- Maintain regulatory standards.
- Play a role in on-going Quality Management by participating in the undertaking of audits and risk assessments.
Academic
- In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, ensure that policies and procedures are research based.
- Review and develop nursing standard operating procedures and ensure compliance.
- Participate in clinic research and development activities.
Educational
- Supervise the induction and training of new nursing staff.
- Ensure policies and procedures are understood by staff, including any updates in legislative and organisational codes of practice.
- Identify areas of development within the scope of professional practice and keep relevant knowledge up to date by ensuring that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is maintained.
- Maintain a professional portfolio of CPD evidence for revalidation purposes.
- Ensure continual professional development for all nurses and Healthcare Assistants. To direct team members progress through the competency framework for fertility nursing and ensure adherence to NMC Code requirements and ongoing registration.
General Duties
- Ensure that all information concerning patients is treated in the strictest confidence.
- Relay messages to appropriate personnel.
- In general, help in any way to make the department run as smoothly as possible.
- Be aware of and adhere to:
- Health and Safety at Work Act.
- Company policies and guidelines.
- Disciplinary/Grievance Procedure.
- Fire Action Policy.
- No Smoking policy.
- Data Protection Act.
- HFEA code of practice.
- Care Quality Commission standards.
- ISO Quality standards 9001.
This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as there may be other duties or requirements associated with the post which you may be called upon to perform from time to time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Post Title: Nurse Manager
Reporting to: Board of ERFS Directors
Duration: Permanent
Grade Senior: (salary competitive/ negotiable)
Summary of the Post:
East Riding Fertility Services Ltd (ERFS); trading as Hull & East Riding Fertility is a private, organisation, established in 1986, providing fertility treatment and diagnostic investigations to both NHS and private patients. The clinic has established connections with Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Hull York Medical School and its additional work involves, research into human infertility, education and training for all grades / disciplines of staff and the wider community.
The Nurse Manager will have ultimate responsibility for management of nursing care and of other specified resources devolved to be within the post holders control within the fertility clinic. All responsibilities are enacted in line with the policies, procedures and terms and conditions laid down by the Clinic.
The post-holder will be a NMC registered nurse and will have the clinical skills and experience required to perform and interpret the findings from a wide range of highly skilled procedures used in the monitoring of patients during treatment, and nurse management of their care. The post-holder will have experience of managing an area of service and directing staffing, processes and policy. They will be expected to direct training programmes, and to oversee the development of new and improved clinical procedures and practice within the Clinic.
This job description reflects priorities and commitments and may change because of service and business requirements and can be varied after consultation with the post holder.
Specific ResponsibilitiesClinical
- Act as a role model as a Fertility Nurse Specialist and be accountable for own actions.
- Supervise nursing staff in the delivery of care/treatments ensuring all staff are compliant with clinic procedures and protocols.
- Ensure the rights, dignity, privacy and confidentiality of the patients are protected at all times in accordance with the relevant Acts of Parliament.
- Communicate with patients, ensuring they receive adequate and concise information and act as the patients advocate, referring patients to the counselling service if required.
- Ensure all telephone and e-mail enquiries are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
- Develop and Maintain agreed standards of care to ensure that the delivery of the care is to the highest standard.
- Review any clinical complaint / incident with the full nursing team to ensure lessons are learnt and process/behavioural changes are made if appropriate.
- Supervise the co-ordination of treatment cycles plans ensuring that all documentation is complete and meets regulatory standards.
- Implement programmes of patient care planned by the medical staff.
- Teach and guide patients in the administration of their drugs.
- Communicate effectively to the wider multi-disciplinary team in an appropriate manner, including participation in weekly audit and planning meetings.
- To be involved in direct patient care (i.e. theatre procedures, recovery, ultrasound scans, sedation, phlebotomy).
- Take part in an out of hours on-call rota for queries by patients. Is also available for out of hours treatments as required.
Managerial
- Manage the day to day running of clinics.
- Supervise, plan and ensure the safe level of nursing cover for all planned procedures, clinics and on-call.
- Take action to resolve work force deficits.
- Have an active role in nurse staff recruitment.
- Plan, control and record annual / study / sick leave.
- Monitoring and maintain adequate stock levels within an agreed budget.
- Control and ensure safe handling of all fertility medication.
- Co-ordinate an appraisal system for nursing staff, ensuring performance is monitored on a regular basis and recorded.
- Attend departmental meetings and cascade information to nursing staff.
- Chair nurse meetings ensuring all nurses are informed of relevant. information, ensure meetings are transparent and minuted.
- Attend and speak at Patient Open / Support evenings.
- Maintain regulatory standards.
- Play a role in on-going Quality Management by participating in the undertaking of audits and risk assessments.
Academic
- In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, ensure that policies and procedures are research based.
- Review and develop nursing standard operating procedures and ensure compliance.
- Participate in clinic research and development activities.
Educational
- Supervise the induction and training of new nursing staff.
- Ensure policies and procedures are understood by staff, including any updates in legislative and organisational codes of practice.
- Identify areas of development within the scope of professional practice and keep relevant knowledge up to date by ensuring that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is maintained.
- Maintain a professional portfolio of CPD evidence for revalidation purposes.
- Ensure continual professional development for all nurses and Healthcare Assistants. To direct team members progress through the competency framework for fertility nursing and ensure adherence to NMC Code requirements and ongoing registration.
General Duties
- Ensure that all information concerning patients is treated in the strictest confidence.
- Relay messages to appropriate personnel.
- In general, help in any way to make the department run as smoothly as possible.
- Be aware of and adhere to:
- Health and Safety at Work Act.
- Company policies and guidelines.
- Disciplinary/Grievance Procedure.
- Fire Action Policy.
- No Smoking policy.
- Data Protection Act.
- HFEA code of practice.
- Care Quality Commission standards.
- ISO Quality standards 9001.
This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as there may be other duties or requirements associated with the post which you may be called upon to perform from time to time.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A good honours degree (equivalent to 2:1 or above) in nursing/ midwifery
- NMC registration
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate qualification, such as MSc / PhD
- Management Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial nursing or midwifery experience, with a minimum 2 years in fertility/ womens health.
- Management of an area of clinical service
- Experience of clinical audit and management patient treatment / care.
- Working within a regulatory framework (i.e. HFEA, CQC, ISO) / to accredited standards
Desirable
- A solid understanding of clinical aspects of reproductive medicine and infertility care
- Experience of managing / leading a team
- Participation in research resulting in publications
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- A solid knowledge of the HFEA Code of Practice and CQC standards.
- Proficient in all nursing tasks / delivering high standard of patient care (phlebotomy, sedation, cannulation, life support, patient advocacy and support).
- Experience of medicines management
- Ability to troubleshoot patient management problems / contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to manage change / update standard operating procedures.
- Capability to participate in audit, ensure service policies are implemented and undertake risk assessments.
- Ability to provide training support and develop team.
- Clear evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Active participation at relevant external meetings and making contributions to organising bodies
- Treatment cycle planning
- Ability to perform ovum retrievals
- Experience of ultrasound scanning and embryo transfer.
- Computer skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent people skills
- Strong ability to cooperate in a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to deal sensitively and efficiently with members of the public, maintaining patient confidentiality at all times
- Good vision and motor skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A good honours degree (equivalent to 2:1 or above) in nursing/ midwifery
- NMC registration
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate qualification, such as MSc / PhD
- Management Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial nursing or midwifery experience, with a minimum 2 years in fertility/ womens health.
- Management of an area of clinical service
- Experience of clinical audit and management patient treatment / care.
- Working within a regulatory framework (i.e. HFEA, CQC, ISO) / to accredited standards
Desirable
- A solid understanding of clinical aspects of reproductive medicine and infertility care
- Experience of managing / leading a team
- Participation in research resulting in publications
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- A solid knowledge of the HFEA Code of Practice and CQC standards.
- Proficient in all nursing tasks / delivering high standard of patient care (phlebotomy, sedation, cannulation, life support, patient advocacy and support).
- Experience of medicines management
- Ability to troubleshoot patient management problems / contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to manage change / update standard operating procedures.
- Capability to participate in audit, ensure service policies are implemented and undertake risk assessments.
- Ability to provide training support and develop team.
- Clear evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Active participation at relevant external meetings and making contributions to organising bodies
- Treatment cycle planning
- Ability to perform ovum retrievals
- Experience of ultrasound scanning and embryo transfer.
- Computer skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent people skills
- Strong ability to cooperate in a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to deal sensitively and efficiently with members of the public, maintaining patient confidentiality at all times
- Good vision and motor skills
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).
