Fertility Nurse

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced fertility nurse. This post provides an opportunity for a trained fertility nurse to develop skills in the field. The post holder must prioritise the workload effectively and be dedicated to serving the needs of patients undergoing assisted conception services. They must work with other senior professionals supporting them in their daily duties, and to provide effective patient care. They will undertake a range of protocol driven, basic activities in the fertility unit and associated offices.

Key working relationships:

Patients and their carers
Nursing and medical staff
Senior Staff Nurse / Junior Sister
Sister / Charge Nurse
Matron
Multidisciplinary team
Quality / Lab Manager
Operational Manager
Admin team
Directorate / Divisional Nurse

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Clinical

Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development.
Maintain professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with Trust values.
Contribute to a high quality safe working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care
Participate in the setting of standards for nursing practice and for care involving the multidisciplinary team
Practice in accordance with, and aware of his/her responsibilities under, the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other appropriate NMC guidelines.
Understand and practice in accordance with Trust and Unit policies and procedures, and ensure they are understood and practiced by staff
Maintain a safe working environment recognising the health and safety requirements of patients, visitors and staff
Ensure all strategies, policies and protocols relating to infection control are implemented and monitored and that appropriate and timely action is taken in response to ensuring the prevention of control of infection

Management and leadership

Work in accordance with the clinical strategy of the ACU.
Manage a group of patients, in line with level of experience.
Supervise and Mentor under the direction of the Sister/Charge Nurse, the work of Junior staff.
Manage the ward/department in the absence of the Band 7 nurses, To co-ordinate ward staffing through monitoring of duty rotas; programming annual and study leave; monitoring staff sickness / absence, to ensure effective use of resources.
Assist the Senior Sister in the investigation of complaints, incidents and other events that may occur, in a timely and efficient manner.
Assist the Senior Sister as allocated to ensure that all nursing and support staff undertake annual appraisal and personal development planning (PDP) with intervening reviews.
Demonstrate effective time management and prioritization of workload