Clinical Embryologist

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust (Hewitt Fertility Centre) is seeking a permanent embryologist to join a team of 35 scientists. Role includes weekend/on-call duties; HCPC registration and embryology lab experience are essential.

This NHS post may require cover at both Liverpool and Knutsford sites. The successful candidate will perform a range of laboratory procedures including semen analysis, embryo handling and cryopreservation, ICSI and time-lapse methodologies, contributing to

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and experience in an Embryology laboratory.
• Experience performing clinical workload in Embryology and training junior staff.
• Weekend and on-call rota involvement.

Responsibilities

• Perform all laboratory procedures for diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• Semen analysis, sperm preparation, oocyte/embryo handling, and cryopreservation.
• ICSI, time-lapse technologies and other micromanipulation techniques.
• Select embryos best suited for transfer and cryopreservation.

Skills

Embryology procedures

Communication skills

Training junior staff

Education

HCPC registration

Embryology lab experience

Tools

Time-lapse technologies

Semen analysis equipment

ICSI equipment

Job description

The Hewitt Fertility Centre is seeking to appoint an embryologist on a permanent contract to join our highly skilled and dedicated team of 35 scientists. We are dedicated to providing the very best in patient care and offer a full range of laboratory therapeutic and diagnostic treatments. (Including IMSI, PGT, cryopreservation and donation programmes).

The Hewitt Fertility Centre offers as standard the latest time-lapse technologies for all patients in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Successful applicants should be personable with excellent communication skills, experienced in all routine embryological procedures and take part in a weekend and on-call rota.

Suitable applicants must have experience of performing clinical workload within an Embryology laboratory setting and be familiar with the HFEA Code of Practice. HCPC registration, previous experience of biopsy and training junior staff is an advantage, but not a necessity.

Please note, successful applicants will need to provide cover at both Liverpool and Knutsford sites on occasion.

To perform all laboratory procedures associated with the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment services provided by the Hewitt Fertility Centres including semen analysis, sperm preparation (including donor, and surgically retrieved testicular and epididymal sperm), oocyte and embryo handling, gamete (ejaculated and surgically retrieved sperm) and embryo cryopreservation, clinical intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), time-lapse technologies and other micromanipulation techniques. To select embryos best suited for embryo transfer and cryopreservation.

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.

UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.

https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katy Wagg Job title: Senior Clinical Embryologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01565 653 287

Katy Wagg (Senior Clinical Embryologist)

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01565 653 287