Job summary
Employer heading
Assistant/Associate Practitioner - Cambridge IVF Unit
Band 4
Job overview
A brilliant opportunity has arisen for a caring and passionate Assitant Practitioner to join the nursing team in Cambridge IVF (CIVF). This satellite unit is based in Trumpington Cambridge and is part of the Women and Children’s division at Cambridge University Hospitals.
Your role will be to assist in the provision of kind, safe, excellent and efficient patient care under the supervision of a Matron in Cambridge IVF
This is a varied role and you will be required to work in a variety of areas supporting Service Users and Nurses.
If you are passionate about patient care and reproductive medicine we want to hear from you, this role is 5 days a week; you will be required to work some Saturdays and Bank Holidays.
Main duties of the job
To support Registered Practitioners deliver clinical care, monitoring and reporting on patient progress, whilst managing own workload and supporting other colleagues to ensure patients receive optimum care.
Manage NHS referrals. Delivering evidence-based clinical care to patients within pre-determined protocols.
Manage junior staff working on NHS referrals and supporting the coordination of senior clinical, scientific and administrative staff so that NHS activity meets quality standards and treatment is expedited.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th July 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 14th August 2024
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or experience in a clinical function in reproductive medicine
Desirable criteria
- Other post-basic, health-related courses evidence of continuing professional development and its application
Experience
Essential criteria
- A background in a reproductive medicine environment
- Evidence of continuing occupational CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of mentoring junior staff Experience of teaching junior staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Best practice principles and application to the clinical environment in accordance with Clinical governance guidance.
- Understand the need to prioritise and recognise urgent information
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of risk management procedure •An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
- Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Written and verbal communication skills with work colleagues and across professional boundaries
- Consistently undertake a full range of predetermined clinical competencies
- Ability to prioritise workload, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Positive and effective team worker
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations
- Ability to manage own patient case load
Desirable criteria
- Administration and IT skills (word processing, email)
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Bailey/Michelle Frear
- Job title
- Fertility Nurse/Fertility Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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