Job summary
- Main area
- Assisted Reproduction
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (08:00 to 12:00 Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 190-7988-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Assisted Conception Unit, Jessop Wing
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2024
Employer heading
Medical Laboratory Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Jessop Fertility is excited to be recruiting a Medical Lab Assistant to support our team of Clinical Embryologists deliver our high quality service. This position would suit an individual early on their career path who is keen to pursue a career in healthcare science. It would also be an excellent opportunity to obtain crucial relevant experience for those interested in applying for STP in Embryology. However, there are no plans at this time for us to offer the successful applicant an opportunity to apply for an STP "In Service" position.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist scientific staff in appropriate laboratory activities.
2. Set up all laboratory notes, which includes summarising medical history and past treatments, and checking consents and blood test results.
3. To prepare culture medium and dishes for culturing human sperm, eggs and embryos for treatment.
4. Treat patients with dignity and respect as they attend for a potentially stressful appointment.
5. Take part in witnessing of laboratory procedures, as per HFEA regulation.
6. Perform trial sperm preparations.
7. Freeze donor sperm samples.
8. Safe use of liquid nitrogen.
9. Participate in audits of stored material (sperm, eggs and embryos)
10. Register patients and record patient and test details accurately.
11. Train to do additional tasks such as oocyte recoveries and sperm preparations for treatment, if appropriate.
12. To use Ideas (specialist electronic patient system) to access and input accurate patient data.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Jessop Fertility’s Assisted Conception Unit provides excellent care to patients seeking assisted reproductive treatment. We deliver approximately 600 cycles of IVF and ICSI per year along with intra-uterine insemination and frozen embryo replacement cycles. The unit also maintains donor sperm and egg banks and carries out fertility preservation for patients undergoing medical treatment likely to adversely affect their fertility. All licensed care is carried out under strict regulation by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths and English at C/4 or above
- Level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ, 2 A-Levels, Apprenticeship or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part I) or laboratory experience in the relevant discipline
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to follow and work to Standard Operating Procedures and Policy
- Understanding of job content and fertility treatment
- Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
Desirable criteria
- Experience with a range of laboratory techniques, including tissue culture and sterile techniques
- Previous NHS laboratory experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Keyboard and basic IT skills
- Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues
- Effective Communication skills, written and oral
- Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Clarke
- Job title
- Principal Embryologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2268050
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