Nursing and Midwifery

There is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated senior nurse to join the Dermatology Team as an Advanced Nurse Specialist on a two-year fixed term contract. 

A Child Death Review (CDR) is the statutory process for understanding why children die and learning from child deaths in England. It happens for every child death regardless of the cause.The process includes immediate actions to be taken after a child’s death, a local review of a child’s death by those who were involved in the child’s care and treatment in a CDR meeting followed by an independent review by the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP).

The purpose of this role is to develop a clear pathway of progression, training and career structure for Advanced Clinical Practitioners in emergency, acute and urgent care. This role will encompass a 7-day working pattern will an element of shift work and afterhours working.

There has never been a better time to come and work at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. As a maternity unit we are embarking on a Maternity Transformation Programme, offering opportunities to get involved with innovation and improvements to our services. We are led by a supportive management team and can offer excellent opportunities for further career development. 

The post holder is required to carry out all aspects of Clinical Andrology and Embryology, diligently and to a high standard, in the assisted conception unit.

Registration with the HCPC as a clinical scientist specialising in Embryology is pre-requisite for the position. Therefore a minimum of three years post-graduate experience is required in order to provide more complex, sensitive and contentious information when required during the course of their role in the fertility service.

The post holder will possess post-graduate Masters level knowledge in the field of Reproductive biology.

The post holder is expected to possess a high level of proficiency and be capable of independent work within the Fertility laboratories under the supervision of the Consultant Embryologist.  The Andrologist/ Embryologist will act at all times in a responsible and professional manner towards patients, colleagues and others with whom they may have contact in the course of their work.

As part of his/ her workload the post-holder will see both NHS and fee paying Private patients.

Education and supervision of more junior staff are key requirements of the post.

The post is worked over 5 days a week (37.5 hours) with a requirement to take part in weekend work and on-call (1:4).