Job summary
- Main area
- Reproductive Science
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover October 2025 to October 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9335
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Odstock
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Reproductive Science Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join Salisbury NHS Foundation time, Suitable applicants must have experience of performing clinical workload within an andrology &/or embryology laboratory setting and be familiar with the HFEA Code of Practice. The successful candidate must be registered as a Biomedical Scientist with the HCPC or have worked as a reproductive practitioner.
• Perform a range of scientific and clinical activities for the provision of services licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
• To perform a specified range of clinical laboratory procedures, under the direct supervision of Clinical Scientists and in accordance with initial training and competence assessment.
• To relay clinical and scientific advice to patients, clinicians and the multidisciplinary team under the direction of Clinical Scientists.
• To assist the Clinical Scientists for a specific area of laboratory management e.g., Cryostorage Services, Quality Management, environmental monitoring, key performance indicators, Donor sperm, with direct impact on patient care.
• To provide administrative support for all members of the SFC team.
• Work autonomously and under direction within departmental policies and procedures including developments to support the Quality Improvement Strategy.
Main duties of the job
• To participate in the highly complex laboratory procedures provided by the Salisbury Fertility Centre in accordance with scope of practice, training and competence assessment.
• To provide appropriate information to the Clinical Scientists who take responsibility for clinical decisions.
• To relay the specialist advice of registered or pre-registrant Clinical Scientists directly to patients concerning gamete and embryo quality, treatment options, risks and benefits, and possible outcomes before and during treatment cycles, including assisting patients to reach an informed decision regarding their options and choices.
• To convey, where necessary, relevant details of treatment (quality of oocytes, sperm and embryos) directly to patients in a clear, concise, and understanding manner.
• To counsel patients regarding the implications of treatment options to ensure correct information is given and relevant questions answered properly in order to assist them in making an informed decision.
• To break bad news to patients and counsel them regarding the outcome and further treatment options.
• To relay highly complex clinical advice to medical and nursing staff that directly affects patient management, including semen quality, oocyte quality, embryo quality, formulation of Departmental policies.
• To participate in the cryostorage storage audits and to assist with the system of contact for patients with gametes and/or embryos in storage.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find the attached job description and main responsibilities for your kind perusal. Also, please go through the person specification for this job.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Biomedical Scientist, or with the Academy for Healthcare Science as a Healthcare Science Practitioner, or eligible for registration within one year of appointment.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Expertise gained through working in a UK Licensed Fertility Centre and/or clinical laboratory.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge - Underpinning theoretical and academic scientific knowledge to Bachelors’ Level e.g. Life science degree
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Planning and Organisational Skills – able to plan own work and work of others, taking into account the advice of the Clinical Scientists and critical time-requirements of clinical procedures and prioritisation of tasks. Analytical
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Analytical and Judgmental Skills – able to deal with a range of facts and situations, requiring analysis and selection of appropriate options, acting within own scope of practice and seeking appropriate advice from the multidisciplinary team as required. Able to take appropriate action and avoid omission, including situations that can affect patient care and treatment outcome. Use published evidence to contribute to the clinical practice within the multidisciplinary team.
Knoweldge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Physical Skills – highly developed physical skills including hand-eye co-ordination, dexterity, requirement for speed and accuracy with small margin for error.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Other Key Skills and Experience – Ability to accept responsibility for functions/procedures within a working environment in accordance with agreed scope of practice and responsibility; ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team; ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative, seeking and taking advice as appropriate; Ability to undertake all tasks required (including any reasonable adjustments that may be made by the employer to the way in which the job is performed or to the premises, to take into account a disability)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Emma Woodland
- Job title
- Head of embryology and laboratory Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722336262
- Additional information
Ext 2921
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