Fertility Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse Specialist to join our Fertility team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our small friendly team for a very busy and complex speciality within our gynae services. We are looking for someone who can support the continued development of this service and integrate into the team to continue to deliver our fantastic services offered within Fertility and across Gynae.

We are looking to recruit an individual that is currently practising as a nurse specialist ideally in Gynaecology or Fertility speciality. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about women's health. The right candidate will be eager to support change, willing to adopt new ways of working and share ideas.

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be an experienced nurse practitioner and will be responsible for the management of a defined caseload (patients/service-users) and will provide specialist nursing support, advice, education and/or care to that specific group. They will carry the responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, including setting of standards of care, and support in establishing evidence-based practice within Fertility. The main goal of this role is to support patients and their significant others going through investigations and treatments for fertility.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will take a role in ensuring compliance with HEFA standards.

As well as this, you will have some responsibilities for the line management of a small but friendly team within the fertility unit so will be expected to possess managerial skills.

Closing date of applications: 28 August 2025

Date of interview: 11 September 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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