Trainee Fertility Nurse/Midwife | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 p.a pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 9LG |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7690016/180-E-258032 |
Summary
We are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity to develop the necessary skills and competencies to work towards becoming a Specialist Fertility Nurse/Midwife.
If you have a passion for women’s health and are compassionate and focused on always giving excellent patient care this could be the role for you.
You will be working with a small, friendly team of Specialist Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers providing information, support and advice for infertile couples seeking assisted conception within Cambridge IVF and through the Department of Reproductive Medicine.
You will also be required to communicate with the medical and scientific staff daily to help co-ordinate patient care and to ensure standard of care is always safe and safe.
Attention to detail is very important in this role.
Main duties include:
Working in a team to help organise and prioritise daily workload
Arranging patient appointments, conducting pre-treatment consultations, ordering screening tests/investigations, interpreting results and explaining treatment protocols.
Developing the knowledge to impart information about the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
Develop the skills to help gain informed consent to HFEA, Trust and Cambridge IVF treatments and procedures including gamete and embryo storage.
Other main duties include the following:
• Venipuncture
• Administering Intra-muscular/subcutaneous injections
• Providing a teaching programme for patients to self-administer their treatment medications
• Knowledge of the scan support role
• Assisting in theatre at Oocyte Retrieval, Embryo Transfer, Intrauterine Insemination and Hyfosy procedures
• Admitting patients for Oocyte Retrieval and recover following IV sedation,
• Counselling patients following negative outcomes
• Providing information to patients about the symptoms of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome and escalating to medical team where appropriate
• Knowledge of medicines management
The following hazards are associated with this job role:
Lone Working
Manual Handling
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th January 2025
Interviews will be held on the 04th February 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026