About this role
Job summary
This role is responsible for leading clinical operations, ensuring high-quality patient care, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. The post holder oversees staffing, rota management, and team development across nursing and sonography services, while supporting budget control and service efficiency. They play a key role in enhancing patient experience, managing complex situations, and ensuring accurate clinical reporting. The role also involves driving quality improvement through SOP development and collaboration with the Quality Management team. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential, alongside experience in healthcare management, to support continuous service improvement and effective multidisciplinary team working.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Oversee patient throughput across the clinic and satellite services
Ensure all treatments comply with HFEA requirements
Maintain appropriate staffing levels and competence in nursing and sonography teams
Manage staff allocation, rotas, and support budget planning and control
Optimise patient management and service delivery
Develop processes to enhance patient experience
Manage non-standard situations and ensure holistic, best practice care
Ensure equipment availability and provide clear information for informed consent
Maintain accurate clinical records in line with regulations
Support clinic strategy through data collection, reporting, and performance analysis
Ensure effective communication with colleagues, patients, and suppliers
Build supplier relationships, support clinical trials, and promote clinic reputation
Develop and update SOPs and support the Quality Management System
Lead recruitment, performance management, CPD, and team meetings
Support staff training, supervision, and participation in patient information events
Maintain safe clinical operations and ensure health and safety compliance
Responsibilities may be reviewed and adapted in line with service needs
About us
We at TFP, are looking for brilliant minds and passionate hearts to help us shape the future of fertility. We are one of the largest fertility service providers in Europe operating our IVF clinics and egg/sperm freezing banks in the UK, Poland and Netherlands. We have embarked on the mission to use technology to provide patients with a memorable best-in-class fertility journey that leads to the best outcome starting a family!
At TFP, we offer all our patients the care, understanding and expertise that help to bring dreams to life. We are passionate about what we do, which reflects our commitment to creating lives and changing lives.
Science research and innovation are key to how we work and have led to us pioneering fertility treatment for more than 35 years. Many of our clinicians are internationally renowned specialists and we regularly share knowledge across our clinics to further improve our success. Join us at TFP Fertility, where your passion and expertise can contribute to our legacy of excellence.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Role:
We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to lead our team of nurses and sonographers, ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of ultrasound assessment and patient care in line with the HFEA 2008 Act and the current HFEA Code of Practice. The role involves coordinating both nursing and sonography services and contributing as a key member of the Clinic Management Team, helping to oversee and plan activities across all areas of Clinical Services. You will also remain clinically active by seeing patients as part of the role, maintaining hands-on nursing and sonography expertise. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled nurse with strong leadership abilities and a commitment to excellence in patient care.
This role is full time - 37.5 hours per week - weekends on rotation are required
The Location:
Nurture Fertility was established in 1991 and due to the passion, expertise and reputation of our team, has grown into a leading fertility clinic. Providing treatment to both NHS and private patients, Nurture Fertility performs approximately 700 fresh cycles and 500 frozen cycles per year. Offering a full suite of treatment and diagnostic services, including PGT. Conveniently located on the outskirts of Nottingham, adjacent to junction 25 of the M1, there is ample free parking for staff and patients at the front of the building. Nurture Fertility also has a 5/5 inspection rating from the HFEA
Key Responsibilities:
Planning and Organising
Oversee patient throughput across the clinic and satellite services.Ensure all treatments comply with HFEA requirements.Maintain adequate staffing and competence in nursing and sonography areas.Allocate staff efficiently and manage work rotas.Support budget development and management for nursing/sonography services.
Operations, Compliance, and Customer Service
Optimise patient management and service delivery.Develop processes to enhance the patient experience.Manage situations outside standard operating procedures.Support holistic patient care and supervise adherence to best practice.Ensure adequate equipment provision and maintenance.Provide patients with clear information for informed consent.
Analysis and Reporting
Maintain accurate clinical records in line with regulations.Support clinic strategy through data collection and reporting.Generate performance statistics as needed.
Liaison
Ensure accurate communication with colleagues, patients, and suppliers.Build relationships with suppliers and support clinical trials.Promote the clinics reputation in professional and patient communities.
Quality Management
Develop and update SOPs and protocols as practices evolve.Work with the Quality Manager to maintain the Quality Management System.
People Management
Participate in recruitment and task allocation.Drive high performance and manage HR matters.Ensure staff maintain skills through CPD and relevant training.Hold regular team meetings.
Supervision and Training
Support training and supervision of nurses, students, and trainees.Participate in Patient Information Evenings and train staff to do so.
Health and Safety
Maintain safe and efficient clinical operations.Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
The above will be reviewed as required, in consultation with the post holder. It is offered as a guide to the key responsibilities and duties, but does not preclude other issues that may arise between reviews of performance and review of the job description.
Experience and Knowledge:
1st level registration with NMC
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Minimum of 3 years managerial experience in a Healthcare setting
Experience in fertility nursing is preferable.
Ability to produce clear comprehensive reports appropriate to the request of the clinician.
Experience of project management activities to facilitate major service/operational changes.
Experience of longer term planning in a strategic context.
Demonstrated ability to exercise judgement for decision making when solutions are not obvious.
Demonstrated ability to find innovative solutions to maximise service quality, efficiency and continuity.
Experience with managing common staff issues.
Skills and Abilities:
Ability to identify additional service/system requirements or shortfalls and co-ordinate and/or design the delivery of innovative solutions to maximise service quality, efficiency and continuity.
Ability to ensure professional and quality service standards are maintained and applied within own area of activity.
Confidently lead and motivate a diverse team
Ability to assess current team dynamics and implement strategies to improve productivity and communication driving change where necessary
Reinforce a positive working environment
Ability to interpret policy, legislation, regulations and national codes of practice, advising on the implications of non-compliance, responding to and applying any necessary changes in area of work
Ability to deliver training sessions/workshops within a brief to a sizeable, mixed interest groups or groups with diverse levels of understanding of the subject matter
Personal Qualities:
Positive professional mindset
Self-motivated, ability to work as a member of a team or autonomously.
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to members of the public other stakeholders and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Able to deal with frequently distressing circumstances, giving support to patients and other staff members.
Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area.
Ability to apply own initiative to devise varied solutions, approaching problems from different perspectives.
Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time whilst performing complex procedures appropriate to the clinical area.
Aware of clinical and professional changes in management nursing and the skills required to work in these areas.
Salary: Competitive (Depending on experience)Location:TFP Nurture Fertility - NottinghamWorking Hours:37.5 Monday to FridayWeekends required at 1:4
Pension: Dual contribution pension scheme
Holiday Entitlement: 27 Days + Bank holidays (pro rata)
Person Specification
Personal Qualities: Essential
Positive professional mindset Self-motivated, ability to work as a member of a team or autonomously. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to members of the public other stakeholders and members of the multi-disciplinary team. Able to deal with frequently distressing circumstances, giving support to patients and other staff members. Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area. Ability to apply own initiative to devise varied solutions, approaching problems from different perspectives. Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time whilst performing complex procedures appropriate to the clinical area. Aware of clinical and professional changes in management nursing and the skills required to work in these areas.
Skills and Abilities: Essential
Ability to identify additional service/system requirements or shortfalls and co-ordinate and/or design the delivery of innovative solutions to maximise service quality, efficiency and continuity. Ability to ensure professional and quality service standards are maintained and applied within own area of activity. Confidently lead and motivate a diverse team Ability to assess current team dynamics and implement strategies to improve productivity and communication driving change where necessary Reinforce a positive working environment Ability to interpret policy, legislation, regulations and national codes of practice, advising on the implications of non-compliance, responding to and applying any necessary changes in area of work Ability to deliver training sessions/workshops within a brief to a sizeable, mixed interest groups or groups with diverse levels of understanding of the subject matter
Qualifications Essential
1st level registration with NMC Educated to degree level or equivalent Minimum of 3 years managerial experience in a Healthcare setting
Desirable
Experience in fertility nursing is preferable.
Experience Essential
Ability to produce clear comprehensive reports appropriate to the request of the clinician. Experience of project management activities to facilitate major service/operational changes. Experience of longer term planning in a strategic context. Demonstrated ability to exercise judgement for decision making when solutions are not obvious. Demonstrated ability to find innovative solutions to maximise service quality, efficiency and continuity. Experience with managing common staff issues.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name The Fertility Partnership
Address TFP Nurture Fertility, Bostocks Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
Employer's website https://tfp-fertility.com/en-gb/about-us/career (Opens in a new tab)