Clinical Embryologist

Overview

In this role you will support Hewitt Fertility Centre’s mission to deliver high-quality patient care in a state-of-the-art lab. You will perform routine embryology procedures and engage in time-lapse technologies, ICSI, and cryopreservation to enable diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes. You will work across multiple sites, contribute to research and CPD, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. Your work will directly impact embryo handling, selection for transfer, and patient counseling, within a leading fertility service.

Responsibilities

• Perform semen analysis and sperm preparation, including donor and surgically retrieved samples
• Handle oocytes and embryos, execute cryopreservation and thaw procedures
• Conduct intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and related micromanipulation techniques
• Utilise time-lapse and vitrification technologies for embryo culture and assessment
• Select embryos for transfer and for cryopreservation
• Maintain compliance with HFEA Code of Practice and conduct formal procedure witnessing
• Provide patient communication on treatment options and consent
• Participate in weekend rota and cross-site coverage
• Audit equipment and maintain laboratory standards; support research and CPD
• Train and supervise junior staff and assist in induction of new team members

Key requirements

• Experience in assisted conception and reproductive medicine
• HCPC registration
• Bachelor of Science in life sciences (or equivalent) with ARCS/Institute of Biology embryology certificate or equivalent
• Flexible to work out-of-hours and weekends; willingness to cover across Hewitt Fertility Centre sites
• Experience with biopsy and micromanipulation is advantageous

• excellent communication skills
• team player in multidisciplinary settings
• attention to detail and reliability
• embryology laboratory procedures
• ICSI
• time-lapse technologies

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