NHSL 199219 Embryology Practitioner (KA)

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Lothian University Hospitals NHS Division

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Edinburgh Fertility Centre and Department of Reproductive Endocrinology

Assisted Conception Programme

JOB VACANCY Fixed Term (12 months)

An opportunity has arisen for a life-science graduate to join the embryology team on a temporary basis at the Edinburgh Fertility Centre, based within the Royal Infirmary at Little France, Edinburgh.

The Assisted Conception Programme at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is a busy and successful unit, which currently carries out 600 cycles of IVF/ICSI annually, as well 450 cycles of frozen embryo transfer, surgical sperm retrieval, gamete and embryo cryopreservation and sperm, oocyte and embryo donation. We also routinely perform day 5/6 trophectoderm biopsies as part of our PGT testing service.

The unit is involved in a range of research projects, with close collaborative links to the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh.

A fixed-term post (12 months) for a band 5 (AfC) Embryology Practitioner has become available. This is a support role to the members of the embryology team. You should have good attention to detail and be able to work as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team.

This post is not an embryologist trainee post.

The post is full time, fixed term.

To apply, and for closing date see https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/

Thank you for your interest.

For more information contact Daniel Collins on or Anna Kopakaki on .

Email: Daniel.Collins@NHSLothian.scot.nhs.uk or Anna.Kopakaki@NHSlothian.scot.nhs.uk