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Careers at Bourn Hall

Female fertility testing

Embryologist (full time with a minimum of one year experience and successful completion of the STP route)

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Location:Bourn, Cambridge

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Job Summary

At Bourn Hall, the world’s first IVF clinic with over 40 years of pioneering laboratory experience, we are proud of our legacy of transforming lives through assisted conception. We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Embryologist to join our collaborative and supportive team.

This is an exciting time as we undergo change and modernisation to meet the evolving needs of our patients. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in reproductive medicine, focusing on the assessment and manipulation of gametes and embryos to help patients achieve their family-building goals.

Minimum requirement: 1 year’s clinical laboratory experience.

 

Key Duties
– Perform laboratory procedures including gamete and embryo handling.
– Carry out fertilisation techniques such as ICSI and embryo culture.
– Maintain accurate records in line with HFEA standards.
– Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver tailored treatment plans.
– Support clinical procedures such as egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
– Ensure equipment care, aseptic technique, and quality control.
– Stay updated on new reproductive technologies.

 

Skills & Experience
– Minimum 1 year in a clinical laboratory.
– Solid knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
– Laboratory experience handling specimens and equipment.
– Competence in aseptic technique.
– Team-focused with a strong patient care ethos.

 

Why Join Bourn Hall?
Be part of a team with a unique heritage and ongoing commitment to innovation. Our embryologists are not only laboratory specialists but also vital members of a team delivering truly individualised patient care. With more than four decades of pioneering IVF experience, you will join a culture of collaboration, learning, and patient-first values.

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    Our Benefits

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    Supportive culture

    At Bourn Hall we are driven by doing the best for our patients to be the number one ranked fertility clinic for patient care. We provide a supportive environment for our diverse team, allowing each person to excel and do the best for our patients. We are a team of around 110 people which means wherever you work your valued voice and opinion is heard.

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    Learning

    We support our team to continually learn and development to enhance their relevant skills in order to support our patients better. Much of the in-house clinical training is provided by our industry leading specialists.

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    Loyalty

    We have a number of our team who have remained at Bourn Hall for over 20 years, we appreciate loyalty and high performance and provide long service awards and length of service holiday entitlement increases.

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    Holidays

    25 days leave + Bank Holidays with option to buy 1 additional week.

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    Financial

    • Life assurance 4 x annual salary from day 1*
    • Company sick pay from day 1*
    • Healthcare cash plan and Employee Assistant Programme.
    • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and adoption leave pay.
    • Salary Exchange Pension scheme.
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    Environment

    If you are based out our Cambridge clinic you will be based at our stunning estate set in beautiful countryside, in the summer we enjoy having lunches in our grounds and wellness walks with the teams.

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    Social

    We are a vibrant company with a diverse group of team members; we have a social committee who organise regular team social events.

    We provide world-class support throughout the fertility journey.

    As one of the UK’s top fertility treatment centres, our values ensure we put our patients first.

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    Passion

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    Adaptability

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    Commitment

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    Teamwork and Collaboration

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