Job summary
- Main area
- Gynaecology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2157
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Infertility Counsellor
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are seeking a qualified and compassionate Counsellor or Therapist to join our dedicated team at the Wolfson Fertility Centre. Renowned for innovation and excellence in IVF treatment and patient care, our clinic offers a dynamic and rewarding environment.
In this role, you will provide specialist support to individuals, couples, and groups undergoing assisted conception treatment. You will also offer guidance to team members working in this complex and emotionally demanding field.
Requirements:
Accredited membership of a recognised counselling or therapy body
Experience in infertility counselling.
BICA accreditation or completion of the BICA Foundation Course with a commitment to achieving accreditation
Access to independent supervision (BICA-accredited if not yet BICA-accredited).
If you are passionate about making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives and thrive in a collaborative clinical setting, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Development and delivery of a professional, independent counselling service based within The Wolfson Fertility Centre and forming part of multi-disciplinary team care.
- Provision of support counselling to those attending the Hammersmith Hospital for infertility investigations and/or treatment or donor procedures.
- Provision of implications counselling to those who are considering, are undertaking or have undertaken assisted conception, donation or storage procedures.
- Provision of therapeutic counselling as needed by those whose donation, infertility, treatment and/or outcomes give rise to particular difficulties or distress.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree qualification in counselling or equivalent experience / qualification
- BACP / HCPC / UKCP or other accreditation/registration
- BICA Accreditation required
SKILLS/ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- General awareness of health and safety issues and risk management involved with service delivery
- Essential to have good knowledge of the HF&E Act as pertains to provision of counselling and information, legal parenthood and record keeping
- Ability to develop and maintain effective team working and good working relationships
- General knowledge of the principles and application of clinical governance
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with clients affected by infertility.
- Experience of counselling clients who have experienced trauma
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with clients in relation to donation and surrogacy treatments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maria Hermogenese Benitez
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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