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Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are excited to advertise this great opportunity of becoming the Senior Fertility Counsellor of the Assisted Conception Unit (ACU), The Jessop Wing, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust (STHFT).

We aim to attract a committed, diverse, and talented workforce who are passionate about delivering psychological care within an acute hospital setting and adapting approaches to meet the needs of our services and service users.  In return, we offer a supportive, dynamic work setting where you can link with colleagues and develop your career. 

As a department, we recognise that diversity of workforce extends our skills, experiences, and ideas, thereby adding value and creativity to our services.  The department has an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) group and welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and the LGBTQ+ community.  In our latest staff survey, 95% of staff report feeling valued and cared for and that their role makes a difference.

Please see the attachment “Department overview” for more details about working with us.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The Senior Fertility Counsellor leads the specialist fertility counselling service of the Assisted Conception Unit  (ACU). The counsellors work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that regulatory requirements in relation to donation, surrogacy and general counselling needs are met.

This includes providing implications counselling to those who are considering, undertaking or have undertaken assisted conception, donation, surrogacy or storage procedures. This in addition to providing therapeutic and supportive counselling, as needed by those whose infertility, circumstances, treatment, donation, and /or outcomes give rise to particular difficulties or distress.

As the Senior Counsellor you would play an active role in the wider ACU service, attending and contributing to ACU Board meetings, MDT meetings, senior staff meetings and all ethics committee meetings. The Senior Counsellor is also responsible for ensuring the Counselling Service meets statutory, national, regional and Trust standards of care.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

 “You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.”

As a member of the department, you would be part of a substantial, experienced, and enthusiastic team; benefitting from inhouse professional development including clinical supervision, special interest groups and opportunities to engage in our wider projects.  The department is committed to supporting our staff and have a well-supported Staff Engagement and Wellbeing Group.  The Trust has a flexible working policy, allowing for a range of flexible / hybrid working options as appropriate to the service needs.  The attached document outlines our department strategy.

As a dynamic department, we have seen considerable growth in recent years and have a portfolio of new service developments.  Continuing professional development is strongly supported, as appropriate to the individual’s and organisation’s requirements.  

The department has strong links with the Sheffield, Leeds and Hull DClinPsy courses.  We also offer placements to trainees on DCounsPsy courses.