Posted on: Thu 10-07-2025

Nordica Fertility Clinic, a foremost clinic in the matters of fertility treatment, is recruiting to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: Embryologist Trainee

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

 

Operational Responsibilities

Lab Maintenance:

• Perform daily cleaning and maintenance of the embryology lab, ensuring a sterile and organized environment.
• Clean and maintain the andrology and serology workbench to meet the highest standards of hygiene.

Dish Preparation:

• Prepare culture dishes 24 hours before treatments to facilitate successful embryo development.

 

Egg Pickup Preparation:

• Prepare the lab for egg pickup procedures, ensuring all equipment and supplies are in order.

 

Monitoring and Documentation:

• Regularly monitor temperature, CO2 levels, and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels in the lab.
• Conduct routine serology tests and seminal fluid analysis as required.
• Document serology and seminal fluid analysis results accurately.

Reporting and Communication:

• Present weekly and monthly laboratory activities and findings to the relevant team members.
• Prepare and dispatch treatment summaries after embryo transfers.
• Maintain open communication and timely reporting.

Inventory Management:

• Take weekly and monthly stock of all consumables, ensuring an adequate supply for ongoing treatments.
• Send stock reports to the appropriate departments.

Result Preparation and Dispatch:

• Prepare daily results and ensure their prompt dispatch to the front desk for patient updates.

 

Assisted Reproductive Procedures:

• Perform assisted reproductive procedures, including Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection (IMSI), Physiologically-Induced Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (PICSI), and Laser-Assisted Hatching (LAH).

 

Embryo Management:

• Conduct vitrification and thawing of embryos, ensuring their safety and viability.
• Perform embryo biopsy and tubing as needed.
• Assist in sending samples for genetic screening, if required.
• Vitrify and thaw oocytes and embryos as part of the treatment process.

Strategic Responsibilities:

Professional Development:

• Stay updated on the latest developments in the field of embryology by attending conferences, workshops, and regularly reviewing scientific journals.
• Make suggestions for the adoption of new treatment types, methods, or systems to enhance patient care.

Image Projection:

• Contribute to building and projecting a positive image of the clinic within professional and patient communities.

 

Learning and Growth:

• Invest in personal and team learning and growth.
• Promote the use of technology and motivate colleagues to be accountable individuals with a strong sense of integrity.
• Information Accuracy:
• Ensure that information provided to colleagues, patients, and the general public within the area of responsibility is accurate, appropriate, and aligned with ethical standards.

 

Job Requirements

• To be successful in the role, the candidates should meet the following requirements:

 

Education:

• Possess a minimum of a BSc.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2years’ relevant work experience.

Technical Competencies:

• Proficient in laboratory management.
• Sound knowledge of the IVF techniques.

Competencies:

• Pro-activeness and alertness
• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Integrity
• Problem Analysis
• Process Improvement

Behavioural Competencies:

• High Energy Level
• Good verbal and written communication
• Good leadership and motivational skills
• Honesty
• Customer Orientation
• Attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills, confident, friendly & approachable

Application Closing Date

30th August, 2025.

 

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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