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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Genetics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working from home 1-2 days per week is possible in a coordinated manner with the existing team to ensure cross cover in the office)
Job ref
321-MRC-6454569-B5
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine
Town
Oxford
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 depending on previous NHS experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

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Genomic Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 5

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

 

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

 Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine

We are seeking a highly motivated, team oriented and compassionate degree educated individual (or equivalent experience) to join our Whole Genome Sequencing patient consenting service, based at Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine. This is a clinical role ideal for someone with an interest in developing a career in clinical genetics, who has demonstrated public facing experience in a healthcare, care, or volunteer setting. 

NHS patients with rare genetic disease and certain types of cancer are now eligible for Whole Genome Sequencing, a new technology which aims to improve diagnosis and treatment stratification, and build an unparalleled resource for medical research.

The post holder will work alongside an existing team of Genomic Practitioners and Associates based in OxGEM, and will be responsible for compassionately consenting patients and their relatives for WGS as part of their recommended clinical care. The post holder will work together with others to ensure all clinical and research paperwork follows required standards, and that samples are collated in accordance with required time frames. Training will be provided.

Please note that this is not a genetic counselling post, and does not lead to professional registration as a Genetic Counsellor. Please see GCRAB, AGNC and NSHCS websites for details on a career in Genetic Counselling in the UK. 

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

Ensuring patients and their relatives give their informed consent to have WGS in a quality, patient centred, telephone or virtual appointment that may last up to 1/2 hour

Post holder will be required to deliver 15 appointments per week on average

Providing those consented a copy of their consent documentation

Ensuring samples are received 

Working closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patients and their relatives receive the best possible care

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here  www.ouh.nhs.uk

 

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job Description

Key summary of responsibilities:

WGS Consent Clinics with patients and their relatives

Liaising with clinicians from many disciplines to facilitate WGS for their patients

Liaising with Clinical Scientists in Laboratories, and other managerial team members affiliated with WGS

Working collegiately with patients, relatives and colleagues to ensure samples are delivered and consent is correctly documented according to NHS England requirements. 

 

 

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mari Bandiola
Job title
Senior Genomic Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865851003
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