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Genetic Counsellor
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
321-MRC-6384078-B7
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Town
Oxford
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/07/2024 23:59

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Genetic Counsellor

NHS AfC: Band 7

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

We are seeking a compassionate, team oriented and dynamic Band 7 Genetic Counsellor to provide a mixture of general and cancer genetics clinics, including on call and prenatal genetics service delivery on a full time basis. The post holder will have responsibility for training and supporting newcomers to the service, as well as supporting colleagues in mainstream service. The post holder will have access to CPD, as well as quality counselling supervision in keeping with the AGNC Counselling Supervision requirements. 

Main duties of the job

 The post holder will autonomously manage a  mixed case load of Cancer Genetics and General Cases, in addition to contributing to the on call and Prenatal Service.  The post holder will be required to provide a mixture of in person, telephone and virtual appointments in Oxford and in peripheral hospitals across the region. 

OXGEM Genetic  Counsellors are an active member of Central and South GMSA and the GC team contribute to transformation projects locally and regionally. There will be opportunities to support and educate STPs and trainee genetic counsellors, as well as contribute to local and regional projects and audits.  There will be opportunities to support colleagues through registration, for those who meet the GCRB criteria. 

We welcome applications from: those who have successfully completed  the National School of Clinical Scientists STP Genomic Counselling  in September 2023 and who are registered with the HCPC; Overseas trained GCs who hold a valid Eligibility to Register Certificate    from the UK Genetic Counsellor Registration Board; and UK MSc Genetic Counselling  graduates (Cardiff,  Glasgow)  who have not yet achieved  GCRB registration. 

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 

Mixed caseload:

  • Cancer Genetics
  • General Genetics
  • Prenatal Genetics
  • Opportunities to participate in/ learn about highly specialist clinics such as neurogenetics, NF, cardiac, eye
  • Urgent/on call

Training/supervision

  • training and mentoring  Genomic Counselling STPs, and other STPs within OUH Trust
  • training and mentoring MSc Students and pre-registration GCs
  • occasional training and mentoring for GC Affiliate posts such as genomic assistant,  genomic associate and genomic practitioner.
  • training and mentoring of healthcare professionals to deliver genomic medicine in mainstream setting (primary and secondary care)

Person specification

n/a

Essential criteria
  • N/A
Desirable criteria
  • N/A

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Barbara Stayner
Job title
Consultant Genetic Counsellor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865225931
Additional information

Kathryn Lubasch

Consultant Genetic Counsellor

01865226041

[email protected]

 

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