Job summary
Employer heading
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.
Person specification
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Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mari Bandiola
- Job title
- Senior Genomic Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865851003
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