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Main area
Inherited Cardiac Conditions
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Fixed term: 3 years (.)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office hours, weekdays only)
Job ref
321-MRC-6395954-B4
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
John Radcliffe Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/07/2024 23:59

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Genomic Associate

NHS AfC: Band 4

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

 

The Oxford Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) Service provides multidisciplinary cardiology care and genetic counselling for those families at risk of or affected by Inherited Cardiac Conditions

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Band 4 Genomic Associate to join our team. Your main role will be to support the team with collecting family history and medical information from patients under supervision of the Cardiac Genetic Counsellors and Inherited Cardiac Conditions nurses. You should have an excellent telephone manner, organisational and communication skills, experience in a caring role and an ability to work autonomously. Genetics and/or cardiology education or experience is an asset, however appropriate training will be provided.

 

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are to:

  • Assist the high quality Inherited Cardiac Conditions Service in providing a high standard of care at regional specialist level covering Oxfordshire and surrounding counties and wider. 
  • Aid the timely management of individuals and families referred to the Inherited Cardiac Conditions service by gathering family history and medical information, under supervision of the Cardiac Genetic Counsellors and Inherited Cardiac Conditions nurses.
  • Assist in the provision of information and support to patients referred to the Inherited Cardiac Conditions Service.

Working for our organisation

The Inherited Cardiac Conditions team a growing and supportive team with close links with research and a forward-thinking mindset. We are a close team consisting of genetic counsellors, specialist nurses, cardiologists, a geneticist and administration staff. We support flexible working and are passionate about the OUH Trust vision of ‘Delivering Compassionate Excellence’.

Oxford is a beautiful, lively and historic city with many outdoor activities available in the surrounding Cotswolds. It is an exciting time to be involved in genetics and genomics in the NHS and this post allows the opportunity to work in a genomics role in an experienced mainstream setting. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide clinical assistance, as appropriate, to the Genetic Counselling team including:

  • arranging collection of blood and other samples

  • assisting and leading (in defined areas) of cardiac risk assessment

  • liaising with national/international clinical genetics services when needed

  • providing sensitive telephone contact with patients to elicit further history

  • using family history software

Person specification

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Essential criteria
  • Add "2" for Interview, "0" for Rejected

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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
Smrithi Devaiah
Job title
Principal Genetic Counsellor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 234673
Additional information

Laura Medicoff [email protected]

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