Genetic Counsellor

1 week ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Clinical Genetics Service at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust are delighted to invite applicants for afull time, permanent Band 7 Genetic Counsellor postto join our friendly and dedicated team.


Our clinical service covers a broad region from Gloucestershire to Somerset with peripheral units in Gloucester, Bath and Taunton and a central base in Bristol.

We are a key partner in the South West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance.

Location - Abbots House and St Michaels Hospital, UHBW main site.

  • The role will require the individual to provide a high quality genetic counselling service at a regional specialist level using national and local guidelines, helping individuals and families with genetic disorders to:
  • Comprehend the medical facts, including the diagnosis, probable course of the disorder, and the available management.
  • Appreciate the way in which heredity contributes to the disorder, and the risk of recurrence in specified relatives.
  • Understand the alternatives for dealing with the risk of recurrence.
  • Help the patients choose the course of action which seems to them most appropriate.
  • To act as an educational resource to the wider health care system in relation to clinical genetics, genetic counselling and mainstreaming of genomic medicine.
  • To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing genetic counselling for patients referred to discuss a broad range of hereditary conditions. The caseload will be mixed and may encompass cancer, cardiac, neurogenetic, renal, prenatal and general genetics cases and will include participation in our onduty genetic counselling rota to manage urgent referrals and enquiries.
  • Patients may be seen in hospital clinics, on the ward, in GP surgeries, and rarely on homevisits. Genetic counselling via telephone or virtual appointments will also be offered as appropriate.
  • Clinic delivery will include both central and peripheral clinics.


For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

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