Genomic Practitioner

Band 5

**Main area**
- Clinical Genetics
- **Grade**
- Band 5
- **Contract**
- Fixed term: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 164-5135272**Site**
- City Campus
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- Per annum
- **Closing**
- 04/05/2023 23:59Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurse (General or Children's) _or_ Graduate with appropriate qualifications and experience to join our well established Regional Clinical Genetics Service, based at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. These fixed term posts would be ideal for someone wishing to gain experience of working in a Genetics service.

Please see the Person Specification for further details of eligibility.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Our service provides outpatient services across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. The role will involve gathering family history information from families by telephone in a sensitive and caring manner to facilitate their genetic counselling assessment; arranging blood tests; supporting clinicians in obtaining informed consent for WGS genetic testing and contacting other professionals for further information.

The post-holder will be expected to work closely alongside our multidisciplinary team to assist in running our clinics in an effective and time-sensitive manner, and also to contribute to good governance and other core service roles, e.g. auditing or maintenance of resuscitation equipment.

Working for our organisation

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UKs largest acute teaching Trusts, delivering an exceptional range of patient care, teaching, research and regional tertiary services.

The Nottingham Genetics service and the genetic counselling team is actively engaged in a range of educational and service development initiatives across the region. We are partners in the East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA) and Genomic Laboratory Hub together with Leicester and Cambridge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will be based in Clinical Genetics' main administrative site at Nottingham's City Hospital campus. A proportion of remote working is anticipated.

Please see the Job Description for further details

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- Nursing / Other relevant Degree
- Equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
- Signficant post-qualification experience at Band 5 (or AHP equivalent) in a patient/client-facing setting
- Confidence in dealing with staff, patients and the general public.

Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a Regional Clinical Genetics department
- Familiarity with electronic health records systems

Communication

Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal, writing & telephone skills
- An appreciation of the impact of inherited disease on patients and their families.
- An ability to work alone and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
- _________________________________________

Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the **Occupational Health Department **confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I und