Job summary
Specialist Ambulatory Services Directorate
Clinical Genetics, 7th Floor, Borough Wing, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital
Consultant in General - 0.6WTE (permanent) with top up to 1.0 WTE (temporary)
The Genetics Centre at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, forward thinking colleague to join a dynamic and growing Consultant team. You should have extensive clinical, training, and teaching experience in General Clinical Genetics. The department has a strategic ambition to integrate genomics across the organisation and to provide opportunities for the successful candidate to develop an area of special interest.
We expect the successful candidate to demonstrate a well-rounded clinical and teaching experience in general genetics and genomics, and deliver a high-quality clinical work in outpatient and in-patient setting, as well as to participate in, mainly virtual, multidisciplinary team working.
The successful candidate will join a highly motivated, enthusiastic, innovation favouring, friendly and supportive team. We will encourage our new colleague to develop specialist expertise, or to continue to build on the experience they have already mastered, in an area of interest which preferably, but not exclusively, complements departmental existing strengths.
The job description is yet to be approved by Royal College approval (RCP Ref. 2290016190).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Lead for Clinical Genetics.
Please see the attached job description for further information regarding the main duties of this role.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Offer expertise in General Genetics and take a key role in decision-making about complex clinical issues, ensuring a high standard of patient care and to contribute to service developments.
- Undertake general clinics at Guys Hospital and at out-reach clinics to provide diagnosis and genetic counselling for patients and their families referred to the department.
- Participate in the regular on-call rota handling triage and urgent clinical queries.
- Liaise with colleagues in other Regional Genetics Centres about the management of extended families.
- Have a specialist interest within genetics, and if not to develop one with support from the department.
- Attend general clinical genetics related MDT meetings on a regular basis.
- Facilitate the training and supervision of newly appointed clinicians and trainees.
- Help drive the agenda to mainstream the clinical genetics service through innovation and interaction with other specialists and academic partners.
- Liaise with the laboratories to support whole exome/whole genome sequencing (WES/WGS) in clinical practice and with clinicians from other specialties where appropriate as well as to facilitate validation of results from research studies
- Support Genomic Medicine at GSTT for phenotyping of patients identified in research studies, and feedback of results, offering cascade screening and prenatal testing/PGT to parents and relatives where appropriate.
- Contribute to regular teaching commitments at both post and undergraduate levels, and for members of other health care professions across GSTT and the wider region.
- Contribute to the departmental clinical governance programme through audit projects, academic seminars, support group meetings and journal clubs, which are attended by all members of the clinical team.
- Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance. There will be opportunities for involvement with cutting-edge research and also to bring other studies onto the research portfolio. The post has no out-of-hours on-call responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Offer expertise in General Genetics and take a key role in decision-making about complex clinical issues, ensuring a high standard of patient care and to contribute to service developments.
- Undertake general clinics at Guys Hospital and at out-reach clinics to provide diagnosis and genetic counselling for patients and their families referred to the department.
- Participate in the regular on-call rota handling triage and urgent clinical queries.
- Liaise with colleagues in other Regional Genetics Centres about the management of extended families.
- Have a specialist interest within genetics, and if not to develop one with support from the department.
- Attend general clinical genetics related MDT meetings on a regular basis.
- Facilitate the training and supervision of newly appointed clinicians and trainees.
- Help drive the agenda to mainstream the clinical genetics service through innovation and interaction with other specialists and academic partners.
- Liaise with the laboratories to support whole exome/whole genome sequencing (WES/WGS) in clinical practice and with clinicians from other specialties where appropriate as well as to facilitate validation of results from research studies
- Support Genomic Medicine at GSTT for phenotyping of patients identified in research studies, and feedback of results, offering cascade screening and prenatal testing/PGT to parents and relatives where appropriate.
- Contribute to regular teaching commitments at both post and undergraduate levels, and for members of other health care professions across GSTT and the wider region.
- Contribute to the departmental clinical governance programme through audit projects, academic seminars, support group meetings and journal clubs, which are attended by all members of the clinical team.
- Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance. There will be opportunities for involvement with cutting-edge research and also to bring other studies onto the research portfolio. The post has no out-of-hours on-call responsibilities.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited in Clinical Genetics/eligible for entry on Register or within 6 months of receipt of (CCST) in Clinical Genetics, at time of interview (appointment on condition of being accredited).
- Full GMC registration
- MRCP/MRCPCH
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in general clinical genetics
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of inherited diseases and genetic issues
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Sub speciality expertise in rare diseases and trials to complement the clinical genetics service repertoire
- Experience of training junior staff
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Ability to advise and contribute to planning of service developments
- Experience of audit management
- Knowledge of Equal Opportunity issues, especially within the field of health provision and education
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Ability to manage people and resources
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and, postgraduate training
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Evidence of past and active research activity
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to undertake research, especially in support of service advancements
- Teaching qualification
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited in Clinical Genetics/eligible for entry on Register or within 6 months of receipt of (CCST) in Clinical Genetics, at time of interview (appointment on condition of being accredited).
- Full GMC registration
- MRCP/MRCPCH
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in general clinical genetics
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of inherited diseases and genetic issues
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Sub speciality expertise in rare diseases and trials to complement the clinical genetics service repertoire
- Experience of training junior staff
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Ability to advise and contribute to planning of service developments
- Experience of audit management
- Knowledge of Equal Opportunity issues, especially within the field of health provision and education
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Ability to manage people and resources
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and, postgraduate training
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Evidence of past and active research activity
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to undertake research, especially in support of service advancements
- Teaching qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
