Genomic Practitioner(XR05)

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Communication with patients outside of a clinic appointment (with supervision from Consultants & Genetic Counsellors at pre & post clinic meetings)

Support triaging done by senior colleagues

Gather family history information from families in a sensitive and caring manner to facilitate their genetic counselling assessment.

Making decisions about obtaining appropriate medical and genetic records, results and investigations, cancer confirmations (and delegating the collection of these to members of the patient pathway team)

Obtaining paediatric development information using a proforma

Facilitating safeguarding (e.g. to confirm parental responsibility for a looked-after child)

Responsibility for responding to referrals that do not require clinical contact e.g. those that do not meet referral criteria

Obtaining and/or checking appropriate permission/consent have been given as required for clinic

Monitoring outstanding records/samples/screening/investigations and actioning appropriately (and delegating administration to patient pathway team)

Elicit and accurately document patients concerns and expectations.

Identify and respond to emerging issues for the patient and family and report concerns to appropriate member of the clinical team.

Communicate with patients who are bereaved in a supportive way and signpost onto other appropriate services when appropriate, following discussion with a member of the genetic counselling team.

Manage conflict when patients demands are incompatible with professional responsibilities and resources.

Organising and obtaining familial blood or saliva samples to help confirm diagnosis in proband

Writing/supporting the creation of patient leaflets, signposting to existing resources

Facilitating patient support events

Communication with colleagues (with supervision as above)

Administrative support to the genetic counsellors and consultants

MDT coordination, collating agenda items, taking meeting minutes

Liaise with laboratory colleagues as required.

Liaise regionally, nationally and internationally with other laboratories, departments, e.g: histology, surgery, screening, midwifery, psychiatry, cardiology, cancer registry to obtain and provide information.

Discuss cases with ethical complexity with colleagues where appropriate.

Organising patient days, educational events for Genetic Counsellors

Education coordination (administrative)

Patient Care (Working under supervision of clinical team)

Obtain patient records, any results and other information as requested.

Assist in the running and organisation of general and specialist genetics clinics across the region.

Ensure that the views of patients or those speaking on their behalf are heard and that complaints, both formal and informal, are received courteously and responded to promptly according to Trust guidelines.

Ensure equity of access to information and risk assessment by identifying extra support for patients whose English may not be their first language or who have a disability and may require additional support e.g. use of interpreters, involvement of learning disability nurse specialist.

May be required to undertake venepuncture, height / weight / blood pressure measurements after receiving appropriate training.

Obtain record of patient choice/consent (not having the full consent conversation, but recording that it has been taken)

Assisting in specialist clinics as required, e.g. Inherited Cardiac Conditions, Prenatal Genetics, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, specialist cancer clinics.

Attending clinic with the doctor or specialist genetic counsellor as required, and as appropriate to: take blood/saliva samples, assist with clinical examinations, take blood pressure and ECGs,, act as a chaperone.

Planning & Organisation

The post holder will provide support for specialty clinics, and with supervision from consultants & genetic counsellors will be responsible for:

Assisting in the preparation of selected referrals prior to clinic.

Taking full pedigree information.

Obtaining paediatric development information using a proforma.

Obtaining all relevant clinical and laboratory information, including consent forms and medical records of relatives as needed.

Co-ordinating MDT clinics under supervision of senior colleagues, collating agenda items, taking meeting minutes.

Monitoring outstanding records/samples/screening and actioning appropriately.

Facilitating patient access in more complex scenarios and auditing/improving systems to improve patient access.

Providing administrative support for Clinical Geneticists and Genetic Counsellors.

Responsible for appropriate and specific departmental tasks e.g. fire warden, health and safety officer, first aider.

Ensuring clinic rooms are fully stocked, clean and presentable, adhering to LTHT Infection Control Policy.

Participating in checking departmental emergency resuscitation equipment and replacing expired / used resuscitation equipment.

Assisting in monitoring and auditing of infection control within the department, and participating in other departmental audits.

Working under supervision of clinical team & recognise limits of role and escalate queries appropriately.

Information Resources

Ensure that all clinical documents are up-to-date, accurate, legible and appropriately filed.

Use word processing skills to accurately send patient standard and non-standard letters and other communications as appropriate.

Accurately record data on patient information systems and use in-house databases.

Create databases or spreadsheets using computerised systems. These may include recall of complex cancer genetic screening requirements e.g. Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome / hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a clinical healthcare setting
• Confidence in dealing with staff, patients and the general public.
• Ability to cope with distressed individuals.
• Demonstrate Computer literacy & use of IT skills including e-mail, Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

Desirable

• Health care experience
• Familiarity with electronic health records, databases, word processing, electronic calendars.
• Fluent in another language

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to reflect on own practice, including through the formal supervision process.
• Alignment with LTHT core values and behaviours.
• Empathic demeanour.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure
• An appreciation of the impact of inherited disease on patients and their families.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse, Childrens nurse, Health Visitor or midwife with a degree in nursing
• OR:-
• Science/biology/genetics graduate
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Counselling Certificate
• Experience of working within an NHS hospital.
• Basic Genetics Course
• or Genetic related training/experience.

Other criteria

Essential

• Phlebotomy (or be willing to be trained)
• Adult and paediatric blood sampling
• Ability to travel to peripheral hospital sites adhering to LTHT information governance policies

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Chapel Allerton Hospital

Chapeltown Road

Leeds

LS7 4SA

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)