Job summary
The National Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Service
The national Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) service is a specialist quaternary service for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with rare, monogenic types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
The EDS Service aims to:
- correctly diagnose and investigate rare, monogenic types of EDS in children and adults.
- discuss with referrers about diagnosis and management of individuals with rare EDS, encouraging appropriate referral to the clinic and ongoing care.
- deal with complex results for patients investigated by other specialities
- closely collaborate with genetic laboratories
- be available to advise patients with regards to their ongoing care in the context of their diagnosis, (improving their quality of life and reducing risk of complications).
- be available to advise health care professionals
- offer follow-up specific rare types of EDS. This may be through contact with genetic counsellors or for example, in joint cardiovascular clinics.
- Be innovative and improve the service through service development including developing guidelines and pathways of care for the different types of EDS, as well as involvement in clinical governance and audit such as patient satisfaction surveys.
- facilitate and initiate clinical and translational research projects a part of the ongoing HRA/REC approved NEEDS (Natural history of rare EDS types) study to improve care for patients with rare types of EDS, including international collaborations.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be required to see both children and adults in the EDS service and will also be required to attend several MDTs. The appointee will need to show some flexibility in accordance with the demands of the service and be able to provide both face-to-face and virtual clinic consultations.
The appointee will be able to develop and provide inherited connective tissue clinics and is expected to be involved in research. The successful appointee will be involved in supervising trainees and teaching in a clinical setting. Experience of formal teaching would be welcomed. The appointee may require a degree of flexibility on the working days in the week.
RegardingDirect Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): SPA sessions should include management, clinical audit, CPD activity, research, and teaching. For this post, allocated SPA time is as a ratio of 7.5 (DCC): 2.5 (SPA). If these sessions are not occupied with such activities, it is expected that they will be allocated to clinical duties.
About us
North West Thames Regional Genetics Service
The EDS service is co-located with the North West Thames Regional Genetic Service (NWTRGS) in Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals. This Service is commissioned to provide specialized Clinical Genetics services to a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse population of 6.9 million people in north-west metropolitan London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Middlesex.
Clinical service delivery
Several high-profile teaching and specialist hospitals fall within this region, including St. Mary's, Hammersmith, and Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospitals (Imperial College Healthcare Trust) and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals.
Academic
Our local academic partner is Imperial College London, which has an international reputation for education and research. There are active collaborations with the Genetics and Genomics section, through shared BRC funding. ICL Genomic Medicine and the MRC Molecular Medicine unit are co-located with the Hammersmith Hospital. The MSc in Human Molecular Genetics, to which NWTRGS contributes, is delivered from this site.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH)
LNWUH cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more details regarding the role and responsibilities of this job, please refer to the job description.
*JD is still pending Royal College approval. *
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more details regarding the role and responsibilities of this job, please refer to the job description.
*JD is still pending Royal College approval. *
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry on GMS Specialist Register
Desirable
- oMD, PhD, or MSc relevant to Clinical Genetics
- oBSc in Genetics of Biological Sciences
Registration
Essential
- oOn GMC registered Medical Practitioner GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of CCT
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- oThorough knowledge and implementation of GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
- oEvidence of experience/interest in inherited connective tissue conditions and cardiovascular genetics
- oGood working relationships and communication with patients
- oGood working relationships and communication with colleagues
- oGood teaching and training experience
Desirable
- oNHS experience within the last 3 years
Teaching
Essential
- oExperience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
- oEvidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research
Management and Audit
Essential
- oUnderstanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
- oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- oAbility to organise research and work within research
- oAbility to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
- oIT skills and computer literacy
- oUnderstanding and experience of audit
Desirable
- oEvidence of service audit, design or change management.
- oLeadership skills
- oKnowledge of finance/budgets
- oAbility to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Research/ publications
Essential
- oKnowledge of research methodology
- oPublications in peer review journals
- oPresentations to learned societies
Desirable
- oEvidence of contribution to research projects and grant applications
- oEvidence of interest in (translational) rare disease research
Language
Essential
- oAre able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Personal skills
Essential
- oEnergy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- oAn enquiring and critical approach to work.
- oCaring attitude to patients.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
- oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
- oCommitment to deliver a high-quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry on GMS Specialist Register
Desirable
- oMD, PhD, or MSc relevant to Clinical Genetics
- oBSc in Genetics of Biological Sciences
Registration
Essential
- oOn GMC registered Medical Practitioner GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of CCT
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- oThorough knowledge and implementation of GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
- oEvidence of experience/interest in inherited connective tissue conditions and cardiovascular genetics
- oGood working relationships and communication with patients
- oGood working relationships and communication with colleagues
- oGood teaching and training experience
Desirable
- oNHS experience within the last 3 years
Teaching
Essential
- oExperience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
- oEvidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research
Management and Audit
Essential
- oUnderstanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
- oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- oAbility to organise research and work within research
- oAbility to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
- oIT skills and computer literacy
- oUnderstanding and experience of audit
Desirable
- oEvidence of service audit, design or change management.
- oLeadership skills
- oKnowledge of finance/budgets
- oAbility to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Research/ publications
Essential
- oKnowledge of research methodology
- oPublications in peer review journals
- oPresentations to learned societies
Desirable
- oEvidence of contribution to research projects and grant applications
- oEvidence of interest in (translational) rare disease research
Language
Essential
- oAre able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Personal skills
Essential
- oEnergy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- oAn enquiring and critical approach to work.
- oCaring attitude to patients.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
- oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
- oCommitment to deliver a high-quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice
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).
