Genetic Nurse Counsellor | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 p.a Inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE11 4TH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7292302/196-NM12998 |
Summary
The post holder will work as part of an integrated team, in partnership with carers and other providers of health and social care to develop and deliver genetic counselling for pregnant women and couples with sickle cell and thalassaemic conditions/carriers in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. The post-holder will provide genetic counselling to support the antenatal, neonatal and opportunistic screening programmes. The post will include clinical practice, teaching and training, health promotion, research and audit.
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Interview Date: 24th July 2025
The post-holder will provide genetic counselling to support the antenatal, neonatal and opportunistic screening programmes. The post will include clinical practice, teaching and training, health promotion, research and audit.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We provide a comprehensive range of services for the 127,000 children and young people that live in Lambeth and Southwark. This includes
universal services – health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing, nutrition and dietetics, and a new-born hearing screening programme.
Our specialist services cover community paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complex needs nursing,
sickle cell and audiology. As well as part of statutory services including looked after children, child protection, safeguarding, and adoption and
fostering.
We have two main health centres, Mary Sheridan Centre in Lambeth and Sunshine House in Southwark but we have many more across Lambeth
and Southwark. We also provide services in schools, community buildings, in families’ homes, and occasionally in hospital. Through group
sessions and individual appointments, face-to-face and virtual, we hold over 145,000 appointments every year.
• Receive referrals from individuals, clinicians laboratories and other professionals and agencies
• Deliver expert health advice and genetic counselling to individuals with or ‘at risk’ of having a haemoglobinopathy
• Provide nurse-led genetic counselling clinic sessions at the South East London Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia Centre, and other local Health Centres/GP Practices, giving easy access to users
• Promote integrated care pathways
• Enable individuals with sickle cell and thalassaemic conditions to improve their health and reduce inequalities
• Provide input into service development
• Practice in a cost aware manner
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025