Consultant Clinical Geneticist

The successful applicant will join a thriving Clinical Genetics Service caring for the largest population served by a single Clinical Genetics department in the UK (over 6 million people, with considerable diversity and a substantial minority ethnic population).  The Clinical Genetics service is part of a comprehensive Genomics service co-located and working collaboratively with the West Midlands Genomics Laboratory, part of the Central and South Genomic Laboratory Hub.    The size and nature of the population and the close relationship with the GLH and several local universities, offer excellent opportunities for clinical research and service development.  We are an active training centre for both Clinical Geneticists and Genetic Counsellors.

The Clinical Genetics Department sits within the Medicine Division, one of 3 Divisions within the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, providing family-centric care for the West Midlands.  The Clinical Director is a member of the Trust Management Board. The service benefits from an established operational management team enabling development of the service in line with NHSE, Trust and wider strategic priorities while keeping patient care at the heart of all decisions.

The post-holder will support a clinical genetics service with 9 clinic sessions per month in line with professional guidance for the specialty. These will include dysmorphology, general paediatric and adult genetics and fetal medicine referrals from specific areas in the West Midlands region.

Clinic sessions take place in the Birmingham area and in regional centres across the West Midlands. As referral patterns fluctuate, and the aim is to maintain waiting times within national targets, the post requires some flexibility to ensure equity of service delivery across the region, and therefore individuals’ clinic patterns may be reviewed and revised periodically.

The successful candidate will be working in a large department with numerous well-developed areas of sub-specialty expertise.  Alongside the team of Clinical Geneticists, the clinical service is delivered by a large, well-established team of Genetic Counsellors with a range of specialist practice, an expanding team of Genomic Associates and Practitioners and an experienced administrative team.  There is a culture of mutual support and respect for complimentary skills within the West Midlands Clinical Genomics Service, enabling a truly multidisciplinary and patient centred approach which enables professional satisfaction and wellbeing. 

• Full GMC Registration. MRCP or equivalent.
• Entry on the Specialist Register in Clinical Genetics (or entry expected within 6 months from the date of the interview)
• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) by the time of interview, you may apply if your CESR application has been submitted and you will be on Specialist Register by the interview date, if this is not done by the date of interview you won’t meet the essential criteria and therefore can’t be interviewed for the substantive role
• Broad experience in Clinical Genetics
• Evidence of participation in research
• Interest and experience in audit
• Involvement in clinical governance
• Motivated team player and aptitude for leading a team
• Show empathy with patients
• Interest in developing the service
• A flexible approach
• Good time management
• Well organised
• Able to attend peripheral clinics by car or public transport

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.