# Consultant in Clinical Genetics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-clinical-genetics/eaffa890-a98b-4886-a341-e0ce7fc0e3a0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-clinical-genetics/eaffa890-a98b-4886-a341-e0ce7fc0e3a0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Clinical Genetics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £114,099 - £166,585 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T15:52:06.054Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Whitchurch_Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Clinical_Genetics/Clinical_Genetics-v8023688 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8023688?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for the full-time post of Consultant in Clinical Genetics (Cancer) based at the Wales Genomics Health Centre/Canolfan Iechyd Genomig Cymru in Cardiff but with the requirement to travel to deliver clinics across the Wales. The All Wales Medical Genetics Service (AWMGS) provides clinical genetics services to over 3 million residents of Wales from three bases – Cardiff, Swansea and North Wales – offering mainly outpatient based service. The service provides a comprehensive clinical genetics and laboratory service. Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements. Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected  CCT date at the time of interview. You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £114,099 - £166,585 per annum. Applicants must ensure they provide the names and contact details of referees covering at least the last three years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will provide outpatient care (including risk assessment and surveillance) for patients and their families with cancer/cancer predisposition syndromes in South Wales, correspondence with patients and colleagues, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings input into variant interpretation, teaching and research (where applicable). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details Applications are invited for the full-time post of Consultant in Clinical Genetics (Cancer) based at the Wales Genomics Health Centre/Canolfan Iechyd Genomig Cymru in Cardiff but with the requirement to travel to deliver clinics across the Wales. The All Wales Medical Genetics Service (AWMGS) provides clinical genetics services to over 3 million residents of Wales from three bases – Cardiff, Swansea and North Wales – offering mainly outpatient based service. The service provides a comprehensive clinical genetics and laboratory service. Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements. Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected CCT date at the time of interview. You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £114,099 - £166,585 per annum. Applicants must ensure they provide the names and contact details of referees covering at least the last three years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee. ## Job Description The successful applicant will provide outpatient care (including risk assessment and surveillance) for patients and their families with cancer/cancer predisposition syndromes in South Wales, correspondence with patients and colleagues, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings input into variant interpretation, teaching and research (where applicable). ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice - Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance - Evidence of engagement with revalidation ### Ability **Essential** - Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working - Counselling and communication skills **Desirable** - Computing skills ### Research **Essential** - Evidence of participation in and contribution to research projects **Desirable** - Evidence of leading, initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication ### Teaching **Essential** - Evidence of teaching medical/dental students, junior doctors and other allied health professionals **Desirable** - Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate training and significant experience in Clinical Cancer Genetics - Appropriate laboratory experience ### Management **Essential** - Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process **Desirable** - Evidence of management training ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC/GDC Registration with a licence to practise - MRCP or MRCPCH or equivalent qualification - On Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT due within six months of interview date **Desirable** - Postgraduate qualification e.g. MD/PhD ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Evidence of ability to work both in a team and alone - Values aligned to those of the Health Board ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 656.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10310475) - [oh functional requirement form (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10310476) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2852) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 2.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2851) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.