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Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Must have worked as a Genetic Counsellor in a Regional Clinical Genomics Service
- Experience
Evidence of continuous professional development
- Personal Attributes
Resilient
- Personal Attributes
Ability to problem solve with innovation and creativity
- Personal Attributes
Ability to travel across region
- Qualifications & Learning
Current Genetic Counsellor Registration with the AHCS or HCPC
- Qualifications & Learning
All qualified nurses/midwives/health visitors must maintain current Registration with the NMC
- Qualifications & Learning
A knowledge of genetics obtained through graduate/post-graduate courses
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Ability to work autonomously and manage an independent clinical caseload.
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Ability to demonstrate initiative
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Proven ability to work as part of a team and to build up and maintain positive working relationships.
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Good interpersonal skills
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Sensitivity to confidential and/or difficult situations
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Flexibility
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Ability to work under pressure
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Ability to analyse research findings to inform practice development
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Knowledge of a broad range of genetic conditions
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Evidence of participation in research & audit projects
- Qualifications & Learning
Evidence of formal training in teaching
- Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Experience of teaching
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to join the genetic counselling team at the Liverpool Centre for Genomic Medicine. The team is flexible, responsive and patient focused and would welcome the addition of a genetic counsellor who is registered with the Academy of Health Care Scientists (GCRAB) or Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) . We may consider offering a band 6 post to individuals who are not yet registered with the ACHS or HCPC. The service is based at, and managed by the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, serving the patients of the Cheshire and Merseyside region.
Main duties of the job
This is a challenging, autonomous role and you will be responsible for your own caseload providing genetic counselling to families for a broad range of conditions to include paediatrics, adult, prenatal, fetal medicine, cancer predisposition and predictive testing. You will also be expected to participate in research, audit, teaching and education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a member of the team, contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, high quality, specialist genetic counselling service for a population of 2.8 million in the Cheshire and Merseyside Region. To ensure that families referred receive a service which is caring, and scientifically and diagnostically up-to-date.
To act as an educational resource, both to the wider health care system and to trainees in clinical genetics and genetic counselling.
To practice within the ethical guidelines of the Genetic Counsellor Registration Board and, in addition, qualified nurses must adhere to the code of professional conduct as per the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- To carry out the duties and responsibilities of a genetic counsellor with the aim of helping patients and families: comprehend the medical facts, including the diagnosis, probable course of the disorder and the available management;
- Appreciate the way heredity contributes to the disorder, and the risk of recurrence in specified relatives;
- Understand the options (including genetic testing) for dealing with the risk;
- Choose the course of action most appropriate for them;
- Make the best possible adjustment to the disorder/risk of the disorder.
For more details please refer to the the job description and person specification attached.
Applicant requirements
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.
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This advert is for Genetic Counsellor with Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Genetic counsellor role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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