Genetic Counsellor

Job overview

The North East Thames Regional Genetics Service is seeking a Registered Genetic Counsellor to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of high-quality genetic counselling for patients and families across the NE Thames region.

About the Role

You will:

• Provide expert genetic counselling for individuals and families referred to the service, across cancer, rare disease and prenatal genetics, delivered through virtual clinics or face-to-face appointments across the region. The focus of this role will be rare-disease and prenatal genetics.
• Support patients through complex decision-making processes, including diagnostic testing, predictive testing, carrier screening, and reproductive planning.
• Work closely with the wider genetic counselling team, clinical geneticists, administrative personnel, laboratory scientists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure integrated patient care.
• Contribute to service development, audit, and education initiatives within the department.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary meetings and regional collaborations.

Main duties of the job

About You

• For appointment at Band 7 you should be a registered GC with the Academy for Healthcare Science , Health and Care Professionals Council  or recognised overseas registration body with a reciprocity agreement in place with GC Registration Advisory Board.
• Strong communication and empathetic counselling skills.
• Experience / interest in rare disease and/or prenatal genetics is desirable.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced clinical environment and to ability to promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of the genetics service.

Our Population

What We Offer

• Professional Development: Access to structured CPD, mentorship and opportunities to attend a wide range of conferences and  opportunities
• Innovation & Research: Opportunities to recruit families to research and to contribute to service development initiatives
• Education & Teaching: Involvement in training healthcare professionals and students with links to academic institutions
• Supportive Environment: A supportive and collaborative team culture that values wellbeing and diversity
• Hybrid Working: We have hybrid working arrangements agreed with the team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.