Job overview
The Genetic Risk Equity Midwife will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver high quality care by supporting managers and staff across the maternity service.
The Genetic Risk Equity Midwife will proactively work with women from Pakistani ethnic groups to encourage a greater level of genetic testing/awareness /literacy among families where consanguineous related genetic disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families thereby enable informed reproductive decision-making.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practising close relative marriage with a family history of a genetic disorder to enable empowered and timely decision making.
- Ensure timely referrals to the genetic service to ensure women have opportunity to understand their risks and the options available to them in a pregnancy.
- Empower women to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive way.
- Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with autosomal recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage.
- Establish the role within the midwifery team and be a point of contact and/or referral for other midwives.
Support the development of and maintenance of collaborative working, including to:
- Ensure a common understanding of genetic risk
- Promote the use of standardised resources and materials
- Support the development of joint ways of working across maternity, clinical genetics, health visiting and general practice
- Ensure learning is shared with the maternity team
- Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively.
- Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- See attached job description
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.
Person specification
Communication
Essential
- Communication
Desirable
- Communication
application and interview
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Clear Communicator
- Independent thinker
Desirable
- Fluent in Urdu
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This advert is for Genetic Risk Equity Midwife with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Lancashire Womens and Newborn Centre, Burnley General Hospital. It is listed as a Band 6 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 9 months (Shama Abbas has moved to a Band 7 position leaving a 22.5 hour vacancy for this post). The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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