# Genomic Assistant - Cancer Triage

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum/pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Ending 06.09.27 (approximately 12 months))
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (While some home working possible, post holder required to be present on site 3 to 4 days per week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T07:40:41.194Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Genetics/Clinical_Genetics-v8273189
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8273189?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Locum Band 3 Genomic Assistant (Cancer Triage)

The Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine is seeking a collegiate, organised and compassionate individual to join our Cancer Triage service as a Genomic Assistant. The successful post holder will play a pivotal support role in helping our service prepare and assess patients' risk for hereditary cancer prior to appointment with a Genetic Counsellor/Clinical Geneticist or a letter from a Senior Genomics Nurse.

The post holder will be key in coordinating referrals and quality assessing medical family history diagrams, arranging blood samples for DNA storage, and requesting relevant medical documents from hospitals and the UK Cancer Registry in accordance with GDPR and guidance from the British Society for Genomic Medicine.

The post is ideal for an individual who wishes to develop towards becoming a Genomic Practitioner, and potentially more senior clinical positions in clinical genetics accordance with career progression regulations and guidance published on AGNC, GCRAB and NSHCS websites. However, this post does not lead to registration as a Genetic Counsellor with either the HCPC or AHCS.

Full time- Monday to Friday Office hours

### Main duties of the job

* Drawing and/or quality checking medical family history drawings using software (Pedigree assistant/Phenotips) based on patient provided information.

* Organising DNA storage for patients or their relatives with advanced cancer

* Under direct supervision of a Senior Genomic Nurse, requesting medical confirmations of cancer diagnoses from pathology laboratories, medical records and the UK cancer registry in accordance with GDPR and the British Society for Genomic Medicine

* Under direct supervision of a Senior Genomic Nurse, providing pre and post clinic support to Genetic Counsellors and Clinical Geneticists.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for information about the role of Band 3 Genomic Assistant- Cancer Triage

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

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## Documents

- [job description genomic assistant (pdf, 170.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588714)
- [person specification genomic assistant (pdf, 115.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588715)

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