Consultant Clinical Genetics interest in rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Ealing; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Consultant Clinical Genetics specialist to join their team, focusing on rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes. The role involves diagnosing and managing patients, conducting research, and teaching. The successful candidate will work in a collaborative environment, contributing to service development and clinical governance.

Qualifications

• Entry on GMS Specialist Register required.
• Experience/interest in inherited connective tissue conditions and cardiovascular genetics.

Responsibilities

• See both children and adults in the EDS service.
• Involved in supervising trainees and teaching in a clinical setting.
• Attend several MDTs and provide both face-to-face and virtual consultations.

Skills

Teaching

Communication

Research

Education

MD, PhD, or MSc relevant to Clinical Genetics

BSc in Genetics or Biological Sciences

Job description

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Consultant Clinical Genetics interest in rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

The closing date is 15 June 2025

The National Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Service

The national Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) service is a specialist quaternary service for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with rare, monogenic types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

The EDS Service aims to:

• correctly diagnose and investigate rare, monogenic types of EDS in children and adults.
• discuss with referrers about diagnosis and management of individuals with rare EDS, encouraging appropriate referral to the clinic and ongoing care.
• deal with complex results for patients investigated by other specialities
• closely collaborate with genetic laboratories
• be available to advise patients with regards to their ongoing care in the context of their diagnosis, (improving their quality of life and reducing risk of complications).
• be available to advise health care professionals
• offer follow-up specific rare types of EDS. This may be through contact with genetic counsellors or for example, in joint cardiovascular clinics.
• Be innovative and improve the service through service development including developing guidelines and pathways of care for the different types of EDS, as well as involvement in clinical governance and audit such as patient satisfaction surveys.
• facilitate and initiate clinical and translational research projects a part of the ongoing HRA/REC approved NEEDS (Natural history of rare EDS types) study to improve care for patients with rare types of EDS, including international collaborations.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be required to see both children and adults in the EDS service and will also be required to attend several MDTs. The appointee will need to show some flexibility in accordance with the demands of the service and be able to provide both face-to-face and virtual clinic consultations.

The appointee will be able to develop and provide inherited connective tissue clinics and is expected to be involved in research. The successful appointee will be involved in supervising trainees and teaching in a clinical setting. Experience of formal teaching would be welcomed. The appointee may require a degree of flexibility on the working days in the week.

RegardingDirect Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): SPA sessions should include management, clinical audit, CPD activity, research, and teaching. For this post, allocated SPA time is as a ratio of 7.5 (DCC): 2.5 (SPA). If these sessions are not occupied with such activities, it is expected that they will be allocated to clinical duties.

About us

North West Thames Regional Genetics Service

The EDS service is co-located with the North West Thames Regional Genetic Service (NWTRGS) in Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals. This Service is commissioned to provide specialized Clinical Genetics services to a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse population of 6.9 million people in north-west metropolitan London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Middlesex.

Several high-profile teaching and specialist hospitals fall within this region, including St. Mary's, Hammersmith, and Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospitals (Imperial College Healthcare Trust) and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals.

Our local academic partner is Imperial College London, which has an international reputation for education and research. There are active collaborations with the Genetics and Genomics section, through shared BRC funding. ICL Genomic Medicine and the MRC Molecular Medicine unit are co-located with the Hammersmith Hospital. The MSc in Human Molecular Genetics, to which NWTRGS contributes, is delivered from this site.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH)

LNWUH cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Job responsibilities

For more details regarding the role and responsibilities of this job, please refer to the job description.

*JD is still pending Royal College approval. *

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oEntry on GMS Specialist Register
• oMD, PhD, or MSc relevant to Clinical Genetics
• oBSc in Genetics of Biological Sciences

Registration

• oOn GMC registered Medical Practitioner GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of CCT

Knowledge and Expertise

• oThorough knowledge and implementation of GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• oEvidence of experience/interest in inherited connective tissue conditions and cardiovascular genetics
• oGood working relationships and communication with patients
• oGood working relationships and communication with colleagues
• oGood teaching and training experience
• oNHS experience within the last 3 years

Teaching

• oExperience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
• oEvidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research

Management and Audit

• oUnderstanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
• oAbility to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• oAbility to organise research and work within research
• oAbility to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
• oIT skills and computer literacy
• oUnderstanding and experience of audit
• oEvidence of service audit, design or change management.
• oKnowledge of finance/budgets
• oAbility to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.

Research/ publications

• oKnowledge of research methodology
• oPublications in peer review journals
• oPresentations to learned societies
• oEvidence of contribution to research projects and grant applications
• oEvidence of interest in (translational) rare disease research

Language

• oAre able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Personal skills

• oEnergy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
• oAn enquiring and critical approach to work.
• oCaring attitude to patients.
• oAbility to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
• oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
• oCommitment to deliver a high-quality service with patient welfare at forefront of practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust