Job summary
Would you like to play a part in bringing the benefits of
genomic medicine to patients?
This is a novel
opportunity to inform and shape patient care and cancer services to incorporate
genomic healthcare across the East of England Cancer Alliance geography.
Over the next ten years, the NHS plans to routinely offer genomic testing
to all people with cancer for whom it would be of clinical benefit and it is
expected that most future cancer therapies will be targeted to tumours based on
specific genomic and other biomarkers.
Pathways will need to be redesigned to enable for example the collection
of biopsies for cancer genomics early in the diagnosis pathway so as to ensure
the timely return of genomic test results to inform clinical care and decision
making.
Furthermore, genomics will be routinely used in the healthy population
to accurately predict the risk of cancer within national screening programmes
for at-risk populations.
To meet
these challenges in the East of England the Cancer Alliance is funding a team
of Genomic Clinical Practitioners aligned to the East
Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA), the Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH) and
the East of England Medical Genetics Service (MGS) that will facilitate,
support, and engage with primary and secondary care colleagues to develop
pathways and embed genomic testing and advice for all service users in cancer
care. This regional service will help to bring genomics into
mainstream cancer care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a small team of nurses
& / or Allied Health Professionals to work across the East of England
geography, but with each post holder having a dedicated responsibility for one
Integrated Care System. These post holders will work autonomously, and it is
expected that they should be able to demonstrate awareness of genomic landscape
to
facilitate the mainstreaming of genomic medicine across primary, secondary, and
tertiary care sites, support colleagues, individuals, and families, and address
important ethical issues such as equity of access. Post holders willdemonstrate an
understanding of genomic healthcare and its impact on cancer services, and of the NHS Genomic agenda and the Long-Term Plan.
This
initiative is a 1 year & 11-month FTC or secondment. During this
time we will be gathering evidence to demonstrate the value of the service,
working towards sustained commissioning.
The post holders will work peripatetically
across organisational boundaries, working both remotely and with honorary
contracts to support clinical staff and
MDTs on the ground with mainstreaming and adopting new patient pathways.
You will need to work flexibly
across the region. You will report into the Lead Genomic Clinical Practitioner
but it is important that you are confident working on your own and have
an ability to build effective and collaborative networks, establishing and
maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external
stakeholders.
About us
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is an Integrated Care
Board (ICB) and the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and
delivering local health and care services to the population and communities of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
Working collaboratively with partner organisations, including
the VCSE sector, it oversees the commissioning, performance, financial
management and transformation of the local NHS, as part of Cambridgeshire &
Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS).
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that
promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas,
perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work
environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications
irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender
expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other
personal circumstances.
We are a predominantly home based organisation. Some roles within the ICB are not suitable for the sole use
of public transport and/or where there is a long journey from home to where work
routinely takes place.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service
The NHS Long
Term Plan aspires to offering more extensive genomic testing to patients who
are newly diagnosed with cancers. This growth in cancer genomic testing is
likely to increase the range of cancer specialist services requesting genomic
tests.
Genomic medicine can improve patient care through supporting faster,
more accurate diagnoses and by enabling more tailored care. As understanding of
the genome increases, it is likely to become part of all cancer care pathways
and nurses will play a key role in bringing the benefits of genomics to
patients as it becomes part of routine care, including in identifying patients
for genomic testing, discussing testing with patients, referring to genetic
counselling services or the relevant clinicians for targeted therapies, and
personalising care plans.
To meet these challenges the ICB /
Cancer Alliance is seeking to appoint a team of Genomic Clinical Practitioners aligned
to the East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA),
the Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH) and the East of England Medical Genetics
Service that will facilitate, support, and engage with primary and
secondary care colleagues to develop pathways and embed genomic testing and
advice for all service users in cancer care.
This
regional service will help to bring genomics into mainstream cancer care.
The Genomic Clinical Practitioners will work across the East of
England Cancer Alliances geography and will be key to delivering the genomics
agenda which includes the embedding of pathways, supporting clinical teams and
providing timely information and guidance to enable a seamless service user
pathway across cancer specialties.
The post holder will support the Lead
Regional Genomics Practitioner and their team to ensure that their workstream
of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in
assisting in their successful delivery.
The role of this
service will include but not be limited to:
- Supporting colleagues in cancer teams in
relation to the management of service users that might be affected by inherited
cancers and facilitate genomic testing and referral to clinical genetics if
required.
- Supporting clinical teams in the care of
service users with less complex needs through the provision of expert advice by
phone, video link or email, directly supporting hospital specialties until
genomic-informed care is consistent, pathways are embedded, and the delivery of
services can be managed effectively through mainstream hospital specialities.
- Standardisation in consent processes,
increasing consistency and familiarity for clinicians and patients.
- Supporting programmes of work that look to
address health inequalities and understanding of the importance of genetic
testing in populations we know to have health disparities.
- Providing a mechanism for communications
between the GMSA, GLH, Regional Clinical Genetics Services and providers in
secondary and primary care.
- Support workforce development and engagement
with genomics through training, education, and new standards of care.
- Supporting audit and data collection where it
provides evidence of service improvement.
- Supporting
research studies and encouraging trial participation and recruitment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- To develop
clinical pathways and embed genomic testing and/or advice for all service users
in cancer care working in collaboration with the
provider organisations to drive continuous improvement.
- To participate in the development of a
specialist nurse led / delivered service model for patients accessing relevant
genomic services.
- To provide the highest standard of holistic
care for patients through the utilisation of advanced clinical skills and
advice in the assessment and management of patients, working autonomously and
with the multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality and safety of patient
care.
- To work autonomously and be accountable for
the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to the
Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service.
- To continuously improve clinical care
standards in line with the clinical governance framework to ensure the highest
quality of care is provided in the safest manner.
- To have the
ability to influence peers and build strong working relationships with a
variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- To provide clinical leadership, expertise and
specialist clinical advice and support to clinical staff on the management and
care of patients within the Regional Genomic Practitioner Service and lead the
effective delivery of care to patients.
- To provide expert specialist knowledge, care,
and experience to support the wider nursing team to facilitate the effective
delivery of care to patients at all times.
- To lead and participate in the continuing
improvement of services in line with the East of England Cancer Alliance (EoE
CA) Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service aligned to the Memorandum of
Understand for delivery of the programme.
- To lead the provision of education and
training to clinical staff and internal/external agencies
- The job
description and person specification are an outline of the tasks,
responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other
duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
- The job
description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in
accordance with the changing needs of the Department or Directorate and the
Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service
The NHS Long
Term Plan aspires to offering more extensive genomic testing to patients who
are newly diagnosed with cancers. This growth in cancer genomic testing is
likely to increase the range of cancer specialist services requesting genomic
tests.
Genomic medicine can improve patient care through supporting faster,
more accurate diagnoses and by enabling more tailored care. As understanding of
the genome increases, it is likely to become part of all cancer care pathways
and nurses will play a key role in bringing the benefits of genomics to
patients as it becomes part of routine care, including in identifying patients
for genomic testing, discussing testing with patients, referring to genetic
counselling services or the relevant clinicians for targeted therapies, and
personalising care plans.
To meet these challenges the ICB /
Cancer Alliance is seeking to appoint a team of Genomic Clinical Practitioners aligned
to the East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA),
the Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH) and the East of England Medical Genetics
Service that will facilitate, support, and engage with primary and
secondary care colleagues to develop pathways and embed genomic testing and
advice for all service users in cancer care.
This
regional service will help to bring genomics into mainstream cancer care.
The Genomic Clinical Practitioners will work across the East of
England Cancer Alliances geography and will be key to delivering the genomics
agenda which includes the embedding of pathways, supporting clinical teams and
providing timely information and guidance to enable a seamless service user
pathway across cancer specialties.
The post holder will support the Lead
Regional Genomics Practitioner and their team to ensure that their workstream
of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in
assisting in their successful delivery.
The role of this
service will include but not be limited to:
- Supporting colleagues in cancer teams in
relation to the management of service users that might be affected by inherited
cancers and facilitate genomic testing and referral to clinical genetics if
required.
- Supporting clinical teams in the care of
service users with less complex needs through the provision of expert advice by
phone, video link or email, directly supporting hospital specialties until
genomic-informed care is consistent, pathways are embedded, and the delivery of
services can be managed effectively through mainstream hospital specialities.
- Standardisation in consent processes,
increasing consistency and familiarity for clinicians and patients.
- Supporting programmes of work that look to
address health inequalities and understanding of the importance of genetic
testing in populations we know to have health disparities.
- Providing a mechanism for communications
between the GMSA, GLH, Regional Clinical Genetics Services and providers in
secondary and primary care.
- Support workforce development and engagement
with genomics through training, education, and new standards of care.
- Supporting audit and data collection where it
provides evidence of service improvement.
- Supporting
research studies and encouraging trial participation and recruitment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- To develop
clinical pathways and embed genomic testing and/or advice for all service users
in cancer care working in collaboration with the
provider organisations to drive continuous improvement.
- To participate in the development of a
specialist nurse led / delivered service model for patients accessing relevant
genomic services.
- To provide the highest standard of holistic
care for patients through the utilisation of advanced clinical skills and
advice in the assessment and management of patients, working autonomously and
with the multi-disciplinary team to improve the quality and safety of patient
care.
- To work autonomously and be accountable for
the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to the
Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service.
- To continuously improve clinical care
standards in line with the clinical governance framework to ensure the highest
quality of care is provided in the safest manner.
- To have the
ability to influence peers and build strong working relationships with a
variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- To provide clinical leadership, expertise and
specialist clinical advice and support to clinical staff on the management and
care of patients within the Regional Genomic Practitioner Service and lead the
effective delivery of care to patients.
- To provide expert specialist knowledge, care,
and experience to support the wider nursing team to facilitate the effective
delivery of care to patients at all times.
- To lead and participate in the continuing
improvement of services in line with the East of England Cancer Alliance (EoE
CA) Regional Genomic Clinical Practitioner Service aligned to the Memorandum of
Understand for delivery of the programme.
- To lead the provision of education and
training to clinical staff and internal/external agencies
- The job
description and person specification are an outline of the tasks,
responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other
duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
- The job
description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in
accordance with the changing needs of the Department or Directorate and the
Organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse/ Midwife/ AHP with significant clinical experience.
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent level of experience.
Desirable
- Qualification in teaching/mentoring.
- Educated to Master's Level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
Communication
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to problem solve and assert, when necessary, in order to meet the service needs.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Planning
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to develop skills and expertise in Genomics Medicine. Significant experience in specialist area, or relevant area with transferable skills.
- Experience of working with databases.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of cancer nursing.
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Desirable
- Leadership and/or Management experience.
- Experience of working across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Knowledge of and experience in cancer genetics.
- Knowledge of genetic counselling and NHS Genetic Services.
- Experience of consent processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse/ Midwife/ AHP with significant clinical experience.
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent level of experience.
Desirable
- Qualification in teaching/mentoring.
- Educated to Master's Level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
Communication
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Ability to problem solve and assert, when necessary, in order to meet the service needs.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Planning
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to develop skills and expertise in Genomics Medicine. Significant experience in specialist area, or relevant area with transferable skills.
- Experience of working with databases.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of cancer nursing.
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Desirable
- Leadership and/or Management experience.
- Experience of working across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Knowledge of and experience in cancer genetics.
- Knowledge of genetic counselling and NHS Genetic Services.
- Experience of consent processes.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
