The post holder will work as part of an integrated team, in partnership with carers and other providers of health and social care to develop and deliver genetic counselling for pregnant women and couples with sickle cell and thalassaemic conditions/carriers in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. The post-holder will provide genetic counselling to support the antenatal, neonatal and opportunistic screening programmes. The post will include clinical practice, teaching and training, health promotion, research and audit.
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Interview Date: 24th July 2025
The post-holder will provide genetic counselling to support the antenatal, neonatal and opportunistic screening programmes. The post will include clinical practice, teaching and training, health promotion, research and audit.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We provide a comprehensive range of services for the 127,000 children and young people that live in Lambeth and Southwark. This includes
universal services – health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing, nutrition and dietetics, and a new-born hearing screening programme.
Our specialist services cover community paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complex needs nursing,
sickle cell and audiology. As well as part of statutory services including looked after children, child protection, safeguarding, and adoption and
fostering.
We have two main health centres, Mary Sheridan Centre in Lambeth and Sunshine House in Southwark but we have many more across Lambeth
and Southwark. We also provide services in schools, community buildings, in families’ homes, and occasionally in hospital. Through group
sessions and individual appointments, face-to-face and virtual, we hold over 145,000 appointments every year.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Olukemi Ajamufua Job title: Specialist Nurse Team Leader Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07880781545
Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre : 02030495993
