Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced neonatal nurse to join our trust in a brand new role. If you are passionate about reducing inequalities in infant and child mortality and morbidity this could be the role for you.

The Neonatal Unit at Wexham Park Hospital is a Level 2 Neonatal Unit made up of 2 Intensive Care, 3 High Dependency and 12 Special Care cots. The unit cares for babies over 26+6 weeks gestation and stabilises any baby under that gestation, to be transferred to a tertiary hospital/ NICU.

Our team aspires to provide high quality and evidence based; clinical, developmental and family integrated care in order to ensure the best outcomes for our babies and their families. 

If a couple are consanguineous (closely related) their children have a higher chance of being affected by autosomal recessive genetic disorders.

Main duties of the job

• This role aims to improve access to the provision of a culturally competent genetic service for consanguineous families at increased risk of autosomal recessive genetic disorders. 
• The post holder will work as a member of the neonatal team, to identify families where consanguineous related disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families to enable informed reproductive decision-making. 
• Identify families that are admitted to NICU with a probable or likely genetic aetiology linked to close relative marriage and conditions likely to be inherited in an autosomal manner and initiate conversations with family in a sensitive, culturally appropriate manner.
• Ensure that families who need information about genetic risk and close relative marriage receive this support.
• Support other staff members to provide accurate, unbiased, non-judgemental evidence-based information to service users. 
• Deliver a comprehensive training programme including access to genetic literacy information, to all staff, within neonatal services supporting the implementation of the national strategy. 
• Maintain their own clinical skills and competencies and have excellent communication skills. 
• Develop an understanding of the issues and research evidence of the subject matter. 
• Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to women/families who are affected by this issue to enable empowered decision making. 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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