Consultant Clinical Geneticist

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

This less than full time (8 PA) substantive post provides an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated clinical geneticist with a broad based training in all areas of clinical genetics to join the Northern Genetics Service. A candidate with an interest in paediatric and fetal genetics would be desirable. The post-holder will be part of a large multidisciplinary team of clinical and laboratory staff with administrative and managerial support who provide a co-ordinated genetics service to a population of 3.1 million people in the North East of England and Cumbria;

and highly specialised services for people affected by limb girdle muscular dystrophies in the wider UK population. The Service is part of the Directorate of Integrated Laboratory Medicine.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The appointee will share responsibility for the delivery of the clinical genetics service as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of consultant clinical geneticists, trainees and genetic counsellors working in close collaboration with the North East and Yorkshire Genomics Laboratory Hub (NEYGLH). The appointee will be expected to enable delivery of a genomic diagnostic service through participation, where required, in Specialist MDTs and specialist clinics for diagnosis and management of people with rare genetic disorders.

Outpatient Clinics will be provided at the Institute of Genetic Medicine, RVI and other regional clinic sites, to be agreed as part of a team job plan. There is no formal on-call commitment in this post.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Richard Martin, Clinical Lead on .

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teachingNHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Date posted: 13 August 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Consultant

Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum pro rata

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part‑time

Reference number: 317-CON-26-187

Job locations:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
, United Kingdom

• Participate in multi‑professional triage of patients and families referred for genetic assessment.
• Provide expert diagnostic opinion on patients with adult or paediatric syndromes as part of a multi‑professional team.
• Ensure appropriate diagnostic testing is undertaken and the results of these and their implications are communicated to referrer patients, relevant family members, primary care team and other involved clinicians as appropriate.
• Ensure…