Cancer Genomics
Region
Trust
Cancer Genomics – Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Rotations will be predominantly within the West Midlands area and specifically Birmingham. Some training may be delivered by colleagues from the Central and South Genomic Laboratory Hub generally via distanced based learning but there may be an opportunity to attend our consortium partner laboratories, Oxford and Wessex, as required.
Cancer Genomics – Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Trainees will be based at the Cambridge Genomics Laboratory, leading centre of the East Genomic Laboratory Hub (East GLH) and part of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH). With over 50 trainees pursuing professional registration and 250 members of staff undertaking continuing professional development, the Cambridge Genomics Laboratory is deeply invested in education and training. Trainees will also benefit from our significant experience in STP delivery, world-class expertise and individualised support.
Our GLH
The East GLH provides and coordinates a wide range of genomic tests for the East Midlands and East of England. We aim to provide equal access to a wide range of genomic tests for a population of over 8.3 million people. With our lead laboratory at CUH and local laboratories at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, we are well placed to provide high quality genomic testing for all the 29 NHS Trusts we serve. We provide and coordinate tests for rare diseases, solid tumours and haematological malignancies, within the agreed turnaround times and according to the National Genomic Test Directory. For further information on our Laboratory, visit www.eastgenomics.nhs.uk.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11,000 staff and over 1,100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population. CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. For more information on Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, go to www.cuh.nhs.uk.
Cancer Genomics – Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Travel between the two sites (Manchester and Liverpool) will be required throughout the three years.
Cancer Genomics – Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
This post will be primarily based within the Genomic and Molecular Medicine Service at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the City Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB.
The Genomic and Molecular Medicine Service is a newly formed service created in May 2021, which saw the merger of four departments to create one single Genomics service. The service provides Rare Disease and Cancer genomic testing as a Local Genomics Laboratory within the East Genomics Laboratory Hub.
Although the merger occurred recently the constituent departments of the Genomic and Molecular Medicine Service have extensive training experience and been working collaboratively to offer STP training since the introduction of the program.
Cancer Genomics – Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Some training will be delivered across the GLH network, which will include travel to the West Midlands Genetics Labs.
Cancer Genomics – Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
The Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield genetics laboratories work in a collaborative as the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub (NEY GLH). Our NEY GLH sites are currently accredited as individual training centres and trainees will be employed by and based at their home Trust. Elements of training will be delivered across our sites and whilst much of this training has been successfully transferred to remote delivery it will be necessary for the trainee to spend time at our partner organisations during their period of training in order to receive a complete programme of education and development. This will be built into training plans which will be clearly developed and communicated with trainees and supported by the NEY GLH training group which is established across the hub. We are currently consolidating our wet laboratory testing activity into two of our sites (Leeds and Newcastle), due to be complete by March 2024. Scientific analysis and reporting activity will continue in Sheffield, which is our main centre for specialised rare disease service delivery.
Cancer Genomics – Synnovis
The training will be delivered by the South East Genomic Laboratories Hub (SEGLH). The trainee will be primarily based at Guy’s Hospital but will have the opportunity to visit King’s College Hospital for certain aspects of their training.