Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
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Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
This clinical bioinformatics STP post will be based in the bioinformatic team at Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH), which leads the North Thames genomic laboratory hub (NT-GLH). The bioinformatics team at GOSH has a decade of experience delivering the STP programme, and currently employs 3 graduate STPs. The successful applicant will be joining a growing team and as they progress through the programme, will have the opportunity to contribute to the clinical service. The successful applicant will be required to work onsite at GOSH and will be expected to travel to other hospitals in the North Thames hub for 2-8 week long placements.
Genomic Counselling – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
The trainee will be primarily based at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Part of the Introduction to Genomics in Mainstream Healthcare and Social Care rotation in year one will be at St. Marks Hospital, and part at the Royal Brompton, so the trainee will need to travel there. We also do satellite clinics so the trainee may have an opportunity to travel to different hospitals in our catchment area for clinics.
Genomics – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Ophthalmic and Vision Science – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Ophthalmic and vision science (OVS) is fascinating and varied. This training post is based in the Visual Electrophysiology Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Sight and Sound Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) working alongside a team of OVS clinical scientists. We provide electrodiagnostic tests and ocular imaging for children with ocular and/or systemic conditions with ocular associations who are under the care of the expert multi-disciplinary teams at GOSH. The post holder will require empathy, great communication skills, flexibility, patience, resilience and a sense of fun to get the best from the children under challenging circumstances; some of the children have rare, disfiguring or life limiting conditions. These conditions can impact the visual system and our work contributes to diagnosis, non-invasive monitoring such as indirect signs raised intracranial pressure in children with craniosynostosis, natural history studies, genotype phenotype studies and outcome measures for ‘first in man’ clinical trials. The first year training rotations are within London but can require up to 60 mins travel from GOSH. The GOSH learning Academy has a very active education team providing a range of healthcare science training activities across the Trust and supporting London wide networking and educational opportunities. GOSH is also closely linked with its UCL academic partner the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Most of the Units staff have joint appointments with GOSH and UCL and are active in clinical research projects. GOSH is a rewarding place to learn, be curious, be part of one team and contribute to specialist paediatric healthcare.