An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwife to join the Women’s Health Research team at West Middlesex Hospital to deliver The Generation Study.
Do you want to help us transform the quality of NHS genetic services for neonates? We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Research Midwife funded to join our team at West Middlesex Hospital for 18 months. Our team is leading on transformation in patient care by delivering The Generation Study, which is sponsored by Genomics England. The study focuses on screening neonates for approximately 200 rare conditions at birth using umbilical cord blood samples. Potential participants will be approached during their pregnancy and counselled on the study.
If you are committed to contributing to a team delivering excellence in research in genomics and would like to develop your research experience, this is the post for you. You will be joining an enthusiastic, friendly, motivated multidisciplinary research team working closely with the obstetricians, midwives and other members of the multidisciplinary team. This is an ideal opportunity to contribute to translating research into clinical practice for the benefit of patients.
If you are enthusiastic, have a positive and flexible approach to your practice and are passionate about improving women’s healthcare, please consider applying.
We are a small team who are dedicated to growth and development at the Trust. The Women’s Health Research Team deliver studies covering a variety of women’s health conditions in gynaecology, pregnancy and reproductive health. We support our team members to grow and develop and the cross-site teams work collaboratively. Our key goals are to provide studies which will improve the health of women and their families and to be accessible to all demographics. The trust has undertaken a lot of improvements to ensure that women and their families can access relevant information in a variety of mediums and languages and this is something we are passionate about in the Women’s Health Research Team.
The post-holder will work with The Generation Study Coordinator who works cross site as well as with a Clinical Trials Assistant who will be based at West Middlesex Hospital. You will lead on the identification and consent of participants in line with the research protocol, while also adhering to good clinical practice (GCP) standards. You will be expected to deputise for the Study Coordinator when they are unavailable by representing the trust at meetings with the sponsor and relevant stakeholders. In addition to this you will support the team with sample collection and delivery, data collection and management and ordering project consumables.

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