Specialist Midwife in Genomic Medicine

In this role, you will be involved in integrating genomic medicine into prenatal care, offering specialised support for patients under maternity and genomic services. Key responsibilities include educating regional maternity teams on genomic services and facilitating high-quality, timely referrals for complex genetic cases. You will also help to organize regional engagement days and establish a strong network of referrers across multiple hospitals-a core component of this role and one of the primary performance indicators.
Role Highlights:
+ Lead genomic education sessions for maternity professionals.
+ Collaborate closely with geneticists, genomic counsellors, and healthcare teams to streamline prenatal referrals.
+ Provide direct patient support in prenatal cases involving genetic complexities, ensuring compassionate, informed care.
+ Contribute to ongoing service improvements and professional training within a highly supportive and collaborative team environment.
Working within our diverse, multidisciplinary team offers you access to continuous professional development, including a vibrant program of internal seminars and external educational opportunities.
If you are motivated, collaborative, and passionate about advancing maternal genomic care, we would love to hear from you!, To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We're looking forward to hearing from you!

We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Specialist Midwife to join the Genomic Medicine team at Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, for a fixed term project. This post is ideal for midwives with a strong interest in genomics and insight into genomic healthcare.
This role will place you at the forefront of genomic medicine in maternity care, focusing on prenatal and reproductive genetics. As a Specialist Midwife in Genomic Medicine, you will work closely with geneticists, genomic counsellors, and maternity services to provide high-quality, personalised care for pregnancies involving genetic complexities. Your expertise will help to guide families and other healthcare professionals and patients through the genetic services, ensuring safe, supportive, and informed care.
As part of the prestigious Manchester Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA), Saint Mary's Genomic Medicine Department is at the forefront of integrating genomic services within maternal healthcare. With one of the largest and most advanced genetic service teams in the UK, we are dedicated to education, cutting-edge research, and multidisciplinary clinical collaboration., MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.