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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country.  We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally,  we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. 

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

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, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

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

The NEY GMS brings together regional Clinical and Laboratory Partners, all working together to improve health and equity of access to genomic tests, diagnosis and related treatments for patients in the region. 

The NEY GMS is led by four partner trusts: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  There are around 500 medical, scientific, technologist, counselling and support staff focused entirely on Genomics. They support a much larger network of mainstream clinicians including Oncologists, Pathologists, Neurologists, Obstetricians, Paediatricians, Nurses and Pharmacists who use genomic diagnosis to support clinical decision making and improve patient care. 

The NEY GMS is governed via a partnership arrangement that is delivered by a regional GMS executive team which has operational responsibility for the quality of services. The GMS executive team is accountable to the NEY GMS Partnership Board which includes representation from partner Trusts. 

Closing date: 11 November 2026 @ midnight

Interview Date: TBC

 

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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical leader to support the delivery of the Cancer clinical function within the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Medicine Service. Working closely with the Clinical Director for Cancer and wider GMS leadership team, you will help drive the development of genomic testing pathways, improve access to precision oncology and support the implementation of transformational programmes across the region. The role offers the opportunity to influence strategy, strengthen partnerships and ensure genomic advances continue to improve outcomes for cancer patients throughout North East and Yorkshire.

We are aiming to appoint a highly credible and influential clinical leader with a proven track record of leading service transformation, and the strategic insight to drive innovation across complex healthcare systems. The role will combine clinical and scientific credibility with strong executive leadership, demonstrating the ability to shape regional and national agendas, build effective partnerships across organisational boundaries, and deliver measurable improvements in quality, access, and patient outcomes.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Neville Gaukroger (NEY GMS Managing Director) via email at [email protected]

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full details of the role and essential criteria.  

Working for our organisation

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit  our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full details of the role, responsibilities and essential criteria. 

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes.  If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. 

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.  The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.