Genetic Risk Equity Midwife
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 18/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The Genetic Risk Equity Midwife will join a dynamic team to provide high-quality care within the maternity service. This role focuses on supporting women from Pakistani ethnic groups to increase genetic testing awareness and improve access to genetic services. The midwife will empower families to make informed reproductive decisions, particularly concerning consanguineous related genetic disorders. Key responsibilities include ensuring genetic information is available, facilitating timely referrals, and establishing the role within the midwifery team.
Essential criteria
- Communication
Desirable criteria
- Communication
- application and interview
- Current NMC registration
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Clear Communicator
- Independent thinker
- Fluent in Urdu
- Communication
- Communication
- Communication
- application and interview
- Current NMC registration
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Clear Communicator
- Independent thinker
- Fluent in Urdu
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Genetic Risk Equity Midwife will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver high quality care by supporting managers and staff across the maternity service.
The Genetic Risk Equity Midwife will proactively work with women from Pakistani ethnic groups to encourage a greater level of genetic testing/awareness /literacy among families where consanguineous related genetic disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families thereby enable informed reproductive decision-making.
Main duties of the job
Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practising close relative marriage with a family history of a genetic disorder to enable empowered and timely decision making.
Ensure timely referrals to the genetic service to ensure women have opportunity to understand their risks and the options available to them in a pregnancy.
Empower women to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive way.
Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with autosomal recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage.
Establish the role within the midwifery team and be a point of contact and/or referral for other midwives.
Support the development of and maintenance of collaborative working, including to:
Ensure a common understanding of genetic risk
Promote the use of standardised resources and mat
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