Antenatal and Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer

2 weeks ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts Full time

The Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) failsafe officer supports the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Managers in the collation and entry of data for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes, Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, Downs syndrome screening and Fetal Anomaly Screening, Haemoglobinopathy screening, Newborn Infant Physical examination, and Newborn Bloodspot Screening, also including relevant vaccination programmes. The failsafe officer will identify screening coverage of the eligible population and ensure safety of the screening programmes. They will work closely with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Managers to facilitate failsafe mechanisms to identify and also prevent missed screening opportunities and maintain an audit trail for all of the above mentioned screening programmes. The ANNB failsafe officer will also maintain and evolve mechanisms to collect cohort data for the key performance indicators (KPI), and for the National Screening Committee Annual Report for Antenatal and Newborn Screening, including the Congenital Anomalies Register (CAR) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) Quarterly data The ANNB failsafe officer will be expected to communicate with other professionals involved in the screening process, to participate in the organisation of meetings, take minutes for the meetings, preparation of teaching materials and dissemination of performance management letters.

The post holder will provide support to the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Managers for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes, working within strict departmental and national procedures with responsibility for receiving, maintaining and providing manual and electronic data containing sensitive and confidential screening information.



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