Antenatal and Newborn Failsafe Officer

Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes aim to detect conditions that are present in either the mother or the baby that could have an adverse effect on the health and wellbeing of either. Pregnant women and newborn babies are offered screening tests as an integral part of their care during pregnancy and postnatal period. Optimal screening programmes require effective team working across a number of professional groups, departments and organisations.

Are you looking for a challenge working administratively within the screening team? The post holder is required to support the Antenatal Screening lead and team. The role of the Failsafe Officer is to facilitate the implementation, monitoring and to maintain safe and quality assured National Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening Programmes. The purpose is to carry out failsafe activities that ensure the screening national standards are met and most importantly reducing the risk of harm or missed screening to mothers and babies.

The post holder will have overall responsibility to provide an efficient and effective administration of the 6 national ANNB screening programmes. The post holder will be expected to:
Establish and effectively manage and maintain screening databases for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes ensuring that work procedures adhere to data protection requirements.

Implement and maintain failsafe systems by ensuring the eligible population have an outcome recorded for each relevant screening programme. This will require the post holder to follow up where data is missing and to request repeat samples if required

Provide accurate and timely statistical screening data to the Screening Lead and team

Assist with activities aimed at maintaining and improving relevant key performance indicators for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes

Work closely with multi disciplinary teams to ensure eligible women and babies are offered timely screening

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.