Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwife

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced band 6 midwife to join the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team. The successful applicant will join our team of specialist midwives to ensure that the National Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes are delivered safely and efficiently within the NWAFT services.

As a team we work closely with NHS England's regional screening and immunisation teams and also support the maternal and neonatal immunisation service within our organisation. In addition, this role requires the individual to work with the wider multidisciplinary team including specialist services such as fetal medicine, sexual health, gastroenterology and tertiary Fetal Medicine and Genetic counselling services.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential as this is a very busy but unique role that will allow the successful applicant to develop skills in the management of service that affects all areas of maternity care.

Literacy skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office packages including Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role.

The main duties are to support the Antenatal Screening Coordinator and specialist midwives to deliver the NHSE Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes. The team deal with a range of issues including supporting women to discuss and make choices during pregnancy when there are additional concerns. Counselling women and couples about high chance screening results.Coordinating care for women with positive infectious disease screening results, HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B.Support parents and coordinate multidisciplinary care for babies with known fetal abnormalities and babies with suspected chromosome abnormalities,including supportingparents to make choices to continue or terminate the pregnancy.Capture and maintain extensive data which is required to track our population and monitor performance in line with national standards.

Participation in audit, the delivery of in-service training and acting as a professional support to midwives and midwifery support workers. Responding to adverse events and participation in investigation or risk. Participation in the regional and local Screening Programme meetings.

There may be the occasional need to travel between Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital, to ensure coverage of the service pan-site.

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

Benefits to you
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- NHS Pension Scheme:

- Flexible working opportunities;
- Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Career development and training;
- Wellbeing support and activities;
- In-house physiotherapy Service;
- On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

**Job Title**: Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwife

**Band**: Band 6

**Base**: Hinchingbrooke Hospital

**Reports to**: Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator

**Accountable to**: Head of Midwifery

Job summary

As a team we work closely with NHS England's regional screening and immunisation teams and also support the maternal and neonatal immunisation service within our organisation. In addition, this role requires the individual to work with the wider multidisciplinary team including specialist services such as fetal medicine, sexual health, gastroenterology and tertiary Fetal Medicine and Genetic counselling services.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential as this is a very busy but unique role that will allow the successful applicant to develop skills in the management of service that affects all areas of maternity care.

Literacy skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office packages including Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role are to support the Antenatal Screening Coordinator and specialist midwives to deliver the NHSE Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes.

**The team deal with a range of issues including**:

- Supporting women to discuss and make choices during pregnancy when there are additional concerns.
- Counselling women and couples about high chance screening results.
- Coordinating care for women with positive infectious disease screening results, HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B.
- Support parents and coordinate multidisciplinary care for babies with known fetal abnormalities and babies with suspected chromosome abnormalities, including supporting parents to make choices to continue or terminate the pregnancy.
- Capture and mai