Deputy Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator

6 months ago


Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Deputy Antenatal Screening Co-ordinator for maternity services is a key role in helping to deliver the national antenatal and cross linked newborn screening programmes locally with significant responsibility to ensure successful completion of the pathway for women and their families.

The postholder will work with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinators (who have band 7 responsibility for all programmes) to ensure seamless care for women and their families.

The midwife provides the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, conducts deliveries on her own responsibility and cares for the newborn and the infant. The care includes preventative measures, the detection of abnormal conditions in mother and child, the procurement of medical assistance and the execution of emergency measures in the absence of medical help.

To assist the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator(s) with the provision and continuing effectiveness of women centred screening, diagnostic programmes and fetal medicine : incorporating expert clinical practice, consultation and education by:

- providing expert specialist support for parents undergoing screening and diagnostic services, this may include clinical skills, bereavement support and counselling.
- working with, and deputise for, the antenatal screening coordinator
- working closely with the clinical managers and in partnership with other agencies both nationally and locally to ensure effective coordination of the antenatal screening service
- To provide specialist training and support for midwifery and medical staff across the trust, in current issues pertaining to antenatal screening and diagnosis.
- Communicating effectively with patients, carers, relatives and all members of the multidisciplinary team

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust operates hospitals on our two main sites in Cheltenham and Gloucester, and we’re one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.

Our workforce of almost 8,000 staff provide high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas

Our maternity services provides exceptional choice to women and midwives offering a maternity service through a range of settings
Job purpose
To assist the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator(s) with the provision and continuing effectiveness of women centred screening, diagnostic programmes and fetal medicine: incorporating expert clinical practice, consultation and education by:

- providing expert specialist support for parents undergoing screening and diagnostic services, this may include clinical skills, bereavement support and counselling.
- working with, and deputise for the antenatal screening coordinator
- working closely with the clinical managers and in partnership with other agencies both nationally and locally to ensure effective coordination of the antenatal service
- To provide specialist training and support for midwifery and medical staff across the trust, in current issues pertaining to antenatal screening and diagnosis.
- Communicating effectively with patients, carers, relatives and all members of the multidisciplinary team which include:

- Antenatal and Newborn Screening Operational Governance group (ANSOG).
- Southwest screening network.
- Regional Public Health
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Clinical midwifery managers and midwives based in all departments.
- Ultra sonographers.
- Multidisciplinary team.
- Mother, babies and families.
- Primary health care team.
- External agencies.
- Local and national organisations i.e. Antenatal Results and Choices, Downs Syndrome Association.
- Medical and midwifery students
- Directorate management team.
- Human resources personnel.
- Deputy screening coordinator
- Newborn screening coordinator
- Screening Clerical Support
- Bereavement Midwife
- Maintaining and develop high standards of care
- Taking on responsibility for personal development and support the development and supervision of others by developing and maintaining specialist knowledge of screening practice
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to less experiences/ non registered and new staff at all times
- Work proactively to ensure that every patient attendance meets the patient’s expectations and needs with timely undertaking of procedure and effective communication with relatives, patients and carers.
- Take an active role in QA external visits
- Auditing of our service against KPI and National benchmarking of our service.

Patient care
- Responsibility and accountability for the care she gives to women and their babies thus maintaining autonomous contemporary practice.
- Initiate and advise directly on referral to other specialties.
- To support parents in interpreting information and making antenatal screening decisions.
- To convey complex, sensitive information regarding antenatal screening testing to parents that may cause emotion



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