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Antenatal & Newborn Screening Specialist Midwife

1 month ago

King's Lynn, United Kingdom The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team.

The individual would work to ensure the Trust meets National screening targets which are set, and monitored by NHS England - Key Performance Indicators. The successful applicant will provide specialised support and counselling to families, coordinate care pathways and be the direct line manager for the Newborn Hearing Screening team. They will monitor and provide regular performance reports both the the local and national teams. They will be responsible for reporting, investigating any serious incidents or near miss incidents ensuring that any necessary changes to practice or training needs are identified and rectified quickly and efficiently.

In March 2024 Maternity were rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, recognising the positive progress made within the Division. February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for the planning, provision and evaluation of a quality antenatal and newborn screening service for our women and families.

Lead collaboratively the antenatal and newborn screening team, taking responsibility for the antenatal and newborn screening service, including line managing the Hearing Screening Team.

Ensure a sensitive, systematic approach to the management, coordination and governance of screening services.

Ensure equity for the population and, as part of the Trust wide screening team, review services and display innovative project management skills in developing new services.

Act as the clinical expert and knowledge resource to the women, their families and the multi-disciplinary professional team.

Provide leadership and expert advice on clinical practice related to antenatal and newborn screening.

Working in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the Regional Antenatal / Child Health Screening Lead and external agencies.

Be responsible for all clinical services, audit and monitoring and training and development issues relevant to National Screening Committee screening programmes.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the main role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

Registered Midwife Degree/Diploma in Midwifery and evidence of continued Professional Development Mentorship preparation or equivalent Managerial Training Courses

Desirable

Evidence of root cause analysis training Managerial Qualification

Experience

Essential

Recent experience as a manager in midwifery Experience of participation in clinical audit Experience of involvement in serious incident investigations Experience of implementing change in service provision Experience of managing employee relations issues

Desirable

Developing clinical competencies Implementing MLC within a unit

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

Effective interpersonal and communication skills Ability to co-ordinate, influence and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team working Commitment to and understanding of multi-disciplinary team working Leadership skills Ability to lead and manage teams effectively

Aptitude

Essential

Enthusiastic and self-motivated about delivering high quality maternity services Adaptable and flexible Demonstrates a woman centred approach to care provision Willing to work flexibly according to service needs Take part in an out of hours on call rota