Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator- Midwifery Leader

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator

The post holder will be a specialist resource in the field of antenatal & newborn screening and diagnosis, assisting and advising other health professionals in the care of women undergoing testing. They will lead the implementation and evaluation of systems to ensure that every pregnant person and newborn baby is offered all appropriate NHS funded screening programmes offered by the Trust ,meeting national standards; linking with regionally agreed quality assurance mechanisms.

Main duties of the job

To lead the Antenatal and Newborn Screening service and establish an infrastructure that will deliver a level of service which is equitable, evidence based and consistent with the recommendations and standards of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC)

To act as the professional lead for the day to day management, evaluation and quality assurance of the screening process including the provision of digital screening information, the screening procedures and any onward referral.

To work closely with the Risk and Governance team and participate in investigations of antenatal and newborn screening incidents and share learning from incidents and changes in practice with staff.

To operate and monitor all failsafe system to identify, as early as possible, mothers and babies that may have missed or where screening results are incomplete across the antenatal and newborn screening and vaccination programmes.

To liaise with NHS England (NHSE) and Quality Assurance (QA), by participating in national Quality Assurance processes, reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs),risks and audits. To undertake reviews as requested by QA teams with a timely response to any recommendations.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details of the main responsibilities of this role, the document is attached.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife with current NMC registration Provides evidence of continuous personal and professional development Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff

Desirable

Specialist Training in Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Counselling Course in haemoglobinopathies

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Consolidated Post registration experience in all aspects of Midwifery Care Evidence of clinical competence Sound knowledge of Antenatal & Newborn Screening Programmes Experience of counselling

Desirable

Experience in infectious diseases and hemoglobinopathies in pregnancy and in fetal medicine Experience in developing and implementing guidelines

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good communication skills Good leadership skills and Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative Good counselling and listening skills and ability to deal with delivering distressing news. Understanding of current issues in antenatal and newborn screening Failsafe systems, national standards Understanding and knowledge of key performance indicators in screening Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, excel and powerpoint and good presentation skills Evidence of recent personal development activity

Desirable

Ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence based practice

Personal Qualities

Essential

Demonstrates an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team Role model

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