Antenatal and Newborn Screening MidwifeNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the screening team based in South Tees Trust to assist in the day to day running, monitoring and development of the antenatal & newborn screening programmes. The post holder will support the Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening Coordinator to ensure a high quality antenatal and Newborn screening service is provided for all women and their families.

To achieve this theAntenatal and Newborn Screening Team work in collaboration with NHSE Quality Assurance leads to monitor the quality and effectiveness of the screening services offered in the Trust and are consistent with the UK National Screening Committee recommendations (UKNSC) and NHSE programme standards, to meet the national service specification and thresholds set (except the Newborn hearing screening programme as this is managed within Tees Valley).

There is an expectation to work clinically/operationally as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the ANNB Screening Coordinator to (deputising in his/her absence):o Manage screen positive results across the screening pathways.o Counsel women and their families in the event of an increased chance, antenatal screen positive result and fetal anomaly.o Collect and collate matched cohort screening data for quarterly and annual data KPI returns.o Write and present screening programme reports at local, regional and national level.o Participate in audit, education of staff and guideline development.o Regularly review and implement new processes/systems/fail-safes to reduce risk in antenatal and new-born screening.o Support the fetal medicine service as required.o Prepare for and attend relevant internal and external meetings e.g. Regional ANNB board meetings, local quarterly ANNB Screening meeting, regional fetal medicine.o Act as an excellent clinical role model and practice autonomously within the parameters of guidelines/policies and sphere of professional practiceo Support with the management of the ANNB failsafe officer

Job description

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.