Overview
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.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the Antenatal Screening Coordinators and specialist midwives to deliver the NHSE Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes.
* Provide support to women in discussing and making choices during pregnancy when additional concerns arise, including counselling women and couples about high chance screening results.
* Coordinate care for women with positive infectious disease screening results (HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B) and for parents of babies with known fetal or suspected chromosomal abnormalities, including helping parents make choices regarding continuation or termination of pregnancy.
* Capture and maintain extensive data required to track the population and monitor performance in line with national standards.
* Participate in audit, in-service training delivery, and act as professional support to midwives and midwifery support workers.
* Respond to adverse events and participate in investigations or risk assessment.
* Take part in regional and local Screening Programme meetings.
* Occasionally travel between Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital to ensure coverage of the service pan‑site.
Requirements
* Excellent communication and organisational skills.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages, including Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint.
Advert Note
Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest; closing of the advert will happen with no notice*
Employment Policy
We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.
Contact
For further information about this role, please contact the team leader Tayla Tomlinson: 01733 673039.
For further details/ informal visits contact: Name: Tayla Tomlinson, Job title: Screening Co‑ordinator, Email address: tayla-mai.tomlinson2@nhs.net, Telephone number: 01733 673039.
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