Failsafe and Administration Officer – Antenatal and Newborn Screening (ANNB)
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Job Overview
To work as a member of the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team, maintaining failsafing for all Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programme. This will also include providing essential administration support to each programme.
Programmes Included
* Fetal anomaly screening programme
* Sickle cell and thalassemia
* Infectious diseases in pregnancy
* Newborn Blood Spot
* Newborn hearing screening programme
* Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
Main Duties
* Responsible for maintaining failsafe for all Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes, providing assurance that all women and babies have had relevant screening opportunities within specified times.
* Reporting to the screening leads if any anomalies are detected.
* Providing administration support for all screening programmes.
* Assisting with collation of data for regular reports submitted to the Trust and NHSE.
* Tracking all women and babies through tracking systems to ensure they are offered and receive screening within specific time frames set by NHSE.
* Escalating concerns to screening leads of any anomalies in the screening tracking.
* Collating data on all aspects of Antenatal and Newborn Screening, keeping spreadsheets and trackers up to date within agreed timeframes.
* Participating in the audit and evaluation of relevant pathways within the screening programme.
Person Specification
Education
* Essential: Educated to A-level, or NVQ Level 4 in Business.
Experience
* Essential: Accurate data entry, typing and checking skills.
* Essential: Experience using full range of IT systems and patient data systems, Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), and customer care experience.
Desirable Criteria
* Knowledge of screening programmes within the NHS.
Benefits
* Flexible working opportunities and strong emphasis on work-life balance.
* Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service (pro rata for part-time staff).
* NHS pension scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Money Advice Service.
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff.
* On-site nursery (based at RBH).
* Full educational library services.
* Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles.
* Bus to work scheme.
* Excellent rail and bus links.
* A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets, restaurants and retail.
Contact
For more information, contact Sophie Tobin, Fetal Medicine and Screening Lead Midwife, telephone 0118 322 5111.
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