We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, and any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.
There is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 reflecting the incorporation of the living wage of £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum). This top-up is in place until the 2025/26 pay uplift is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time if filled via internal redeployment.
Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Maternity Services seek a motivated clinician to provide governance and screening within maternity, neonatal, and paediatric services. This essential role supports high-quality Antenatal and Blood Spot screening services during pregnancy and in the neonatal period.
Funded by Antenatal Screening Wales (ASW) and Newborn Blood Spot Screening Wales (NBSW), this role acts as a key link between all-Wales programmes and local screening delivery within the Health Board.
The post holder will have specialist knowledge and lead on risk management systems within antenatal and newborn blood spot screening, promoting safety and high standards of care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure high-quality screening across the Health Board, coordinating quality and safety systems that provide ongoing assurance of care quality, effectiveness, and compliance across maternity, paediatric, health visiting, sexual reproductive health, microbiology, gastroenterology, pathology, and neonatal services.
They will lead on learning from incidents or concerns related to screening, triangulating patient experience and outcomes, ensuring this learning is evidenced and embedded in practice.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation committed to caring. It offers an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. We provide integrated acute, primary, and community care for a population of 650,000, employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer extensive training, development opportunities, flexible working, and promote a healthy work-life balance, including occupational health support and a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence.
Our Clinical Futures strategy enhances care closer to home and hospital care when needed, including the Grange University Hospital, opened in November 2020.
Essential criteria
* Current Midwifery registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
* Masters degree or equivalent experience and knowledge
* Relevant post-registration CPD
* Experience in incident investigation
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of practice improvement
Additional requirements
* Experience in coordinating quality and safety functions in healthcare
* Experience leading clinical audits
* Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
* Ability to analyze governance information and identify solutions
* Knowledge of methods to stimulate clinical quality improvement
* Understanding of Putting Things Right legislation and Duty of Candour (Wales)
Welsh language skills at levels 1-5 (understanding, speaking, reading, writing) are desirable.
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