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An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen to join the national programme team for Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales. If you are a Midwife or Health Visitor with a passion for quality improvement and collaborative working, you might be our next Programme Co-ordinator.
This key leadership post provides an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to support the delivery of excellent bloodspot screening to babies across Wales. NBSW Programme Co-ordinators play a critical role in ensuring all babies across Wales receive timely, high quality bloodspot screening. They are pivotal to our aim of identifying rare but serious conditions and beginning treatment before symptoms emerge.
Working with colleagues in all health boards, the national bloodspot screening laboratory and the failsafe administration team, the successful candidate will plan, support, facilitate and monitor programme performance. The postholder will develop and lead programme initiatives to ensure that every baby receives equitable, excellent screening. Programme Co-ordinators play a key part in ensuring future generations receive high quality screening through the delivery of education for NHS colleagues and students across Wales and supporting the national implementation of screening for new conditions.
This is an all Wales role, office base is flexible.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead the monitoring of all aspects of performance of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales programme.
2. Develop action plans to address performance concerns.
3. Work with initiative, determination, and promote collaborative working.
4. Utilize well-developed critical appraisal skills and excellent organisational skills.
5. Communicate effectively to ensure the programme continues to provide excellent services for future generations.
The role will provide an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team, striving to improve patient outcomes and patient care through the delivery of high-quality screening to families across Wales.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
We are Public Health Wales – the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change.
Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit here.
For guidance on the application process, please visit here.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jude Kay Job title: Head of Programme Email address: jude.kay@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07966289156
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