A Vacancy at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to work as part of the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team within Maternity.
Thepostholderwillwork under the supervision of theSpecialistMidwifeforAntenatalandNewbornScreeningtoprovideefficientandeffectiveadministrationofthesixnationalANNBscreeningprogrammes;NewbornHearing,NewbornBloodspot,NewbornandInfantPhysicalExamination,InfectiousDiseasesin Pregnancy,HaemoglobinopathiesandFetalAnomaly. Theywillalsomaintainanaccuratescreeningdatabaseandprovideaccuratestatisticalinformation.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills, should be proficient using computer programmes, must be able to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and be an effective team player.
Develop and maintain Databases for Antenatal and Newborn screening
responsible for checking the quality of data entered in to failsafe systems
Support the specialist midwife for Antenatal and Newborn screening and the fetal medicine team in maintaining reportable databases.
Ensure all patients attending maternity services are captured on the databases and systems
Alert the Specialist midwife of any abnormal results.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes aim to detect conditions that are present in either the mother or baby that might have an adverse effect on the health of either. Pregnant women and newborn babies are offered screening tests as an integrated and linked part of their care. Optimal screening programmes require effective team working across a number of professional groups, departments and organisations. Trust programmes are benchmarked against national and locally agreed standards; and audit and performance monitoring is seen as essential to assure the safety and effectiveness of the service.
The post holder will work under the supervision of the Specialist Midwife for Antenatal and Newborn Screening to provide efficient and effective administration of the six national ANNB screening programmes; Newborn Hearing, Newborn Bloodspot, Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, Haemoglobinopathies and Fetal Anomaly. They will also maintain an accurate screening database and provide accurate statistical information.
The post holder is responsible to the Specialist Midwife for Antenatal and Newborn Screening and will also work closely with the Fetal Medicine team based within the Trust.
Advertising date: 14th October 2024
Closing date: 24th October 2024
Interview date: TBC
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024
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