He Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) failsafe officer supports the antenatal and newborn screening coordinators in the collation and entry of data for the antenatal and newborn screening programmes, Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, Downs syndrome screening and Fetal Anomaly Screening, Haemoglobinopathy screening, Newborn Infant Physical examination, and Newborn Bloodspot Screening. The failsafe officer will identify screening coverage of the eligible population and ensure safety of the screening programmes. They will work closely with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwives to facilitate failsafe mechanisms to identify and also prevent missed screening opportunities and maintain an audit trail for all of the above mentioned screening programmes. The ANNB failsafe officer will also maintain and evolve mechanisms to collect cohort data for the key performance indicators (KPI), and for the National Screening Committee Annual Report for Antenatal and Newborn Screening, including the Congenital Anomalies Register (CAR) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) Quarterly data. The ANNB failsafe officer will be expected to communicate with other professionals involved in the screening process. The post holder will provide support to the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwives for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes, working within strict departmental and national procedures with responsibility for receiving, maintaining and providing manual and electronic data containing sensitive and confidential screening information. Establishing and effectively managing screening databases for Antenatal and Newborn Screening ensuring that working procedures adhere to Data protection requirements of the IT systems used within the Trust. Collating and inputting patient clinical and non-clinical data and screening outcome details onto the screening database, focusing on constant process improvement. Manage NIPE systems and failsafe Newborn Blood spot system. Be part of the national NIPE user group, and partake in testing on upgrades of system. Providing accurate and timely statistical screening data to the screening co-ordinators and other colleagues as required. Report screening incidents via DATIX Liaising with external stakeholders where appropriate including the SIT/SQAS teams. Support the wider team with initiation of Business Continuity plans when appropriate. The post holder will be based across two sites Worthing & Chichester and Haywards Heath and Brighton and will need to be able to work flexibly according to needs of the service.