Antenatal & Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer - Maternity

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Antenatal and New-born Failsafe officerwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will participate in the running of the specialist administration of Antenatal & Newborn Screening Services in accordance with Department, Trust, and National standards.

You will monitor and maintain an accurate screening database of the eligible population and ensure safety of the screening programs. You will maintain and evolve mechanisms to collect cohort data and quarterly key performance indicators (KPI), annual reports, the National Congenital Anomalies Register of Rare Diseases (NCARDRS) as well as providing a daily analysis of impending breaches on failsafe systems Smart 4 Nipe (S4N), Northgate Newborn Bloodspot failsafe solutions and action these appropriately meeting the service specifications.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The ANNB failsafe officer will have overall responsibility to provide an effective and efficient t failsafe administration of all the ANND screening service.

They will work closely with the ANNB screening co-ordinator to facilitate failsafe mechanisms to identify, and prevent, missed screening opportunities, and maintain an audit for all the ANNB screening process and to participate in the organisation of meetings.

The ANNB failsafe officer will be expected to communicate with service users in relation to screening appointment or DNA.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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