Antenatal and Newborn Failsafe Officer

Applications are invited from candidates to join the antenatal and newborn screening team as a failsafe officer at UHNM.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and work well as part of a small screening team but also with the wider multidisciplinary team.

You will be given training and support within your new role by the screening coordinate and screening midwives. Experience working within maternity is desirable for not essential.

Candidates should have excellent IT skills and have proficient numeracy skills to assist the screening coordinator with collating of data for key performance indicators.

The failsafe officer participates in the running of the specialist administration of antenatal & Newborn Screening Services in accordance with Department, Trust and National Standards.

The failsafe officer will support the day to day management of the screening programme, data quality assurance of the screening process by ensuring that robust failsafe systems are maintained to support the team and wider maternity service safely care for our patients
You will support the team by collating data necessary for submission of the key performance indicators (KPIs) to the national screening committee

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.