Antenatal and Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) failsafe officer supports the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Managers 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, also including relevant vaccination programmes. 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 Managers 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, to participate in the organisation of meetings, take minutes for the meetings, preparation of teaching materials and dissemination of performance management letters.

The post holder will provide support to the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Managers 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.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

• Minimum GCSE English Language and Maths or equivalent standard to a Grade C or above
• NVQ 4 in health or administration or equivalent experience
• Committed to further learning and personal development

• Other Business Administration qualifications
• Familiar with NHS computer systems e.g. PAS, Careflow, Badgernet
• IT Qualification

Experience

• Previous experience in Healthcare setting
• Experience of using word processing and data analysis software packages e.g. Microsoft Excel, Access and Excel
• Experience of performing staff appraisals
• Good understanding of incident reporting and investigation
• Ability to analyse data to identify omissions and develop an action plan
• Able to demonstrate and understanding of confidentiality including information governance and data protection

• Understanding / experience of working in Maternity Services
• Demonstrate an understanding of antenatal and newborn screening programmes
• Experience of contacting patients regarding appointments or blood tests

Communication and relationship skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills required
• Experience of liaising with a range internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to escalate any issues to Antenatal and newborn screening Managers
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as demonstrating the ability to work as part of a team

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Experience of audit or data collection
• Able to resolve problems within own sphere of work
• Able to interpret clinical/non-clinical data and events in order to ensure accurate and relevant data is recorded

• Evidence of understanding the quality agenda and the importance of monitoring practice according to guidelines

Planning and organisation skills

• Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to deliver work in line with agreed priorities and timescales
• Self-starter with excellent time management skills and ability to demonstrate initiative
• Ability to plan and manage their team's work schedule

Physical skills

• Role is office based and you are required to sit for long periods of time
• Adapt to working from various locations, e.g., hot desking
• Able to work cross site at both City campus and QMC
• Ability to use keyboard, telephone, headphones and all other accessories relating to computer systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Cross Site City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/