Job summary
- Main area
- Failsafe Officer
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 331-L3530424
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary,
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Antenatal and Newborn Failsafe Officer
NHS AfC: Band 4
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes aim to detect conditions that are present in either the mother or the baby that could have an adverse effect on the health and wellbeing of either. Pregnant women and newborn babies are offered screening tests as an integral part of their care during pregnancy and postnatal period. Optimal screening programmes require effective team working across a number of professional groups, departments and organisations.
Are you looking for a challenge working administratively within the screening team? The post holder is required to support the Antenatal Screening lead and team. The role of the Failsafe Officer is to facilitate the implementation, monitoring and to maintain safe and quality assured National Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening Programmes. The purpose is to carry out failsafe activities that ensure the screening national standards are met and most importantly reducing the risk of harm or missed screening to mothers and babies.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have overall responsibility to provide an efficient and effective administration of the 6 national ANNB screening programmes. The post holder will be expected to:
- Establish and effectively manage and maintain screening databases for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes ensuring that work procedures adhere to data protection requirements.
- Implement and maintain failsafe systems by ensuring the eligible population have an outcome recorded for each relevant screening programme. This will require the post holder to follow up where data is missing and to request repeat samples if required
- Provide accurate and timely statistical screening data to the Screening Lead and team
- Assist with activities aimed at maintaining and improving relevant key performance indicators for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes
- Work closely with multi disciplinary teams to ensure eligible women and babies are offered timely screening
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous administration/customer service experience
- Working with spreadsheets and/ or databases and NHS/similar healthcare setting medical records
- Experience of data handling including generation of reports
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS/maternity experience
- Experience of dealing with the National Standards of the NHS Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes.
Skills knowledge and ability
Essential criteria
- Strong IT and keyboard skills, accurate data entry
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to plan a programme of work to ensure regular updates are given and that all reporting deadlines are met.
- Strong problem-solving skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS systems
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to be adaptable and cope well with change
- Ability and willingness to undergo training and development
- Ability to work both on your own initiative and as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Jones
- Job title
- Screening Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977573822
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