Antenatal and Newborn Screening Deputy Midwife | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Responsibilities include; supporting women through the antenatal and newborn screening pathway, assisting the ANNB Screening Co-Ordinator in implementing new and/or revised screening programme guidance/standards, monitoring the quality and performance of the screening programmes.

• To work together with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator in a developmental role.


• To participate in the audit and monitoring of the screening programmes and assist ANNB screening coordinator to gather information to produce annual report.


• Participate in the delivery of in-service training.


• To support Women and their Families with high risk screening results.


• To act as a Professional support to Midwives and Midwifery Support Workers in effective delivery of the screening programmes.


• To respond to adverse events within the screening programmes; participate in investigation or risk.


• To participate in the local Screening Steering Group and the Clinical Governance Committee.
  
  Are you an experienced band 6 midwife who is committed to providing quality care to pregnant women and their families?


Do you have an interest and knowledge in antenatal and newborn screening and able to support and counsel women and their families with high chance screening results.

We are looking for a Midwife who is clinically experienced in order to support the Screening Co-Ordinator and who will be able to provide advice and support in all aspects of ANNB Screening and will work as part of our friendly team.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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