Band 7 Infectious Diseases and Haemoglobinopathies Specialist Midwife

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic midwife to join our Antenatal and Newborn Screening team., The post holder will work as part on the Antenatal and Newborn Screening team, and be responsible for:

• Coordinating care and delivering genetic counselling for women who are carriers of Sickle Cell, Thalassemia and other Haemoglobinopathies. Experience working in this specialist area is desirable.
• Coordinating the care of women who screen positive for vertically transmissible infectious diseases routinely screened for within the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening programme (IDPS): HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B. Experience working in this specialist area is desirable.
• Participating in failsafe checks to ensure screening has been completed for all eligible women (and partners where relevant) who have consented to screening. Excellent organisation skills are essential.
• Completing failsafe checks to ensure that all IDPS and Haemoglobinopathy screen positive results have been communicated to patients and that referral and required follow up has been completed within nationally agreed timeframes.
The post holder will also be required to provide cross cover for the Fetal Medicine Specialist Midwife and Screening Coordinator in their absence.

Applicants should have an interest or background in Antenatal and Newborn Screening. They must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in counselling pregnant individuals with complex conditions relating to infectious diseases (HIV, Hepatitis B, syphilis), or haemoglobinopathies is desirable.

We have Antenatal and Newborn Screening teams based at Barnet and Royal Free Hampstead to cover pregnant clients booked for maternity care at the Royal Free London trust. They are comprised of specialist midwives, screening coordinators, and a cross site failsafe officer. The cross site service is overseen by the clinical leads for Antenatal and Newborn Screening and Fetal Medicine.