Failsafe Officer for Antenatal and Newborn Screening - Band 4

The purpose is to carry out failsafe activities that ensure the complex screening loop is closed, thereby meeting National Standards and most importantly reducing risk of harm or missed screening to mothers and babies for which United Lincolnshire NHS Hospitals Trust are responsible., Accurate and methodical collation of data and entry to databases or national systems, to evidence and ensure that all women and their babies are offered Antenatal and newborn screening.

This includes having a wide knowledge of the complexities of the screening pathways across primary and secondary care, to aide investigation where things go wrong.

The failsafe officer needs to understand the complexities and screening pathways of the below screening programmes

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).