Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programme Failsafe Officer (Band 4)

at  North Bristol NHS Trust

The post holder would provide support to the Antenatal & Newborn Screening who are responsible for the coordination of the six national antenatal and newborn screening programmes
This role will include the monitoring of screening systems to ensure that national screening standard are met and areas of concern identified in a timely manner; the collation of data to inform the nationally required Key Performance Indicators (KPI) / annual data submissions and assistance with screening audits to inform service provision.
To monitor screening systems on a daily basis to ensure that national screening standards are met and areas of concern are identified in a timely manner.
Be responsible for checking the quality of data entered onto the maternity and appointment systems and to escalate to the screening coordinator
To provide data to the Screening Midwives for the quarterly Key Performance Indicators and annual report.

To liaise closely with the Screening Coordinators, Lead Sonographers, ward areas and community teams to ensure the smooth running of the screening service.

• To be responsible for answering telephone enquiries and to resolve queries and referring to other members of the team / department as appropriate.
• To be confident and competent when dealing with distressed patients during telephone or face to face conversations and referring to the Screening Midwives.
• To respond expediently to abnormal results following investigative treatments, highlighting them in person to the Screening Midwives to avoid delay.
• To contribute to screening programme audits.

To act as the main point of contact in relation to issues / updates for the screening failsafe systems.
Our teams value and support each other, demonstrating a great team ethos across the service. We work hard to be as flexible/agile as possible and to promote our civility saves lives and wellbeing programmes.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
Additional ‘wellbeing day’ for 2023
Free staff car parking
Physiotherapy Direct
Career development and training opportunities
Award winning and comprehensive wellbeing provisions. This includes physical, psychological, lifestyle and financial wellbeing support offers.
Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
Maternity coffee shop and ‘Garden room’.
Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
The role involves communications on a daily basis with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team . There is always a need to maintain a level of professionalism and civility in difficult situations.
Contact with patients who may be emotionally upset.
There is substantial use of computer work throughout the day to search for patient information, input data and undertake analysis.
The work is office based with flexible hours.
Care must be taken to respect a patient’s privacy & dignity at all times and maintain confidentiality either when obtaining information / data directly from the patient or indirectly from case notes.
The work situation is such that there are frequent disturbances from phone calls and clinicians calling for assistance / advice / information, which can be inconvenient particularly when working on complex data analysis. ·
Working under pressure with tight schedules and deadlines in order to meet trust, regional and national targets

Please refer the Job description for details