Job overview

The role of the Screening and Fetal Medicine Lead Midwife is to ensure the provision and continuing effectiveness of the Antenatal and Newborn Screening and diagnosis programme for the Maternity Service. As part of a small multidisciplinary team, they will play a key role in coordinating the delivery of the fetal medicine service, providing specialist midwifery care and where required, assist in diagnostic procedures.

The Screening and Fetal Medicine Lead Midwife will be responsible for the day to day running of the Screening and Fetal Medicine service, collection and submission of evidence to demonstrate the department’s performance in meeting the National Screening Committee Standards, quality assurance and key performance indicators and will co-ordinate and implement processes, systems and fail safes to reduce risk in antenatal and newborn screening.

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership through their demonstrable clinical expertise and knowledge base to provide specialist advice and education to service users and the multidisciplinary team regarding women with increased screening risk/fetal anomaly.

Also available as a 12 month secondment, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

• Act as a specialist in the field of antenatal and newborn screening and diagnosis, assisting and advising other health professionals in the care of women undergoing testing.

• Lead the implementation of systems to ensure that every pregnant woman and newborn baby is offered all appropriate NHS funded screening programmes offered by the Trust within a programme that meets national standards.

• Lead in the production and dissemination of standard multidisciplinary guidelines and policies which are evidence based in relation to antenatal and newborn screening.

   

   

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.