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Deputy Screening Coordinator
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Job share
18 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-3203-A
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 Per annum (pro rata) including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/08/2025 23:59

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Deputy Screening Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 6

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

The post holder will have a key role working within the Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening team, promoting and maintaining antenatal screening services,

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for co-ordinating the care of women and birthing people who screen positive for vertically transmissible infectious diseases routinely screened for within the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening programme (IDPS).

Provide support and information to midwives and the wider MDT on screening and infectious diseases.

Provide counselling to women and birthing people with unexpected screening results relating to all the national screening programmes. This includes providing advice, information and support for clients to make informed decisions about their choices moving forward.

Work closely with local centres, including the Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Specialist Centre, FASP screening service providers and local sexual health clinics, to ensure clients receive appropriate care and follow-up.

Participate in failsafe checks to ensure screening has been completed for all eligible clients who have consented to screening, and that those who decline are fully informed of their choice.

Participate in auditing the service and liaising with the ANNB Screening Coordinator for submission of local and national data reporting.

Support implementation of new developments in ANNB screening services within maternity in conjunction with other members of the screening team.

Deputise for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator in their absence

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust  believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for receiving and following up positive HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis results.

Ensure clients receive counselling for results, appropriate support, and are referred for appropriate follow up with the appropriate MDT teams.

Follow up equivocal or inconclusive results in line with national and local guidance.

Identify abnormalities in testing results and refer appropriately to the multidisciplinary team or other agencies as appropriate.

Please refer to the job description for more responsibilities.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
  • Provides evidence of continuous personal and professional development
  • Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff
  • NIPE trained
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist Training in Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Consolidated Post registration experience in all aspects of Midwifery Care
  • Evidence of clinical competence
  • Sound knowledge of Antenatal & Newborn Screening Programmes
  • Experience of counselling
  • Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in infectious diseases and screening in pregnancy
  • Experience in developing and implementing guidelines
  • Experience of data collection and analysis

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Good counselling and listening skills and ability to deal with delivering distressing news.
  • Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
  • Understanding of current issues in antenatal and newborn screening e.g. Failsafe systems, national standards
  • Understanding and knowledge of key performance indicators in screening
  • Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, excel and powerpoint
  • Sensitive to the diverse needs of women and birthing people
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to influence and manage change, including the promotion of evidence based practice

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of recent personal development activity
  • Demonstrates an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Role model

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Asya Cvetanova
Job title
Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02072885108
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