Job overview

Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes aim to detect conditions that are present in either the mother or baby that might have an adverse effect on the health of either. Pregnant women and newborn babies are offered screening tests as an integrated and linked part of their care. Optimal screening programmes require effective team working across a number of professional groups, departments and organisations. Trust programmes are benchmarked against national and locally agreed standards; and audit and performance monitoring is seen as essential to assure the safety and effectiveness of the service.
The post holder will have overall responsibility to provide efficient and effective administration of the six national ANNB screening programmes; Newborn Hearing, Newborn Bloodspot, Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, Infectious diseases in pregnancy, Haemoglobinopathies and Fetal Anomaly. They will also maintain an accurate screening database and provide accurate statistical information.
The post holder is responsible to the Antenatal clinic and screening matron but will work closely with each member of the maternity screening team based within the Trust across the two sites at Epsom and St Helier.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and then maintain an active database for the National Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) screening programmes including Newborn Bloodspot (NBBS), Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE), Infectious diseases in pregnancy, Haemoglobinopathies and Fetal Anomaly.
• Responsible for checking the quality of data entered onto the failsafe systems and filing systems, to ensure that all national standards are maintained and reportable.
• To coordinate close interaction by the ANNB Screening Coordinators, ward, clinic and community midwives, paediatricians and Newborn Hearing Screening Team to ensure failsafe systems remain robust and ANNB services run smoothly.
• To liaise and correspond with the appropriate external service providers as well as GP’s Referrers and patients regarding appointments, results and follow up care.
• To be responsible for answering telephone enquiries and referring to other members of the Department as appropriate and when required contact and refer to other trusts /external providers.
• To provide detailed analysis to the ANNB Screening Coordinators for the quarterly KPI’s and annual reporting as well as provide daily analysis of impended breaches on Failsafe Systems and to action these appropriately to meet service specifications.
• Attend MDT meetings with the ANNB Screening Coordinators regarding patients care and any external regional / national update meetings.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.