An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to join our Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hospital. You will be joining a team of three band 7 midwives, a band 4 failsafe officer plus admin support.

We are looking for an experienced midwife with knowledge of the National Screening programmes. The postholder will be responsible for monitoring the antenatal and newborn screening pathways and provide expertise and leadership in this area. You will be responsible for ensuring all screening tests are completed meeting the national standards and ensuring our failsafe processes are effective.

The postholder will also provide antenatal screening counselling and be responsible for the management of women receiving screening and high risk results or diagnosis. You will have the necessary skills and confidence to practice autonomously and be committed to ensuring that women, birthing persons, babies and their families receive the care and support required to promote optimum outcomes and positive experiences.

This is a senior Midwifery role and there is an expectation that the post holder will fully participate in the clinical and professional leadership within the organisation. You will work in collaboration with a dynamic team of Senior Midwives including matrons, consultant midwives, Heads of Midwifery, and business partners to shape our maternity service.

We are committed to ensuring you have a personalised development plan, which meets your needs, as we want your career to flourish with us

If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Provide an effective antenatal and newborn screening and counselling service through performance management and quality assurance of the service.
• Ensure regular audit locally of uptake and effectiveness of the service against National Screening Committee and trust standards providing leadership, expertise and training to all staff.
• Ensure the provision of an effective local antenatal and neonatal screening service in line with the recommendations of the National Screening Committee, reporting to the Division of Maternity and other national bodies.
• Provide responsive and timely counselling service tor those women with increased risk results.
• Co-ordinates data collection processes to inform the requirements of key performance indicator data collection and other local regional and national quality assurance, audit and monitoring processes
• Coordinates a multi professional clinical steering group to critically oversee the management and quality of the antenatal and newborn screening programmes and examine audit reports to ensure national antenatal and neonatal screening targets are achieved.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Midwifery degree or diploma with equivalent education/experience
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Master's degree

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

• Excellent IT skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to assess plan, implement and evaluate
• Flexibility

Desirable

• Experience of antenatal screening
• Experience in risk management and complaints
• Database management

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of teaching
• Experience of setting standards and Audit

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

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