Antenatal Screening Midwife

Transformationunitgm; Halifax; On-site; CAD 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Halifax seeks a motivated Antenatal Screening Midwife to join their dynamic team. The role involves delivering woman-centred care, managing screenings, and supporting families. Candidates must be registered midwives with relevant qualifications and experience, committed to providing compassionate care in a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Part-time opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a BSc in Midwifery.
• Willing to obtain qualifications in antenatal screening.
• Significant antenatal experience.

Responsibilities

• Counsel women and families on antenatal screening results.
• Manage screen positive results in national pathways.
• Support programme development and evaluation.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Counseling

Critical Thinking

Motivational interviewing

Education

BSc Midwifery studies or equivalent

Registered Midwife

Job description

Main area Antenatal Screening Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

23 hours per week (up to 23 hours per week) Job ref 372-FSS2788

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust Town Halifax Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/07/2025

Antenatal Screening Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 6

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Midwife to join the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust. As part of our team, you will play a key role in delivering woman-centred care, offering counselling to women following screen-positive results, and supporting families through the decision-making process. The post holder will work alongside and support the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator and other members of the multidiciplinary team to ensure the provision, development and continuing effectiveness of the programmes offered to women and their families; incorporating expert clinical practice, consultation and education.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Motivated, flexible, and solution-focused.
• An excellent communicator who can build strong working relationships with colleagues both within the Trust and externally.

Our friendly team includes:

• Failsafe Officers
• Close links with community midwifery teams, the ultrasonography department, and the antenatal clinic/day units.
• Screening services provided across 2 hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support the screening co-ordinator to:

Manage screen positive results across the national screening pathways.

Counsel women and their families in the event of a high risk or antenatal screen positive result.

Provide the provision of clinical advice and support for women and their families participating in the screening programmes.

Collect and collate matched cohort screening data for quarterly and annual data returns.

Participate in audit, education of staff and guideline development.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator in meeting needs and standards within the primary and secondary settings
• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator with all positive results received from the laboratory for the antenatal screening programmes and make arrangements to inform, counsel, support and appropriately liaise with other agencies and provide care and care pathways throughout the woman’s pregnancy until the postnatal period
• Provide direct clinical advice and support in order to meet the needs of pregnant women
• Support women and their families who opt for to terminate a pregnancy for a fetal anomaly
• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator with assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care
• Initiate and advise directly on referral to other specialties
• Ensure use of evidence-based practice using standards, audit and clinical risk assessment
• Advise and maintain effective communications with other professional stakeholders and voluntary organisations, aiming to provide comprehensive and seamless care across boundaries and to promote woman and public involvement/participation in healthcare
• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator with developing specialist policies and protocols
• Contribute to change and/or developing the service
• Maintain a record of activities for regular analysis and evaluation, participating in audit to provide information on current trends and future needs
• Promote and maintain good working relationships within and outside the Trust, utilising opportunities to promote the specialist service
• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator as an educator in antenatal screening for midwifery and medical colleagues and other disciplines within a range of settings
• Assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator with the provision of mandatory training for midwives in all antenatal and newborn screening programmes

· Work closely with obstetricians, medical staff, midwives, laboratory staff and primary care professionals to promote and develop evidence-based quality antenatal screening services

• Promote and disseminate up to date evidence based practice.
• Participate in audit in Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes and assist the Antenatal Screening Coordinator with dissemination of findings.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• Registered Midwife
• Willing to obtain professional or clinical qualification in antenatal screening
• BSc Midwifery studies or equivalent
• Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Introduction to Management
• Counselling qualification

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Significant antenatal experience as Band 6
• Competent in all aspects of Midwifery practice
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development
• Up to date knowledge in clinical governance
• Evidence of knowledge and understanding of midwifery supervision
• Evidence of domestic abuse awareness and safeguarding children training
• Knowledge of the AN & newborn screening programme Evidence that shows commitment to normal midwifery.
• Evidence that shows commitment to promotion of breast-feeding and support of breast-feeding mothers
• Research and audit skills
• Ability to write reports
• Working knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
• Knowledge of public health/midwifery issues
• Guideline and information leaflet writing
• Working knowledge / experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Motivational interviewing training
• Leadership training
• Baby Friendly Infant feeding training or equivalent
• Experience of recruitment/selection
• Budgetary management skills
• Knowledge of audit and research
• Awareness of Government documents / reports / frameworks that impact on provision of Maternity Services
• general understanding of payment by results and maternity pathways
• Counselling and bereavement skills
• Appraisal training and experience

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Skills in negotiation and advocacy
• Demonstrable team building / leadership skills
• Ability to use IT to input and access patient details and data
• Leadership ability
• Have an awareness of the Trust’s vision and value
• Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job (it is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement). Reasonable adjustments can be considered in accordance to the Equality Act

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on theCheck if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Aimee Hamilton Job title Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01422 222123