Antenatal and Neonatal screening midwife

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Wakefield is looking for a band 6 screening midwife to support antenatal and newborn screening services. The role involves managing screening results, counseling women, and ensuring quality standards are met. Candidates must be registered midwives with experience and knowledge of current practices. The trust offers a supportive, inclusive environment, highlighting work-life balance and various benefits for employees. Join the team to make a difference in community healthcare.

Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays

Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options

Career progression and training support

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Proven midwifery experience and ability to manage screening processes.
• Knowledgeable in current nursing/midwifery issues and screening practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage screen positive results across screening pathways.
• Counsel women about high-risk or positive results.
• Collect data for quarterly and annual reporting.
• Write and present screening programme reports.
• Participate in audit and staff education.

Skills

Registered Midwife

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Midwifery experience

Competent in evidence-based practice

Knowledge of current nursing/midwifery issues

Knowledge of screening programmes

Job description

Contact information

For more information, please contact Hayley Young (Lead midwife Screening) at [e-mail]

About the role

A band 6 screening midwife will support the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator to ensure a high quality antenatal and new born screening service is provided for all women and their families. The role includes supporting the screening lead midwife the delivery of care to women in the antenatal and new born screening pathway, this will include counselling women, managing screen positive results and collate matched cohort screening data. The role includes working in the clinical area, providing direct information and support to women. To achieve this the Antenatal and New born Screening Team work in collaboration with local programme clinical leads to ensure UKNSC programme standards are met and will monitor the quality and effectiveness of the screening services offered in the Trust.

Main duties

• Manage screen positive results across the screening pathways.
• Counsel women and their families in the event of a high risk or antenatal screen positive result.
• Collect and collate matched cohort screening data for quarterly and annual data returns.
• Write and present screening programme reports at local, regional and national level.
• Participate in audit, education of staff and guideline development.

Essential person specification requirements

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Midwifery experience
• Competent to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrates a broad knowledge of current nursing / midwifery issues.
• Knowledge of screening programmes delivered by the trust

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It is important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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