Antenatal and Newborn Screening Champion

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bath is looking for a part-time Newborn Screening Champion to join their Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team. This role is pivotal in ensuring high-quality screening services and will involve various administrative tasks, including liaising with multidisciplinary teams, managing databases, and promoting a culture of care and inclusivity. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and prior experience in healthcare is desirable. Join us to make a difference in the lives of families in our community.

Benefits

Staff wellbeing programs

Competitive salary packages

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Proficiency in recording and retrieving data efficiently.
• Ability to manage and populate databases and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of manual handling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Promote equality and diversity.
• Liaise with external providers effectively.
• Monitor and manage clinic session utilization.

Skills

Excellent telephone manner

Good IT skills

Experience managing databases

Education

Maths GCSE or equivalent

English GCSE or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Data management software

Job description

Job Overview

We have an exciting permanent opportunity within our Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team as a Newborn Screening Champion. In this rewarding role, you’ll play a key role within the maternity team—working to support the delivery of six Antenatal and Newborn Screening programmes to families .

You’ll be involved in ensuring efficient and effective fail safe trackers are maintained to support robust auditing. The role will provide clinical support with expert knowledge of the first and second trimester screening pathways, to deliver high quality screening services

The role is part time with coverage across all 7 days of the week including evening clinics.

We’re looking for someone who is hardworking, flexible, enthusiastic, and above all, kind and caring, with a genuine passion for person‑centred care.

For further information please contact [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• Promote equality, diversity,
• Adhere to security measures and data protection guidance.
• Input and extract client information accurately from local and national databases,
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely antenatal screening
• Oversee accurate input of screening information and results onto local trackers and databases.
• Implement and carry out failsafe checks under supervision
• Liaise appropriately with external providers.
• Book urgent / routine appointments via various systems.
• Monitor clinic session utilisation, reducing capacity loss by rearranging or cancelling appointments .
• Provide administrative support to the ANNB Screening Coordinator and wider team.
• Arrange interpreters for women.
• attend multidisciplinary meetings.
• Produce ad hoc reports and support project work.
• Respond confidently and sensitively to distressed women via telephone or face‑to‑face.
• Answer telephone enquiries and refer appropriately,
• Monitor stock levels, expiry dates, and order consumables and stationery as required.
• Arrange calibration of screening equipment when necessary.
• Prepare rooms and equipment.
• Prepare equipment, documentation, and individuals for venous blood sample collection in line with Trust guidelines.
• Assist in cleaning and preparing rooms for screening procedures.
• Explain first and second trimester screening options and pathways to families attending their dating scan.

Working for our organization

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person‑centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well‑established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• maths GCSE or equivalent
• English GCSE or equivalent
• Knowledge of manual handling

Desirable criteria

• previous experience working within NHS
• Public health England e learning for healthcare professionals

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent administrative processes knowledge and experience of recording and retrieving data
• Good IT skills using a variety of software packages
• Experience populating and managing excel spreadsheets and/or databases

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience as a Care Assistant or maternity support worker
• Experience of antenatal and Newborn screening programmes and failsafes

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

• Antenatal and newborn screening Champion (PDF, 344.4KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Emily Blake

Job title ANNB screening manager

Email address [e-mail]