Band 7 Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator to join their screening team. The role involves coordinating various screening programmes, providing clinical support, and managing sensitive counseling for women. This position is ideal for a registered midwife with strong organizational and communication skills, aiming to make a positive impact in maternity care.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with ongoing professional development.
• Experience with sickle cell and thalassaemia genetic counselling.
• Knowledge of current midwifery practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of NHSE antenatal and newborn screening programmes.
• Provide clinical support for midwives regarding screening programmes.
• Counsel women with positive screening results.

Skills

Communication

Counselling

Organizational skills

Decision making

Leadership

Education

Registered midwife

Teaching/mentor qualification

Evidence of relevant clinical experience

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator

The closing date is 01 July 2025

An opportunity has arisen to join the screening team as an Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator.

The post holder will share responsibility with the existing coordinator for the coordination of all NHSE antenatal and newborn screening programmes in the Trust:

Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy with the addition of HCV testing (Hepatitis C)

Newborn Bloodspot

Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The post holder will also manage the implementation of HCV testing, including counselling women with a positive result, education of staff involved in testing, supervision of the referral process and audit.

Main duties of the job

*To demonstrate excellent communication skills, which facilitate working in partnership with the wider Trust multidisciplinary team and specialist services.

*Advise and provide clinical support for midwives regarding the NHSE screening programmes.

*Prepare and participate in the Trust antenatal and newborn screening steering group and NHSE programme board.

*Communicate to line manager in challenging situations.

*Co-ordinating and facilitating the antenatal and newborn screening services within the Trust.

*Inform and counsel women with positive results and facilitate diagnostic testing and support decision making around continuation or termination of pregnancy.

*The post holder will deliver results sensitively and empathically.

*The post holder will be competent in discussing positive screening results and having difficult conversations which may include termination of pregnancy.

*The post holder will use their counselling skills in ensuring that information is delivered sensitively, has been understood and all options available explained.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered midwife
• *Teaching/mentor and assessor's qualification or relevant experience.
• *Demonstration of on-going professional development.
• *Evidence of relevant clinical experience.

Experience

• *Sickle cell and thalassaemia genetic counselling course attended/willing to undertake study.
• *Knowledge of current midwifery practices.
• *Evidence of on-going and current professional development.
• *Experience of leading staff.

Additional Criteria

• *Good organisational skills.
• *Good time management.
• *Proactive approach to innovation.
• *Ability to prioritise, delegate workload and demonstrate decision making skills.
• *Friendly, cheerful attitude with the ability to motivate and lead.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust