Clinical Liaison Nurse - Newborn Screening

Transformation Unit; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Clinical Liaison Nurse to support the Newborn Screening team based at the Sheffield Children’s site, covering South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.

The role links the laboratory to the care of patients, involves community work and travel to clinics at other trusts, and requires a full UK driving licence with car access.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Child or Adult) or Registered Health Visitor or Registered Midwife and registered with the NMC/UK.
• Evidence of short courses in core Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training.

Responsibilities

• Maintain efficiency of sample collection and transmission across the region.
• Ensure timely transmission of positive results to health professionals.
• Communicate screening results to parents and monitor PKU management via home visits and clinics.

Skills

Communication skills

Counselling skills

Driving licence

Education

Registered Nurse/Health Visitor/Midwife

ECDL / MS Office knowledge

CPD / post-registration development

Tools

IT systems and databases

MS Office basics

Job description

Main area Clinical Liaison Nurse - Newborn Screening Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 09:00 until 17:00) Job ref 190-2053-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Sheffield Children's Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa/ pro-rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

A vacancy has arisen in the Clinical Chemistry department for a Clinical Liaison Nurse to join our Newborn Screening team based at the Sheffield Children's site, within South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology. The screening laboratory is one of the busiest newborn screening laboratories in England. The region covered is from South Yorkshire to Northamptonshire. Newborn Bloodspot Screening is performed on around 70,000 babies each year.

This is an essential role that links the work of the laboratory to the management and care of patients.

The successful postholder will act as the primary point of contact for patients and their families with the laboratory, both for newly referred families, and those with PKU who are followed up for life. There is also a significant element of community working within this role, and attendance at clinics at other trusts within the region which may take the postholder away from base for a large proportion of their working time.

Main duties of the job

• Maintaining the efficiency of sample collection and transmission throughout the Region (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Humberside and South Yorkshire). Population 5 million.
• Ensuring timely transmission of positive results from all the screening tests to the relevant health professionals.
• Particular responsibility in the transmission of positive screening results for phenylketonuria (PKU), in conjunction with the relevant health professionals, to parents and monitoring the subsequent progress by home visits and clinic attendance.
• To participate in aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF) screening, in particular, the timely transmission of results for suspected carriers of CF to parents by a home visit.
• To actively participate in the long-term management of patients with PKU in the Region.

Duties will also include the communication of screening results and the provision of specialist education, training, advice and information to patients, families and other members of a multi-disciplinary team.

The postholder will be based in the department but must have the flexibility to travel throughout the region, sometimes at short notice. It is essential that the successful applicant holds a full UK driving licence, and has access to a car. Mileage costs can be reclaimed in full in line with Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The SYB Pathology network includes:

• Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT)
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT)
• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT)
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT)
• Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education an Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Child or Adult) or Registered Health Visitor or Registered Midwife
• ECDL or evidence of short courses in all core Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Professional knowledge of newborn bloodspot screening including how to collect samples & understanding of the disorders being screened, attained from short courses, experience, or specialist training
• Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998
• Evidence of post registration academic development
• Additional professional course/qualification relevant to the speciality

Experience

• Experience working within cystic fibrosis (CF) and phenylketonuria (PKU) screening, and MCADD or comparable area, or willing to take local required training
• Substantial post registered experience in a managerial or leadership role
• Detailed understanding of job content
• Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
• Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities
• Experience of working in the community

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of current nursing issues
• Have an awareness of Health & Safety practises
• Can communicate effectively with patients, families and other members of multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of IT systems and databases
• Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach
• Counselling Skills
• Basic keyboard and IT skills
• Teaching Skills
• Ability to work individually and part of a team.
• Maintains composure in pressurised situations
• Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work
• Knowledge of the newborn screening service and biomedical sciences.
• Knowledge of the newborn screening service and biomedical sciences.

Personal Qualities

• Understand and follow clear instructions.
• Hold a full UK driving licence with access to a car
• Commitment to: Speciality, Self-development, Evolution of practice , Management of change
• Flexibility in relation to the workload requirements that are unpredictable.
• Commitment to role

Values and Behaviours (PROUD)

• Patients first - Understanding of how laboratory services are part of the patient pathway and impact on patient care
• Respectful – Developed interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
• Ownership – Understand the need to accept responsibility for own actions and ensure accuracy and attention to detail
• Unity – Ability to work as part of a team
• Delivery – Ability to work within defined timescales

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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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.