The post holder will have a key role working within the Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening team, promoting and maintaining antenatal screening services,
Be responsible for co-ordinating the care of women and birthing people who screen positive for vertically transmissible infectious diseases routinely screened for within the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening programme (IDPS).
Provide support and information to midwives and the wider MDT on screening and infectious diseases.
Provide counselling to women and birthing people with unexpected screening results relating to all the national screening programmes. This includes providing advice, information and support for clients to make informed decisions about their choices moving forward.
Work closely with local centres, including the Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Specialist Centre, FASP screening service providers and local sexual health clinics, to ensure clients receive appropriate care and follow-up.
Participate in failsafe checks to ensure screening has been completed for all eligible clients who have consented to screening, and that those who decline are fully informed of their choice.
Participate in auditing the service and liaising with the ANNB Screening Coordinator for submission of local and national data reporting.
Support implementation of new developments in ANNB screening services within maternity in conjunction with other members of the screening team.
Deputise for the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator in their absence
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Asya Cvetanova Job title: Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 02072885108