Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dedicated team of midwives overseeing the National Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Our well-established screening team is committed to ensuring women and babies receive the highest standard of care. We are looking for a motivated and experienced midwife to take on a senior role as Joint Lead for Screening Programmes, influencing care pathways and driving best practice across the Trust.
About the Role - Provide professional leadership and expert advice across antenatal and newborn screening programmes.
- Work collaboratively with midwifery colleagues, support workers, obstetric and paediatric consultants, and external agencies.
- Deliver a varied role combining office-based responsibilities with clinical care.
- Key duties include:
- Teaching and training staff.
- Developing and implementing care pathways in line with national recommendations.
- Failsafe processes, report writing, and day-to-day administrative tasks.
- Clinical care for women with positive screening results, including arranging pathways and supporting those opting for pregnancy termination.
This is a rare opportunity to influence care within antenatal and newborn screening programmes, offering significant job satisfaction and the chance to develop your skills and career further.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to set & establish priorities
- Leadership qualities
- Team Player
- Assertiveness
- I.T literate
- Ability to work autonomously
- Enthusiastic
- Able to influence and communicate at a senior level
Desirable
- Strategic thinker & decision maker
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Public Health England and Government Policy and professional screening agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree (or equivalent)
- Teaching & assessing qualification/equivalent
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification in Antenatal/Newborn screening
- Management qualification
Further Training
Essential
- Up to date with national e-learning in relation to screening
- Bereavement/Breaking Bad news
Desirable
- Counselling Course
- Genetics awareness
- Haemoglobinopathy and genetics course (Kings College Hospital)/equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Management / Leadership experience at Band 6 or above
- Implementation of change
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking research/audit
- Worked within a screening environment
- Worked within a fetal medicine setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Work Flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Car owner driver
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to set & establish priorities
- Leadership qualities
- Team Player
- Assertiveness
- I.T literate
- Ability to work autonomously
- Enthusiastic
- Able to influence and communicate at a senior level
Desirable
- Strategic thinker & decision maker
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Public Health England and Government Policy and professional screening agenda
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree (or equivalent)
- Teaching & assessing qualification/equivalent
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification in Antenatal/Newborn screening
- Management qualification
Further Training
Essential
- Up to date with national e-learning in relation to screening
- Bereavement/Breaking Bad news
Desirable
- Counselling Course
- Genetics awareness
- Haemoglobinopathy and genetics course (Kings College Hospital)/equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Management / Leadership experience at Band 6 or above
- Implementation of change
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking research/audit
- Worked within a screening environment
- Worked within a fetal medicine setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Work Flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Car owner driver
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
