Specialist for Newborn Screening

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Newborn Screening Team as a Newborn Screening Specialist.

The West Midlands Newborn Bloodspot Screening laboratory is based at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The role will involve delivering the Newborn Bloodspot Screening results to families of babies identified with a suspected/unconfirmed Newborn Screening result. This is a respected service, as we are able to offer face to face communication of the results to families.

The role will also support teaching and education sessions in the theory and practice of Newborn Bloodspot Screening for health professionals across the region and focusing on improving quality.

Applications are invited from individuals with an interest in Newborn screening and delivery of difficult information. The post holder will require effective communication skills. This is an exciting opportunity for Health Visitors and Nurses looking to broaden their experience and work alongside the Newborn Screening team.

1. To deliver Newborn Screening results to families identified with a suspected/unconfirmed Newborn Screening result.
2. Provide nursing teams, Primary Health Care Teams, community agencies and hospital staff, with relevant information on the positive screening result, to allow appropriate care to be provided.
3. Offer teaching and support to other staff members throughout the trust and within the West Midlands Newborn screening network.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care and more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

• RSCN/RN Child Branch / RN child or Health Visitor
• Driving license

• A Degree in Nursing or working towards

• Experience of nursing children with a wide range of medical conditions.
• Knowledge of the Trusts safeguarding policies and procedures and the ability to raise concerns appropriately

• Commitment to practicing, monitoring and teaching a high standard of clinical care

• High Level communication skills to enable communicating with distressed families
• Previous experience of delivering difficult information to families (e.g. breaking bad news)

• Able to teach in formal and informal settings.
• Proven ability to prioritise demanding workload and that of others

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Children's Hospital
Whittal Street
Birmingham
B4 6NH

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