Antenatal & Newborn Screening Administrator | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,460 - £31,909 per annum inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6197864/337-NP-7634DG |
Summary
The Antenatal and Newborn screening administrator (ANNBSA) is responsible for ensuring that the quality of data produced by the ANNB screening Service from the Northwick Park, Central Middlesex and Ealing maternity services is of the highest quality standards and meets the requirements as set by the NHS national screening programmes, NHS England, Quality Assurance Board, the Care Quality Group (CQG), the Integrated Care Board, Acute Collaboratives and the chief executive of the Trust.
The data is used to support the Trust’s clinical and business requirements with assurances that pregnant women and babies are seen and tracked through their antenatal and postnatal screening pathways in accordance with specified metrics and targets ensuring that income can be claimed correctly.
The post holder will be based in the maternity Department at Northwick Park hospital and will be responsible for the capture and submission of data on timeliness of testing, referrals, income and maintaining standards for clinical screening failsafe of women and babies under the care of the maternity services. The role will ensure the recording of high quality data on Trust systems, and there will be a requirement to develop and undertake quarterly audits to measure data accuracy and completeness as well as identifying education and training needs. This will involve the production of data, information and intelligence using a variety of analytical techniques.
The post holder will work as part of the Maternity structure to develop and monitor failsafe prioritisation processes and systems to manage risk of harm to women and babies as part of the Risk Management Strategy; to investigate incidents/complaints and make recommendations for quality improvement and safety initiatives.
Specifically the post-holder will:-
Develop and implement processes for the monitoring of patient pathways ensuring women and babies receive screening tests and follow-up as appropriate from the right person, in the right place, within 25% of their individual intended schedule for follow up.
Develop audit systems to identify errors which can result in the screening of pregnant women or babies being delayed in their testing or lost to follow up.
Responsibility for the use and maintenance of the database for all women and babies under the care of the maternity services for the purpose of timeliness in testing (failsafe) with appropriate escalation to ANNB screening coordinator.
Responsibility for the use and maintenance of the database for all patients under the care of the maternity services ensuring all referrals for antenatal screening are seen within the specified time (urgent and routine) and all clinical screening interventions are logged.
Work in assistance with the line manager on service improvements and data quality collaboration with the Information department.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024