Job summary
Employer heading
Newborn Hearing Screening Service Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the antenatal and newborn screening team based within University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay.
To undertake professional and clinical responsibility for the operational management and development of the service.
Responsible for ensuring that the programme meets national Key Performance Indicators and acts promptly and appropriately should there be any deviation from the national targets.
Responsible for planning clinical cover for the programme to ensure that maximum coverage is achieved at all times and KPI targets are met.
To undertake audit and development as and when required as part of the service delivery and development and the National Training Programme for the OSCE Qualification and National Screening Qualification.
The post holder will work with the service leads in Audiology on identifying and implementing service delivery strategies that maintain and innovate provision within the service.
Main duties of the job
Effective communication and interpersonal skills with a multidisciplinary team of professionals and service users, including parents, sometimes in highly emotive situations, is essential. Be a qualified hearing screener.
Have a full understanding of the Screening process and undertake hearing screening on a regular basis and as and when required to.
· Remain fully competent in the practicalities of the screening process by attending and participating in national training and information events.
· Maintain experience and skills in the care and handling of newborn babies both with/without special care.
· Assess screener competency.
· Undertake the necessary training and attain the qualification to become a screening assessor/verifier in order to support the screening team through their required training.
· Ensure that all babies born within UHMBT, including home births and also babies transferred in from other areas are offered the hearing screen.
· Monitor the national hearing screening database for transfers and shares on a daily basis to ensure that records are updated in a timely manner and screens and onward referral to diagnostic audiology are completed within the required timescales to meets KPI’s.
· Monitor babies who are transferred out of local area and liaise with other NHSP and Audiology colleagues to request that wherever possible these babies receive their hearing screen at their new site.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Midwife/Health visitor/audiologist ·
- Degree qualification or evidence of significant post registration education
- Qualified Hearing Screener
- Screener Assessor Qualification
- Extensive knowledge of National Hearing Screening Pathway/Standards
- Advanced IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Previous project management experience/service development
- Experience of leading change management
- Any specialist training
- NVQ assessor
- Previous experience managing a screening team in the NHS
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Jones
- Job title
- Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977573822
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