Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme Co-ordinatorinAll WalesinAll WalesPUBLISHED THU 13 FEB 2025
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Responsibilities include implementing screening policies, building professional relationships with healthcare staff, providing expert advice, and ensuring high-quality, consistent service delivery throughout the program. Candidates should possess strong organisational and communication skills, demonstrate a commitment to teamwork, and be prepared to lead national initiatives. Proficiency in Welsh is desired but not required, and the office base for this all-Wales role is flexible.
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 12 MONTHS DUE TO MATERNITY COVER.
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen to join the national programme team for Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales. If you are a Midwife or Health Visitor with a passion for quality improvement and collaborative working, you might be our next Programme Co-ordinator.
This key leadership post provides an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to support the delivery of excellent bloodspot screening to babies across Wales. NBSW Programme Co-ordinators play a critical role in ensuring all babies across Wales receive timely, high quality bloodspot screening. They are pivotal to our aim of identifying rare but serious conditions and beginning treatment before symptoms emerge.
Working with colleagues in all health boards, the national bloodspot screening laboratory and the failsafe administration team, the successful candidate will plan, support, facilitate and monitor programme performance. The postholder will develop and lead programme initiatives to ensure that every baby receives equitable, excellent screening. Programme Co-ordinators play a key part in ensuring future generations receive high quality screening through the delivery of education for NHS colleagues and students across Wales and supporting the national implementation of screening for new conditions.
This is an all Wales role, office base is flexible.
To lead the monitoring of all aspects of performance of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales programme and the development of action plans to address performance concerns.
The post holder will be required to work with initiative, determination, and the ability to promote the collaborative working required to provide excellent and compassionate screening.
The post holder will have well developed critical appraisal skills, excellent organisational skills and be an effective communicator to help ensure that the programme continues to provide excellent services for future generations. The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a team and will lead national initiatives.
The role will provide an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team, striving to improve patient outcomes and patient care through the delivery of high-quality screening to families across Wales.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Lead the implementation of Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales policies, standards, protocols and performance management framework.
Develop effective professional relationships with training leads, governance leads and other health board staff to deliver and implement a high quality of newborn screening programme in health Boards across Wales.
Plan, support, facilitate and monitor the progress of an improved newborn bloodspot programme and effective working with all partners.
Provide expert professional advice on newborn bloodspot screening.
Responsible for ensuring resilient, high quality and consistent provision throughout the national programme, interpreting national policy and determining delivery plans for the whole programme, securing opportunities for continuous improvement and supporting the strategic development of the service.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
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