# Antenatal and Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/antenatal-and-newborn-screening-failsafe-officer/903742fb-8833-4497-ab78-781aa0309826 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/antenatal-and-newborn-screening-failsafe-officer/903742fb-8833-4497-ab78-781aa0309826.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Administrative officer - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term/ secondment opportunity) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T09:16:00.675Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Obstetrics/Obstetrics-v8339130 - **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - Maintain effective databases for Antenatal and Newborn Screening ensuring that working procedures relating to Data protection are adhered too. - Ensure accurate records are maintained and provide statistical information to the Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator on a regular and ad hoc basis. - Use own initiative to identify deviations from expected pathways, taking actions to prevent screening incidents where possible and escalating issues to Antenatal & Newborn Screening Specialist Midwives / Matrons / Consultants as necessary. - Use own initiative to identify missing antenatal appointments (specifically 20 week fetal anomaly scan appointments) and rectify in conjunction with the administrative team. - Ensure that all patients eligible for antenatal and newborn screening are invited during the required screening timeframe. - Ensure all patients who do not attend are managed and referred to the correct pathway for onward management. - Monitor the Newborn screening process to ensure all babies are screened within required timeframe and escalate non-compliance. - Input and maintain audit trails to demonstrate compliance with required Failsafe measures. - Responsible for the quality of the data and will participate in regular data cleansing exercises and liaising with staff from other organisations involved in the programme. ### Main duties of the job - Responsible for the designing, improvement, maintenance and monitoring of failsafe administration procedures. - In conjunction with the wider screening team, the post holder will ensure that the antenatal and newborn screening programmes are continually developed and delivered in accordance with the Failsafe requirements outlined by Public Health England. - Experience of delivering high-quality administration service and highly skilled with a variety of IT systems. - Experience in using complex and specialist databases. - In conjunction with the Antenatal & Newborn Screening Specialist Coordinator: - Continually audit the performance of the programme against national and local standards, in line with governance arrangements, extract data and assist with writing reports as necessary. - Design, create and compile specialist reports using Microsoft Excel in a format compliant with UK National Screening Committee Key Performance Indicators. - Assist in the preparation and presentation of information for the purpose of reporting, discussing and presenting antenatal and newborn screening data to internal/external parties. - Actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and Programme Board meetings as required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 4159 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Understanding of the need for confidentiality ### Experience **Essential** - Previous clerical work including data input and use of spreadsheets **Desirable** - Experience in NHS or customer service organisation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good general standard of literacy and numeracy **Desirable** - Knowledge of medical terminology ### Attitude, aptitude **Essential** - Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence - Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809) - [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901) - [job description (pdf, 284.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663242) - [nnuh fraud prevention notice (pdf, 104.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3081) - [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367) - [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473) - [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166) - [our nnuh disability and long term conditions staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.