# Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwife - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/antenatal-and-newborn-screening-midwife-peterborough/0018f243-5550-49ed-89b1-74af96944a88 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/antenatal-and-newborn-screening-midwife-peterborough/0018f243-5550-49ed-89b1-74af96944a88.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T15:52:45.475Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v7550880 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7550880?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced band 6 midwife to join the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team. The successful applicant will join our team of specialist midwives to ensure that the National Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes are delivered safely and efficiently within the NWAFT services. As a team we work closely with NHS England's regional screening and immunisation teams and also support the maternal and neonatal immunisation service within our organisation. In addition, this role requires the individual to work with the wider multidisciplinary team including specialist services such as fetal medicine, sexual health, gastroenterology and tertiary fetal medicine and genetic counselling services. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential as this is a very busy but unique role that will allow the successful applicant to develop skills in the management of service that affects all areas of maternity care. Literacy skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office packages including Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role. *Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ### Main duties of the job The main duties are to support the Antenatal Screening Coordinators and specialist midwives to deliver the NHSE Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes. The team deal with a range of issues including supporting women to discuss and make choices during pregnancy when there are additional concerns. Counselling women and couples about high chance screening results. Coordinating care for women with positive infectious disease screening results, HIV , Syphilis and Hepatitis B. Support parents and coordinate multidisciplinary care for babies with known fetal abnormalities and babies with suspected chromosome abnormalities, including supporting parents to make choices to continue or terminate the pregnancy. Capture and maintain extensive data which is required to track our population and monitor performance in line with national standards. Participation in audit, the delivery of in-service training and acting as a professional support to midwives and midwifery support workers. Responding to adverse events and participation in investigation or risk. Participation in the regional and local Screening Programme meetings. There may be the occasional need to travel between Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital, to ensure coverage of the service pan-site. For further information about this role, please contact the team leader Tayla Tomlinson 01733 673039 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role.  Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team. ## Job Details This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced band 6 midwife to join the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Team. The successful applicant will join our team of specialist midwives to ensure that the National Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes are delivered safely and efficiently within the NWAFT services. As a team we work closely with NHS England's regional screening and immunisation teams and also support the maternal and neonatal immunisation service within our organisation. In addition, this role requires the individual to work with the wider multidisciplinary team including specialist services such as fetal medicine, sexual health, gastroenterology and tertiary fetal medicine and genetic counselling services. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential as this is a very busy but unique role that will allow the successful applicant to develop skills in the management of service that affects all areas of maternity care. Literacy skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office packages including Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role. *Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice* ## Job Description The main duties are to support the Antenatal Screening Coordinators and specialist midwives to deliver the NHSE Antenatal and Newborn screening programmes. The team deal with a range of issues including supporting women to discuss and make choices during pregnancy when there are additional concerns. Counselling women and couples about high chance screening results. Coordinating care for women with positive infectious disease screening results, HIV , Syphilis and Hepatitis B. Support parents and coordinate multidisciplinary care for babies with known fetal abnormalities and babies with suspected chromosome abnormalities, including supporting parents to make choices to continue or terminate the pregnancy. Capture and maintain extensive data which is required to track our population and monitor performance in line with national standards. Participation in audit, the delivery of in-service training and acting as a professional support to midwives and midwifery support workers. Responding to adverse events and participation in investigation or risk. Participation in the regional and local Screening Programme meetings. There may be the occasional need to travel between Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital, to ensure coverage of the service pan-site. For further information about this role, please contact the team leader Tayla Tomlinson 01733 673039 ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel between the Trust and the Community Services as required - Willingness to work pan-site as required ### Experience **Essential** - Midwifery experience in all clinical areas including community and day assessment services - Experience of multidisciplinary working - Sound knowledge of current professional issues - Understanding of government initiatives - Knowledge of NMC rules governing practice - Experience of supporting women with high risk results through the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes **Desirable** - Experience of data collection and presentation - Evidence of involvement in audit cycles and reviewing practice ### Key Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Excellent communication skills both written and verbal - Can demonstrate good presentation skills - Excellent interpersonal and organisation skills - Ability to motivate staff and influence midwives and other professionals - Significant IT Skills **Desirable** - Good report writing skills ### Education & Qaulifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Up-to-date professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of personal and professional development ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [antenatal and newborn screening midwife person spec (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9801339) - [antenatal and newborn screening midwife job description (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9801338) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.