# Clinical Liaison Nurse - Newborn Screening > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-liaison-nurse-newborn-screening/3bdb03c9-b4d2-4b1c-8901-d4f3ec186d06 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-liaison-nurse-newborn-screening/3bdb03c9-b4d2-4b1c-8901-d4f3ec186d06.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa/ pro-rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 09:00 until 17:00) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T00:02:10.107Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Liaison_Nurse_Newborn_Screening/Clinical_Liaison_Nurse_Newborn_Screening-v8285342 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8285342?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference? A vacancy has arisen in the Clinical Chemistry department for a Clinical Liaison Nurse to join our Newborn Screening team based at the Sheffield Children's site, within South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology. The screening laboratory is one of the busiest newborn screening laboratories in England. The region covered is from South Yorkshire to Northamptonshire. Newborn Bloodspot Screening is performed on around 70,000 babies each year. This is an essential role that links the work of the laboratory to the management and care of patients. The successful postholder will act as the primary point of contact for patients and their families with the laboratory, both for newly referred families, and those with PKU who are followed up for life. There is also a significant element of community working within this role, and attendance at clinics at other trusts within the region which may take the postholder away from base for a large proportion of their working time. ### Main duties of the job - Maintaining the efficiency of sample collection and transmission throughout the Region (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Humberside and South Yorkshire). Population 5 million. - Ensuring timely transmission of positive results from all the screening tests to the relevant health professionals. - Particular responsibility in the transmission of positive screening results for phenylketonuria (PKU), in conjunction with the relevant health professionals, to parents and monitoring the subsequent progress by home visits and clinic attendance. - To participate in aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF) screening, in particular, the timely transmission of results for suspected carriers of CF to parents by a home visit. - To actively participate in the long-term management of patients with PKU in the Region. Duties will also include the communication of screening results and the provision of specialist education, training, advice and information to patients, families and other members of a multi-disciplinary team. The postholder will be based in the department but must have the flexibility to travel throughout the region, sometimes at short notice. It is essential that the successful applicant holds a full UK driving licence, and has access to a car. Mileage costs can be reclaimed in full in line with Trust policies. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working within cystic fibrosis (CF) and phenylketonuria (PKU) screening, and MCADD or comparable area, or willing to take local required training - Substantial post registered experience in a managerial or leadership role - Detailed understanding of job content - Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices - Experience in demonstrating leadership qualities **Desirable** - Experience of working in the community ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Understand and follow clear instructions. - Hold a full UK driving licence with access to a car - Commitment to: Speciality, Self-development, Evolution of practice , Management of change - Flexibility in relation to the workload requirements that are unpredictable. - Commitment to role ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of current nursing issues - Have an awareness of Health & Safety practises - Can communicate effectively with patients, families and other members of multi-disciplinary team. - Knowledge of IT systems and databases - Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach - Counselling Skills - Basic keyboard and IT skills - Teaching Skills - Ability to work individually and part of a team. - Maintains composure in pressurised situations - Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work **Desirable** - Knowledge of the newborn screening service and biomedical sciences. ### Education an Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child or Adult) or Registered Health Visitor or Registered Midwife - ECDL or evidence of short courses in all core Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) - Professional knowledge of newborn bloodspot screening including how to collect samples & understanding of the disorders being screened, attained from short courses, experience, or specialist training - Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training - To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 **Desirable** - Evidence of post registration academic development - Additional professional course/qualification relevant to the speciality ### Values and Behaviours (PROUD) **Essential** - Patients first - Understanding of how laboratory services are part of the patient pathway and impact on patient care - Respectful – Developed interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels - Ownership – Understand the need to accept responsibility for own actions and ensure accuracy and attention to detail - Unity – Ability to work as part of a team - Delivery – Ability to work within defined timescales ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602491) - [person specification (pdf, 240.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10655828) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.