Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Newborn Screening Champion
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Job Overview
We have an exciting permanent opportunity within our Newborn Screening Team for a Newborn Screening Champion. In this rewarding role, you’ll support families on day 5 in a variety of settings—including the maternity ward, neonatal unit, community clinics, and home visits—offering a holistic approach to newborn screening and postnatal care.
You’ll be involved in both the newborn bloodspot and hearing screening programmes, while also providing feeding support, routine postnatal checks, and wellbeing assessments.
The role is for 7.5-hour shifts, with coverage across all 7 days of the week.
We’re looking for someone who is hardworking, flexible, enthusiastic, and above all, kind and caring, with a genuine passion for person-centred care.
For More Information, Please Contact Our Newborn Screening Manager
Victoria Mainstone – victoria.mainstone1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will work as a valued member of the maternity team, delivering the newborn screening programmes and providing postnatal care to families across the Bath Clinical area on day 5. You will make a difference by supporting families during a crucial stage in their journey, offering compassionate, person-centred care in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, and home environments.
Under the guidance of the Newborn Screening Manager, you will be responsible for delivering both the newborn hearing and bloodspot screening programmes. You will also be supported to undertake a Level 3 Diploma in Newborn Hearing Screening within six months of starting the role, which will include some independent study in your own time.
Once appropriately trained, you will prepare and maintain screening equipment, arrange appointments and home visits, and support the daily operations of the service through administrative and clerical tasks. You will maintain and develop the clinical skills needed to deliver a gold standard screening service, while confidently engaging with families in a professional and sensitive manner.
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A key part of your role will be to understand and clearly explain the conditions screened for, ensuring families feel informed, reassured, and supported throughout the process.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- maths GCSE or equivalent
- English GCSE or equivalent
- experience within the NHS or a similar care setting
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2-3 in health care
- Experience with hearing screening
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Car licence and access to a car.
- Manual dexterity to complete screening tests.
- Ability to manually handle
- Able to perform health assessment using clinical judgment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of electronic patient administration system.
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Victoria Mainstone
Job title: New born screening manager
Email address: Victoria.mainstone1@nhs.net
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