An exciting job opportunity has arisen to work alongside the Maternity team based at the Manchester Sickle cell and Thalassemia center next to the Oxford Road site at MFT.

The post holder will bring extensive knowledge and skills needed to provide and support safety facilitating rapid uptake of screening and action for women and babies whilst being tested for Hemoglobinopathy's .

You will have highly proficient IT skills and will require experience using all Microsoft Office applications including but not limited to Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel, SharePoint and MS Forms.

You are expected to provide high level of organization skills and be able to attend weekly MDT meetings. The successful candidate will monitor and be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition for women and babies undergoing screening and diagnosis in the hemoglobinopathy screening element of the Antenatal and New born screening pathway. You will be expected to oversee and manage the national New born outcome IT systems, applying tight fail safe and safety netting referrals into Royal Manchester Children's hospital using closed loop communication to ensure that the pathway is completed from start to finish.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!