Failsafe Officer

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Failsafe Officer

The closing date is 16 March 2026

This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in safeguarding the health of mothers and newborn babies. As an Antenatal and Newborn Screening Failsafe Officer, you will be at the heart of ensuring national screening programmes are delivered safely, effectively, and in line with national standards.

Working closely with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinators, you will maintain robust failsafe systems, track screening pathways, follow up outstanding results, and ensure every eligible woman and baby has a recorded outcome. Your attention to detail and commitment to accuracy will directly support patient safety and quality care.

This varied role also offers the chance to develop strong administrative and data management skills, liaise with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to continuous service improvement. If you are organised, proactive, and passionate about making a meaningful difference behind the scenes, this is an excellent opportunity to grow within a supportive and dedicated team.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Knowledge Requirements

• Computer literate eg Microsoft Office applications Excel and Word
• Knowledge of Care flow IT system and NHS in general
• Knowledge of Badgernet electronic maternity system

Qualifications

• Good general education with GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above

Further Training

• Knowledge of the National Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programme software e.g. SMART 4 NIPE, Newborn Blood Spot
• Experience with recording minutes at meetings

Experience

• Clerical experience
• Customer care experience
• Time Management
• Experience communicating with multidisciplinary teams
• Confidence / Ability to raise and challenge concerns if necessary

Contractual Requirements

• Regular attendance and willingness to work flexible hours as necessary

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum