Main area: Newborn Hearing Screening
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 14 hours per week (Average of 14 hours per week over a 3-week rolling rota)
Job ref: 407-SURGERY-6962388
Employer: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Manor Hospital
Town: Walsall
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 24/04/2025
Newborn Hearing Screener
NHS AfC: Band 3
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021.
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and home-based care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce.
Following our recent CQC visit, the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an organised and flexible individual to join our Newborn Hearing Screening Team at Walsall Manor Hospital. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 12 months recent newborn hearing screening experience and hold the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners (Newborn Hearing) and ECA practical assessment. Full training can be offered if necessary. The service operates for 364 days a year (excluding Christmas Day) so the rotation will include Bank Holidays and one weekend in three. This post will average 14 hours a week across a 3 week rota, working hours of 09:00 to 14:00 weekdays and 08:00 to 14:00 weekends.
Some full-time days may be required to attend our hospital induction programme and mandatory training sessions.
GCSE English Language and Maths (minimum Grade C/4 or equivalent), good IT skills, and a full UK driving license with access to a vehicle, are essential.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role are performing hearing screens on newborn babies using automated equipment. Screening takes place on the post natal wards, neonatal unit, delivery suite and in outpatient clinics at the hospital and in the community. Excellent communication skills and the ability to accurately update the national databases and hospital systems with the screening results are also crucial to the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE Mathematics Grade C/4 or higher
* ECDL or equivalent IT proficiency
* Full UK Driving Licence
Experience
* Working with or caring for babies/infants
* Face to face patient contact
* Administrative / clerical tasks
* Liaison with health care professionals / multidisciplinary working
* Working with the hearing impaired
Skills
* Working on own initiative and use of practical approach to problem solving
Knowledge
* NHS working and the hospital environment
* Confidentiality issues and the Data Protection Act
* Newborn Hearing Screening Protocols
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac.
** Please Note that this post may be identified as suitable and a preference given for Internal at Risk Employees**
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
References from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. When completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover this period. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Please note this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications.
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