E are seeking to recruit an organised and flexible individual to join our Newborn Hearing Screening Team at Walsall Manor Hospital. 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.
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.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust offer newborn hearing screening for the Walsall area. We are proud to have been part of the national programme since 2004 and offer a high quality screening service to our babies and their families.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Apr 2025