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 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. 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.
We reserve the right to close this job early. Interested applicants are therefore advised to apply as early as possible.
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