# Newborn Hearing Screener x2 Posts

**Company**: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £31,554 to £33,270 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking two Newborn Hearing Screeners to join our hospital-based Screening Team. As a Newborn Hearing Screener, you will be responsible for screening all eligible babies within a national timeframe to ensure that any baby requiring further testing is seen and assessed appropriately.

The role includes identifying eligible babies, speaking to parents or carers to gain informed consent, and giving outcomes. You will also be responsible for referring babies where needed, using specialist equipment, and uploading data to a national database.

As a Band 3 hearing screener, you will work independently under Senior Screener supervision once training has been given and assessments have been passed.

**Main Duties of the Job**

- Identify eligible babies for screening

- Obtain informed consent from parents or carers

- Perform hearing screens using specialist equipment

- Upload data to a national database

- Refer babies for further testing where needed

**Requirements**

- Educated to GCSE A*-C level (or equivalent) in English, Maths, and IT

- Excellent communication skills - IT, written, and oral

- Ability to identify, respond to, and evaluate own learning needs

- Ability to manage time, priorities, and stressful situations

- Able to work to a rota, including working at weekends

- Ability to work as part of a team

- Shows an understanding of the purpose and process of Newborn Hearing Screening

- Experience of childcare with babies

**Working Arrangements**

- Part-time, permanent position

- 30 hours per week, including one weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) in 3

- Flexible working arrangements, with the ability to work at any of our three hospitals (Whittington, Royal Free, and UCLH) and occasionally in outpatients clinics or parents' homes

**Salary and Benefits**

- £31,554 to £33,270 per annum, inclusive of Inner HCAS pro rata

**Training and Development**

- Full training will be provided for those not yet qualified as a Newborn Hearing Screener

- Opportunity to pursue the Level 3 Diploma in Health Screening, which can take up to 18 months to finish

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- time management
- teamwork
- IT skills
- childcare experience

### Nice to have
- NVQ in a health and social care related subject
- OSCE/ECA in Newborn Hearing Screening
- experience of working in a hospital setting

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