Newborn Hearing Screener

Job summary

Applications are welcome from those seeking a part-time contract. The role is predominantly based at Whipps Cross Hospital (and outpatient locations in the Waltham Forest & Redbridge borough) but the post-holder will be required to support our Tower Hamlets and Newham sites on a fairly regular basis.

Service cover is over 7 days and weekend working is required of all post-holders.

Would you like to make a difference to a baby and their family's lives?

We are looking for energetic, caring and self-motivated people to be part of delivering the front-line services of the Newborn Hearing Screening service in Barts Health.

The Audiology and Hearing Service provides hearing screening services to screen the hearing of all newborn babies across Barts Health. The successful candidate will join our team, based at the Maternity and Special Care Baby Units at our Hospitals including outpatient locations.

Your main duties will be to perform the Newborn Hearing Screen to all babies eligible for testing, within national protocols. Our service helps identify babies who may have a hearing loss, so that they can be referred for further testing and receive the appropriate early intervention where appropriate.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, experience in working with babies and must feel confident in working under pressure, as is the case in the busy Maternity environment.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is to support the identification and babies with permanent childhood hearing impairment, enabling early intervention which is key to a child's social and psychological development and therefore more positive life outcomes.

The role of newborn hearing screener is to provide a family friendly service to new parents/care-givers in offering and explaining the screen, completing the screening process as per national and local protocols and assisting in the delivery of the service as whole alongside the teams that all work at Maternity and Community sites in Barts Health localities.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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