Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to manage our friendly and dedicated team of newborn hearing screening staffbased in the maternity unit at the Hull Women and Children's Hospital.
The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) aims to identify babies born with a hearing problem at an early age. As part of the nationalprogramme, the local manager would be leading a dedicated team of 8 hearing screeners and 1 administrative assistant offering a hearing screento approximately 5,500 babies shortly after birth, in hospital or in local clinics across the Hull & East Yorkshire area.
Previous experience involving NHSP or Local manager training is preferred, although training can be provided via the NHSP e-learning course, inhouse training and external clinical assessment. The appointment would be conditional on successful completion of this required training. Applicants may be expected to attend the final part of their screener training at a venue outside of the local area.
The successful candidate must be flexible to work different shift patterns as the current vacancy advertised is for 30 hours across 4 days per week(3 weekdays managerial and one day a week screening as part of the rota). The screening team work across 7 days: this includes Saturdays,Sundays and all Bank Holidays except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The Screener's current working day is 7am-3pm.
Main duties of the job
Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or experience is essential with evidence of previous management or leadershipexperience. Suitable applicants will have a post-graduate diploma qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge.
Previous knowledge of hearing problems and working with children and parents is preferred with a working knowledge of safeguarding and childprotection procedures.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential. Applicants should also have a good knowledge of HR procedures, performancemonitoring and audit, writing of policies and procedures and a broad range of IT skills. Individuals will also be required to perform the screen usingspecialized equipment, record, collect data and liaise with parents and professionals.
This post may involve travelling between screening sites and attendance may be required at external venues for national training and updates so a driving licence and use of a car, or reasonable alternative means of transport, is essential.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or relevant experience within NHSP
- Post-graduate diploma qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge.
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development which offers evidence of additional professional skills, such as management or leadership
- Certificate in assessing vocational achievement (CAVA)
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of newborn hearing screening
- Experience of devising staff rotas
- Experience of working with children and parents
- Knowledge of data inputting and web based database
- Experience of handling babies
- Basic management experience
- Appropriate IT skills to enable effective use of computer databases and applications to input and monitor patient information
- The ability to interpret and understand the particular requirements of the patient when handling newborn babies who may have complex needs to enable the screening to take place
Desirable
- Knowledge of hearing problems and how to elicit important information from families
- Experience of staff recruitment and selection
- Knowledge of child protection procedures
- Experience of working in a hospital environment and an understanding of trust policies and procedures
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Good communication - verbal/written skills
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work different shift patterns
- The post holder will be required to work at and to travel between different NHS sites. When travelling to different sites there will be a requirement for the post holder to transport expensive specialist screening equipment.
- The post holder will be required to participate in ongoing in house and external clinical training and travel to meetings
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or relevant experience within NHSP
- Post-graduate diploma qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge.
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development which offers evidence of additional professional skills, such as management or leadership
- Certificate in assessing vocational achievement (CAVA)
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of newborn hearing screening
- Experience of devising staff rotas
- Experience of working with children and parents
- Knowledge of data inputting and web based database
- Experience of handling babies
- Basic management experience
- Appropriate IT skills to enable effective use of computer databases and applications to input and monitor patient information
- The ability to interpret and understand the particular requirements of the patient when handling newborn babies who may have complex needs to enable the screening to take place
Desirable
- Knowledge of hearing problems and how to elicit important information from families
- Experience of staff recruitment and selection
- Knowledge of child protection procedures
- Experience of working in a hospital environment and an understanding of trust policies and procedures
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Good communication - verbal/written skills
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work different shift patterns
- The post holder will be required to work at and to travel between different NHS sites. When travelling to different sites there will be a requirement for the post holder to transport expensive specialist screening equipment.
- The post holder will be required to participate in ongoing in house and external clinical training and travel to meetings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Womens & Children's Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2JZ
Employer's website
https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
