New-born Hearing Screener/Senior Screener
The closing date is 14 October 2025
Job summary
We are recruiting for a New-born Hearing Screener/Senior Screener who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
A key part of this role is to work with the Local Co-Ordinator to ensure the delivery of the New-born Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) within the timeframes in hospital and community settings and to identify which babies require screening.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The New-born Screening Hearing Screener will need to liaise effectively with parents, team members and other health care professionals.
The successful candidate will carry out the screening of new-borns within the maternity unit and accurately record clinical and test data.
You will promote a professional, welcoming and caring environment endorsing a Family Friendly approach to care at all times.
The post holder will ensure they maintain up-to-date knowledge of procedures and policies relevant to this post.
You will also maintain the confidentiality of the babies and their families at all times.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
30 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361-7481418
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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