Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Audiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2020
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Newborn Hearing Screener
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The purpose of this role is to work as a member of the team participating in the hearing screening of newborn babies, under the supervision of the Hearing Screening Manager.
The post holder will ensure all parents of eligible babies are offered the screen in a timely fashion and that the screen is carried out according to the national and local standards.
As a newborn hearing screener you will have direct handling of newborn babies and contact with parents. You will be required to perform hearing screens on newborn babies using automated equipment, record and collect data and liaise with parents and other professionals.
Main duties of the job
- To identify all newborns and perform hearing screening on them before the age of three months, accurately recording clinical and test data and informing parents of the results of tests in a professional and caring way.
- Paediatric Audiology at Charing Cross Hospital and other Hospital Departments and NHSP sites.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of procedures and policies relevant to this post. and to ensure the safety and security of equipment at all times reporting any problems to the Hearing Screening Co-ordinator at the earliest opportunity.
- To provide full information to mothers (or legal guardian) at the bedside about the newborn hearing screening service and the test procedures involved.
- To follow up any babies who have incomplete testing or who have been discharged prior to testing at an outpatients ‘mop up’ clinic held in the outpatients department.
- The purpose of this role is work as a member of the team participating in the hearing screening of newborn babies, under the supervision of the Hearing Screening Coordinator.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic level of general education
Desirable criteria
- Health Screener (Newborn Hearing) Diploma L3, GCSE’s/ NVQ
Experience
Essential criteria
- Handling young babies
- Communicating with the public
Desirable criteria
- Trained in Newborn Hearing Screening
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Basic computer skills or prepared to learn
- Flexibility in different situation
- Able to work in a methodical and conscientious way
- Ability to be able to work in a rota pattern
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Asma Begum
- Job title
- Newborn Hearing Screening Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8383 5271
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