Job summary
- Main area
- Newborn hearing screener, Health Care Science
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week (Week days Mon - Fri. May be very occasional weekend working dependant on service needs.)
- Job ref
- 190-0862-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Wing
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/11/2025
Employer heading

Newborn Hearing Screener
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The post holder will be part of a dedicated team of screeners that carry out newborn hearing screening on all Sheffield resident babies. The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) aims to identify moderate, severe and profound deafness and hearing impairment in newborn babies.
Please note Working days Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Occasionally may be offered weekends.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will Identify babies that need screening each day with the Smart4Hearing IT system and liaise effectively with parents to ensure eligible babies are offered the newborn hearing screen in a timely fashion. All hearing screeners are responsible for explaining the screen to parents in a clear and sensitive manner and accurately recording risk factors and demographic information as required.
The screener will need to Perform the hearing screen where the baby may have a range of different medical conditions or social circumstances, i.e. in Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or at Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English at grade C/4 or above or equivalent qualification/experience
- Willingness to work towards L3 Health Screening Diploma
Desirable criteria
- Current professional registration in a healthcare role (such as midwifery, health visiting or audiology)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working with babies or young children
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in NHS
- Previous experience of working in audiology, ENT, obstetrics or neonatology
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good patient handling skills
- Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills including telephone, email, face to face and effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise and manage own time and work on own initiative
- Excellent IT skills – ability to use Microsoft office applications including spreadsheets and email
- Ability to adapt to change
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to learn to operate new technology
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the current legislation and national guidance relating to the newborn hearing screening programme
- Knowledge of Medical Terminology
- Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of priorities
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values and behaviours of PROUD (Patients first, Respectful, Ownership, Unity, Delivery)
- Able to work weekends if needed
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
- Joanne Hollingworth
- Job title
- Team Lead for newborn hearing screening
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142268292
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