Newborn Hearing Screener - Part time

The key components of the role are:To work as part of an established hospital based team that provide newborn hearing screening 7 days a week, 365 days per year to all newborn babies born in our area. To work as part of a hospital based team providing hearing screening and to have the flexibility to work at alternative hospital sites on a rota.To travel to other venues, set up and undertake NHSP screening in outpatient clinics.To undertake training commensurate with the role and complete the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners qualification. This is a competence based qualification which is assessed in the workplace which includes online training so must be IT competent; to undertake a period of face to face training and supervision and successfully pass a Nationally recognised hearing screening qualification before working unsupervised. To carry out the hearing screening of newborns and accurately record clinical and test data, taking
responsibility for data from tests.To explain the screening tests and possible outcomes to parents to obtain informed consent.To explain the results of the screening tests and their significance to parents.To refer babies to local audiology services in a timely manner using local processes and procedures. To ensure the daily calibration, safety and security of equipment at all times and report any problems to the NHSP Local Manager/Senior Screener at the earliest opportunity.

Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work., The Newborn Hearing Screening team mainly work on the post natal wards, the birth centre and the neonatal unit. Sometimes they do a home visit or work in clinic.
The purpose of the hearing screen is to screen all eligible babies within a national timeframe in order to ensure that any baby requiring further testing is seen and assessed appropriately.
The Band 3 hearing screener role includes being able to identify which babies are eligible to screen. Speaking to parents or carers to gain informed consent as well as giving outcomes. Referring babies where needed.
The Hearing screeners use specialist equipment which they check each day before use. They are responsible for uploading their own data and outcoming their results on a national database.
Band 3 hearing screeners all work independently under the Deputy and Local Managers for Newborn Hearing Screening, once training has been given and assessments have been passed.
If you are not already qualified as a Newborn Hearing Screener then you will be offered full training.
On successful completion of your hearing screener training you will then be required to go on to undertake the Level 3 Diploma in Health Screening which can take up to 18 months to complete.
Please be aware that the Level 3 Diploma is very computer focused and you will be expected to undertake a lot of computer based work in addition to undertaking self directed study and completing ongoing assessments.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our hospital based Screening Team and to be fully trained as a Newborn Hearing Screener.
We are looking for someone who can work flexibly and is able to work 25.0 hours a week over 5 days - including working 1 Saturday and 1 whole weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) in every 4.
You need to be able to work at North Middlesex University Hospital, as well as occasionally working in outpatients clinics or the parents' home.
The successful candidate needs to be able to work unsupervised and to be confident in dealing with new parents and newborn babies.
You must be computer confident and be keen to learn something new.
Excellent communication skills and good team working are essential for this role.