New Born Hearing Screener

NHS; Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A national health service provider in Wales is looking for individuals to join their Newborn Hearing Screening Team. This role involves working both in hospital and community settings, performing screening duties for newborns. The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills, experience working with children, and be able to travel for work. This position requires reliable individuals willing to engage in ongoing training and development, with a pay range of £25,313 to £26,999 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development

Flexible working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience of using a computer for data entry.
• Experience of working with children and families.
• Ability to undertake routine equipment checks.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with parents throughout the process of screening.
• Handle babies and use screening equipment.
• Accurately record clinical and test data.

Skills

Good Interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work independently

Good organisational skills

IT skills for data entry

Education

GCSE standard or equivalent experience A-C in English Language

ECDL or other computer skill qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to work within the North Wales Region of Newborn Hearing Screening Wales, an All-Wales Programme, which provides a uniform service of high quality within an All-Wales policy and to All-Wales standards and protocols.

Based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, you will work as part of a team participating in the hearing screening of newborn babies. You will undertake the full range of newborn hearing screening duties both in a hospital and community setting.

Main duties of the job

Duties include communicating with the parents throughout the process, baby handling, use of screening equipment and accurately recording clinical and test data relevant to the screening process, therefore good communication skills and experience of using a computer are essential. You must be a confident and reliable individual and possess the ability to work well under pressure.

Although the base site will be at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, you will also be required to work at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and Ysbyty Gwynedd on a rota basis and to run clinics in the community. Therefore the successful candidate will need the ability to regularly travel between and work at other sites within the Region as needed.

The post is for 28 hours per week. The ability to work additional hours as needed is desirable. You will be required to work full time during the initial training period.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.

We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE standard or equivalent experience A-C in English Language
• ECDL or other computer skill qualification
• Evidence of continuing Personal Development

Experience

• Experience of using a computer for data entry
• Experience of working within a customer/client facing role
• Experience of working with children and families
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of administration/clerical systems

Skills and knowledge

• Good Interpersonal and communication skills for communication with parents at sensitive times
• Ability to undertake routine equipment checks
• Ability to work within a team but ability to also screen independently in hospital and in community
• Ability to understand screening result and management plans
• Good Organisational skills
• ability to keep accurate records
• IT skills to support data entry, emailing and e-learning
• An understanding of a clinical ward environment
• An awareness of deafness
• Ability to speak Welsh
• Knowledge of NHS screening Services
• Knowledge of administration/clerical systems

Personal Attributes

• Flexible approach to meet needs of service
• Reliable
• Able to learn from experience
• Able to organise and prioritise work
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training

Other

• Able to travel to external locations
• Include some weekends on a rota basis

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.

£25,313 to £26,999 a yearper annum pro rata