Newborn Hearing Screener

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; Harrow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is seeking a Newborn Hearing Screener to join their family-friendly team at Northwick Park Hospital. The role involves screening newborn babies for hearing issues, recording data, and liaising with parents and healthcare professionals. Applicants should possess excellent communication and IT skills, and must have a minimum of GCSE Maths and English. Experience in baby handling and healthcare settings is desirable. This is a full-time position, requiring flexibility to work weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a health care setting.
• Previous screening experience is desirable.
• Must commit to a two-year post after completing diploma.

Responsibilities

• Perform hearing screens for newborns.
• Record and collect data for each screening.
• Maintain communication with parents and health professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Baby handling skills

IT skills

Data handling skills

Education

GCSE Maths and English or equivalent

Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners

Job description

Go back London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Newborn Hearing Screener

The closing date is 05 January 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved with the hearing screening of newborn babies within Harrow, Ealing & Brent.

The post is full time, this will involve working weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis, the hours to be worked flexibly within the team to cover 7 days. The team is based at Northwick Park Hospital. A driving licence is essential as you will also be required to cover clinics in Ealing and Brent.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who is organised and methodical to join our 'family‑friendly' and dedicated Newborn Hearing Screening team based at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as good computer skills are required. Experience of working in a hospital environment and baby handling skills are desirable. You will be required to perform the hearing screen, record and collect data and liaise with parents and professionals.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who has previous Newborn Hearing Screening experience, who has successfully completed their training, OR someone who is interested in training as a Newborn Hearing Screener and who has a good standard of education with a minimum of GCSE Maths and English or equivalent. You must be prepared to complete a Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners which is a recognised qualification whilst completing in‑service training, this includes the NHSP eLearning modules and an external competency assessment (ECA). You will need to commit to remaining within the post for at least two years after you have completed the diploma.

To 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.

To maintain effective communication with parents, maternity staff, audiology team and other relevant staff and professionals.

To ensure accurate recording and archiving of results and outcome on S4H.

Adherence to protocols and policies around equipment regulations and IT systems as specified by National programme.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top‑rated hyper‑acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper‑acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

• Communications skills
• Baby handling skills
• IT skills and data handling skills
• Experience of working in a health care setting

Knowledge and experience

• Ability to communicate with people of all ages and working with the general public
• Undertake Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners
• Previous screening experience

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.

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital, however you will need to travel to clinics in Harrow, Ealing & Brent

£29,651 to £31,312 a year pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

337-NP-9213AC-A

Job locations

Northwick Park Hospital, however you will need to travel to clinics in Harrow, Ealing & Brent