Newborn Hearing Screener — Flexible 4-Day Week

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Whittington Health is offering an exciting opportunity to join the hospital-based Screening Team as a Newborn Hearing Screener. The role involves working on the postnatal wards, birth centre and neonatal unit with occasional home visits or clinic sessions.

The position is part-time (20 hours across four days) with one weekend in four; work at Barnet hospital and sometimes in clinics or family homes. You must be able to work unsupervised with newborns and families, be computer confident, and

Qualifications

• Able to work 20 hours across 4 days a week (Mon–Thu) with one weekend in four.
• Work at Barnet hospital and occasionally in outpatients clinics or the parents' home.
• Able to work unsupervised and be confident with new parents and newborn babies.
• Computer confident and keen to learn.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify which babies are eligible to screen.
• Speak to parents or carers to gain informed consent and provide outcomes.
• Refer babies where needed.
• Upload data and outcomes to the national database.
• Work independently under Senior Screener supervision after training.

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Computer confident

Flexible working

Tools

Specialist equipment

Job description

Whittington Health is offering an exciting opportunity to join the hospital-based Screening Team as a Newborn Hearing Screener. The role involves working on the postnatal wards, birth centre and neonatal unit with occasional home visits or clinic sessions.

The position is part-time (20 hours across four days) with one weekend in four; work at Barnet hospital and sometimes in clinics or family homes. You must be able to work unsupervised with newborns and families, be computer confident, and