Newborn Hearing Screening Local Manager

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull Bridge; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Local Manager for the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. You will lead a team of Hearing Screeners and oversee screening for about 5,500 babies each year across Hull and East Yorkshire, with duties spanning clinical screening, data collection, and stakeholder collaboration.

The role is 30 hours per week across four days, including managerial and clinical screening days, with service delivery seven days a week.

Formación

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or relevant NHSP experience.
• Proven leadership or management responsibility.
• Experience working with children and families preferred.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team of Hearing Screeners to deliver high-quality newborn screening across Hull and East Yorkshire.
• Manage staff rotas, performance, audits and service improvements.
• Undertake newborn hearing screens and maintain accurate records.
• Travel between screening sites and participate in regional or national training events.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Communication

Data handling

Team working

IT skills

Educación

Degree or equivalent

Herramientas

Screening equipment

Descripción del empleo

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Newborn Hearing Screening Local Manager

The closing date is 12 November 2026

Make a Difference to Children's Lives Through Better Hearing

The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme plays a vital role in identifying babies with hearing difficulties at the earliest possible stage, helping to ensure timely support and intervention. As Local Manager, you will lead a committed team of Hearing Screeners, delivering a high-quality screening service to approximately 5,500 babies each year across Hull and East Yorkshire. Screening is undertaken shortly after birth within the hospital setting and at local community clinics.

Previous experience within the NHSP and completion of Local Manager training would be advantageous; however, comprehensive training can be provided through the national NHSP e-learning programme, internal development opportunities, and external clinical assessment. Appointment to the post will be subject to the successful completion of the required training.

This is a 30-hour-per-week role, worked across four days, comprising three managerial days and one clinical screening day as part of the rota. Flexibility is essential, as the screening service operates seven days a week, including weekends and bank holidays. Current screener shifts are generally 7:00am to 3:00pm

This is an exciting opportunity to join a service that has a lasting impact on children and their families, while leading a dedicated team committed to delivering outstanding care and early intervention across our communities.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate educated to degree level or equivalent experience, with a proven track record of leadership or management responsibility, equivalent specialist knowledge gained through experience, is also essential.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience of supporting and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a compassionate and family-centred approach.
• Knowledge of hearing conditions, child development, and experience of working with children and families, which would be advantageous.
• An understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Experience in performance management, audit, service improvement, and the development of policies and procedures.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to accurately collect, record and analyse data.

In addition to managing the service, you will undertake newborn hearing screens using specialist equipment, maintain accurate records, and work closely with parents, healthcare professionals and external partners to ensure an exceptional patient experience.

As the role may involve travel between screening sites and attendance at regional or national training events, a full driving licence and use of a car, or reasonable alternative means of transport, is essential.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

Application Completion

• ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Education/ Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or relevant experience within NHSP
• Evidence of continuing professional development which offers evidence of additional professional skills, such as management or leadership

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Extensive experience of newborn hearing screening
• Experience of devising staff rotas
• Experience of working with children and parents
• Knowledge of data inputting and web based database
• Experience of handling babies
• Basic management experience
• Appropriate IT skills to enable effective use of computer databases and applications to input and monitor patient information
• The ability to interpret and understand the particular requirements of the patient when handling newborn babies who may have complex needs to enable the screening to take place
• Knowledge of hearing problems and how to elicit important information from families
• Experience of staff recruitment and selection
• Knowledge of child protection procedures
• Experience of working in a hospital environment and an understanding of trust policies and procedures

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Be able to work on own initiative
• Works well with in a team
• Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• Participate in standard setting and research projects
• Evidence showing clinical and professional development
• To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
• Facilitate learning of others.

Special Attributes and other

• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work different shift patterns
• The post holder will be required to work at and to travel between different NHS sites. When travelling to different sites there will be a requirement for the post holder to transport expensive specialist screening equipment.
• The post holder will be required to participate in ongoing in house and external clinical training and travel to meetings

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Womens & Children's Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

356-26-8391053

Job locations

Womens & Children's Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearpro rata, per annum