Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity for one new member of staff to join our friendly and experienced Newborn Hearing Screening Team. As a newborn hearing screener you will work alongside the midwifery staff on the maternity wards at both the Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton. You will deliver a high quality newborn hearing screening service designed to identify hearing impairment in newborn babies as early as possible.

In service training is offered and the post holder is required to complete a Level 3 Diploma in Screening. Obtaining this qualification requires work in the post holders' own time for a period of 9-12 months. The course includes NHSP e-Learning modules. You will be assessed using a range of written, oral, and practical assessments, culminating in an external practical assessment.

The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is a 7 day per week service, 8 am to 4 pm.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to perform newborn hearing screening using automated equipment. Individuals are required to work flexible hours during the daytime, including weekends and bank holidays.

You will be based mainly at one of our two main hospitals (Royal Derby Hospital and Queen Hospital Burton). You will be required to work at other community clinics once a week meaning that you need to have access to and be able to drive a car.

The post holder will perform a range of newborn hearing screening tests. The post holder is required to update the national Smart 4 Hearing platform and Auditbase patient management systems with hearing screen results.

The post holder will advise service users on access to and use of services, for example Children's Audiology. The post holder will be required to supervise and/or train less experienced staff in own area of work.

Closing date of applications: 08th July 2024

Interview date: 22nd July 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day