Newborn Hearing Screener

Job Overview

Wexham Park Hospital is pleased to announce an opportunity to join the Newborn Hearing Screening team on part-time basis, 15 hours per week.

The successful applicant will join the Hearing Screening team and carry out the hearing screening of newborns.

The successful postholder will be running a community hearing clinic or doing hearing screening shifts in the unit at Wexham Park Hospital on the postnatal ward. They will be responsible for hearing screening tests on newborns on the postnatal ward, the neonatal unit, the labour ward and the birthing centre. They will also be responsible for booking babies in community clinics that need rescreens or have gone home prior to hearing screening being carried out.

This advertisement is for internal Maternity Care Assistant applicants with a hearing screening qualification. Support and refresher training will be available if needed.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a member of the hearing screening team, participating in the hearing screening of newborn babies under the supervision of the senior screener.
• To directly handle newborn babies and have contact with parents and be involved in gathering and accurately recording clinical and test data relevant to the hearing screening process.
• To be part of a dedicated team of screeners ensuring a quality service is delivered for the whole of the residential population of Frimley Health. Hearing screeners will be site specific to Wexham Park Hospital.
• To undertake hearing screening both within the hospital setting and community midwifery hubs within designated hearing clinics.
• The post holder must be able to supplement work study in their own time in order to successfully achieve the Diploma in Health Screening (if not already holding relevant qualification).
• Be responsible for the preparation of hearing screening sessions, including equipment set-up, instrument checks and patient preparation.
• Carry out the hearing screening of newborns using the AABR (Automated Auditory Brainstem Response) and AOAE (Otoacoustic Emissions) in maternity departments, community clinics and occasionally parents’ homes, ensuring an accurate record of clinical and test data, both written and electronically, taking responsibility for data from tests.
• Refer babies to local audiology services in a timely manner using local processes and procedures.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description for a full list of roles and responsibilities for the Newborn Hearing Screener role.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Hearing diploma/qualification
• Evidence of general education, GCSE's or equivalent including Maths and English

Desirable criteria

• Passed an OSCE in Newborn Hearing Screening.
• Completed the units of e-learning.
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• BSL stage 1.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of care and related hearing screening procedures

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous healthcare experience
• Previous experience of working with babies or young children
• Experience of customer service environment

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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