Newborn Hearing Screener | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	02 May 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	01 June 2025
Location:	Halifax, HX3 0PW
Company:	Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7153394/372-FSS2744-A

Summary

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person to join our friendly Newborn Hearing Screening team at CHFT. If you have previous experience of working with the Public especially parents and babies, and you are computer confident then this could be the job for you.

The post is 30 hours per week including regular weekend and Bank Holiday working at an enhanced pay rate. You will be based primarily at Calderdale Hospital, but you may occasionally be asked to work at our other site or to support outpatient clinics. In return we provide a comprehensive induction programme including service specific training to complete an external competency assessment.

You will be required to undertake a level 3 Diploma for Health screeners to become a qualified Newborn Hearing Screener. This is a national qualification which non-professionally regulated staff working in the same screening services complete. The diploma involves a range of written, oral, practical assessments and must be completed within 12 months of enrolment.


 Identify which babies require screening
 Liaise effectively with parents, NHSP members and other health care professionals
 Offer the automated otoacoustic emission (AOAE) or Automated auditory brain response
(AABR) screening test and gain informed verbal consent
 Carry out the hearing screening of newborns and accurately record clinical and test data
 Promote a professional, welcoming and caring environment endorsing a family friendly
approach to care
 Maintain up to date knowledge of NHSP procedures and protocols relevant to the role of
NHSP screener
 Always maintain the confidentiality of the babies and their families
 Always ensure the safety and security of equipment and report any problems to the NHSP
local manager at the earliest opportunity.
 Ensure babies and families retain their dignity, privacy and individuality at all times
 Be aware of safeguarding issues and adhere to local procedures
 Be prepared to undertake the Nation Newborn Hearing Screening Diploma.
 Communicate and liaise with SCBU staff to identify any babies being discharged that need
hearing screening completing
 Ensure all eligible babies are screened prior to discharge home.
 Ensure appropriate and timely referral to Audiology of any babies that fail the screen or are
not eligible for screening.

hospital, or do not complete screening prior to discharge.
 To be confident in the use of IT systems such as Microsoft Office as the role requires
excellent IT skills.



We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Identify which babies require screening
Liaise effectively with parents, NHSP members and other health care professionals
Offer the automated otoacoustic emission (AOAE) or Automated auditory brain response
(AABR) screening test and gain informed verbal consent
Carry out the hearing screening of newborns and accurately record clinical and test data
• Promote a professional, welcoming and caring environment endorsing a family friendly
approach to care
Maintain up to date knowledge of NHSP procedures and protocols relevant to the role of
NHSP screener
• Always maintain the confidentiality of the babies and their families
Always ensure the safety and security of equipment and report any problems to the NHSP
local manager at the earliest opportunity.
• Ensure babies and families retain their dignity, privacy and individuality at all times
 Be aware of safeguarding issues and adhere to local procedures
 Be prepared to undertake the Nation Newborn Hearing Screening Diploma.
Communicate and liaise with SCBU staff to identify any babies being discharged that need
hearing screening completing
Ensure all eligible babies are screened prior to discharge home.
Ensure appropriate and timely referral to Audiology of any babies that fail the screen or are
not eligible for screening.
Undertake Screening in an outpatient setting for any babies that are not screened in
hospital, or do not complete screening prior to discharge.
To be confident in the use of IT systems such as Microsoft Office as the role requires
excellent IT skills.
Performing equipment checks and identifying and reporting faults


This advert closes on Sunday 11 May 2025

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