School Entry Hearing Screener
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,313.00 to £26,999.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25313.00 - £26999.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Llantrisant/ Bridgend/ Merthyr Tydfil, CF72 8XR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | H9110-25-1366 |
Summary
Work efficiently and confidently as an indirectly supervised practitioner guided by standard policies and procedures to screen and monitor childrens hearing in schools Develop and maintain the knowledge and skills required to perform, record and report hearing tests safely and accurately. Perform hearing screening tests and audiometry to ensure child is managed appropriately. Notify and prepare each school by phone call prior to any visit. Liaise with school health team and school to ensure that each child on whom the hearing test is intended to be performed has received relevant paperwork including that relating to consent for testing. Communicate effectively with professional colleagues in Health and Education including (but not isolated to) Head Teachers, school staff, Community Paediatricians, GPs, School Nurses/ Nurse Assistants, Speech and Language Therapists and Health Visitors. Communicate effectively with children considering their age, preferred language and developmental needs. This (often) requires providing reassurance to apprehensive children and skills to overcome communication problems/ sensitive approach to children eg with additional learning needs. Appropriate involvement of school support staff. Gain cooperation and maintain a quiet and calm atmosphere during the test ensuring that results obtained are reliable and accurate. In instances where onward referral is required, to contact parents by telephone to inform of results and discuss any relevant further information with them, ensuring this is accurately documented for sharing with audiology. Report any complaints to the lead of paediatric audiology. Use initiative when acting on information from children, young people, parents and carers and be able to respond appropriately e.g. safeguarding disclosures. Report to the lead of paediatric community audiology. Handle and store equipment and consumables within accepted and safe limits. Complete daily calibration and hygiene checks on audiometer (hearing test equipment) to ensure that it is safe and ready prior to clinical use. Identify equipment faults and accurately report these. To assist in clinic-based audiology appointments as required. Maintain own personal/ professional development ensuring compliance in mandatory training. Contribute to research, training and development programmes within Audiology by recording data and making observations. Maintain awareness of developments within Audiology ensuring personal knowledge and skills are consistently developed in order to maintain current competency. Provide training as appropriate to training and experience eg demonstrating service to trainee audiologists/ student nurses. Provide own activity figures/ statistical information to clinical lead. Participate in clinical audit and governance programmes within the Audiology Service, providing information as required. Contribute to individual performance review. The post holder will be required to comply with the departmental Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and participate in any changes to working practices. Workload is managed by the Post holder within the Department in an efficient manner, following Directorate, Health Board policies and procedures at all times. Work on own initiative and as part of a team. Working to tight deadlines, able to determine priorities. Attend regular Safeguarding training. Know own responsibility and mechanism for reporting concerns in line with UHB policy and procedure. Adhere to Health Board Lone Worker Policy and departmental procedure. Responsible for limiting your actions to those which you feel competent to undertake. If you have any doubts about your competence during the course of your duties you should immediately speak to your manager.