QR code linking to this job posting New-born Hearing Screener/ Senior Screener in Stevenage SG1 4AB inStevenage SG1 4AB PUBLISHED TUE 30 SEP 2025

£27,485 to £30,162 a year


We are recruiting for a New-born Hearing Screener/Senior Screener who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.


A key part of this role is to work with the Local Co-Ordinator to ensure the delivery of the New-born Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) within the timeframes in hospital and community settings and to identify which babies require screening.


At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.






The New-born Screening Hearing Screener will need to liaise effectively with parents, team members and other health care professionals.


The successful candidate will carry out the screening of new-borns within the maternity unit and accurately record clinical and test data.


You will promote a professional, welcoming and caring environment endorsing a Family Friendly approach to care at all times.


The post holder will ensure they maintain up-to-date knowledge of procedures and policies relevant to this post.


You will also maintain the confidentiality of the babies and their families at all times.





At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.


We run the following hospitals:



  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

  • Hertford County, Hertford

  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood


We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.


We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.





Details


Date posted


30 September 2025




Pay scheme


Agenda for change





Band



Band 4







Salary



£27,485 to £30,162 a year

per annum





Contract


Fixed term




Duration


12 months





Working pattern





Full-time





Reference number



361-7481418







Job locations




Lister Hospital


Coreys Mill Lane


Stevenage



SG1 4AB












Job description


Job responsibilities


Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.






Job description



Job responsibilities


Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.





Person Specification






Qualifications / Training



Essential




  • Literate and numerate


  • Relevant training certificates related to Newborn hearing screening


  • Qualified Newborn Hearing Screener with experience


  • Management qualification or willing to undertake





Desirable




  • Level 3 diploma in Health Screening








Previous Experience




Desirable




  • Hospital or community experience in patient care


  • Experience in a multidisciplinary team.


  • Experience of undertaking screening across all areas including complex cases.


  • Experience in day-to-day supervision of staff and Staff development








Skills



Essential




  • Ability and confidence to handle newborn babies


  • Effective communication skills


  • Communication with multiprofessional groups


  • Intermediate IT Skills


  • Ability to work individually and as part of a team


  • Ability to chair staff meetings


  • Ability to work under pressure









Knowledge




Desirable




  • To be able to understand the process and methodology that is involved with the actual hearing screening test and its application.








Other requirements



Essential




  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff


  • Ability to travel easily between Trust sites


  • Flexible working


  • May require evening working Weekend working


  • Role model our Trust values every day










Person Specification







Qualifications / Training



Essential




  • Literate and numerate


  • Relevant training certificates related to Newborn hearing screening


  • Qualified Newborn Hearing Screener with experience


  • Management qualification or willing to undertake





Desirable




  • Level 3 diploma in Health Screening








Previous Experience




Desirable




  • Hospital or community experience in patient care


  • Experience in a multidisciplinary team.


  • Experience of undertaking screening across all areas including complex cases.


  • Experience in day-to-day supervision of staff and Staff development








Skills



Essential




  • Ability and confidence to handle newborn babies


  • Effective communication skills


  • Communication with multiprofessional groups


  • Intermediate IT Skills


  • Ability to work individually and as part of a team


  • Ability to chair staff meetings


  • Ability to work under pressure









Knowledge




Desirable




  • To be able to understand the process and methodology that is involved with the actual hearing screening test and its application.








Other requirements



Essential




  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff


  • Ability to travel easily between Trust sites


  • Flexible working


  • May require evening working Weekend working


  • Role model our Trust values every day










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.










Employer details


Employer name


East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust


Address




Lister Hospital


Coreys Mill Lane


Stevenage



SG1 4AB








Employer's website



https://jobsincare.com/job/jnsfhWVzbB2 (Opens in a new tab)




















Employer details


Employer name


East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust


Address




Lister Hospital


Coreys Mill Lane


Stevenage



SG1 4AB








Employer's website



https://jobsincare.com/job/jnsfhWVzbB2 (Opens in a new tab)