Job summary
- Main area
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: Post depends on passing Clinical Assessment within 6 weeks and Level 3 Diploma over 2 years.
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-LCA-8353307
- Employer
- East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire)
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maternity Luton & Dunstable Hospital
- Town
- LUTON
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/11/2026
Employer heading
Newborn Hearing Screener
Band 3
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.
Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.
By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.
Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
Job overview
To support the delivery of Newborn Health Screening in Luton & Bedfordshire. The post holder will work under the direction and supervision of the Senior Newborn Hearing Screener and the Local NHSP Manager. In Maternity, NNU, Outpatient clinics and Children Centres – possibly home visits. The work base will be in Luton and Dunstable Hospital's maternity Wing on Daisy Ward.
To offer screening to all babies to refer those with no clear response to the appropriate Audiological service, ensuring early intervention to support child development.
Post includes training as required, Mandatory Training, External Clinical Assessment, Annual E – Learning and a NVQ level 3 Diploma to be achieved within 2 years of recruitment.
To provide a full service and screen babies prior to discharge it will be necessary for the post holder to work weekends on a rotational basis approximately 1: 3 weekends. Annual leave is pro rata; service cover is a team priority. The team do not work Bank Holidays.
"(Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 20/10/2026)"
Main duties of the job
To ensure the daily calibration, safety, and security of equipment, reporting any problems to the Senior Screener and or NHSP Manager.
To identify which babies, require screening by using the Smart 4 Hearing Database and the Maternity database and by liaising with the ward staff. Basic IT Skills are required.
To organise and prioritise workload with colleagues to cover postnatal wards, Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) Community Clinics and home visits, ensuring as many babies as possible have completed screening prior to discharge from hospital.
Able to report and handover any concerns of mother / baby’s wellbeing. Data in put, e - referrals.
To organise and prepare for community clinics in order that babies are screened as early as possible.
To travel to other venues, set up and undertake NHSP screening in outpatient clinics and home visits on occasion.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.
If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/newborn-hearing-screening-programme-overview
To ensure the daily calibration, safety, and security of equipment, reporting any problems to the Senior Screener and or NHSP Manager.
To identify which babies, require screening by using the Smart 4 Hearing Database and the Maternity database and by liaising with the ward staff.
To organise and prioritise workload with colleagues to cover postnatal wards, Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) Community Clinics and home visits, ensuring as many babies as possible have completed screening prior to discharge from hospital.
Able to report and handover any concerns of mother / baby’s wellbeing.
To organise and prepare for community clinics in order that babies are screened as early as possible.
To travel to other venues, set up and undertake NHSP screening in outpatient clinics and home visits on occasion.
1. Monitor and record babies results in red books, Smart 4 Hearing and paediatric record.
Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential records in accordance with service and organisational policies.
Complete appointment ledgers, referral forms, and distribute guidance and information to parents supporting informed choice.
Use of Translation options.
Use of case notes on Smart 4 Hearing to enable a transparent and quality assured data record.
Build positive relationships with families and carers.
Awareness of safeguarding issues and support of vulnerable families.
Encourage family involvement offering a ‘Family Friendly Service’
Gentle handling of all babies.
The post holder will be exposed to babies who vomit, regurgitate mucus and have vernix / body secretions.
'Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibilities'
Person specification
Education & Experience
Essential criteria
- Holds Level 4 GCSE Maths English
- Holds Level 2+ Diploma or equivalent
- Experience Handling Newborns
- Car driver/ owner
- Committed to training at level 3 Diploma and complete external Clinical assessment
Desirable criteria
- NHS. experience
- Experience in Newborn Hearing or other screening discipline.
- Experience supporting mpothers and newborns.
- Safeguarding experience
Record Keeping
Essential criteria
- Can work within Trust Values
- Work with confidentiality/ handle sensitive data
- Experience in recording data, making appointments
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to do self directed study using academic software
- Upload results to database to enure timely recording of screens.
- use of Word, excel System 1, organisational database/ similar.
- maintain contemporaneous records
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Has dexterity to use equipment and small consumables.
- Can be on feet most of the day and be able to negotiate tight areas to work in
- Has excellent infection control techniques
- Physically able to move trolleys, cots and equipment.
- Able to work 1:3 or 1:4 weekends a month
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a ward and or Community Health environment.
- Be comfortable working with mothersand babies which could result in contact with bodily fluids.
- Work as a team member and on their own.
- Demonstrate flexibility to ensure service cover if required.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Cheshire
- Job title
- Local NHSP Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07968819513
- Additional information
NHSP Office 01582 718187
speak to Michelle Marshall Senior Screener.
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