The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview Newborn Hearing Screening (NHSP) is one of the NHS National Screening Programmes. Babies have their hearing screened within the first 4 weeks after they are born. Identifying hearing loss early, gives babies a better chance of developing language, speech and communication skills. An exciting opportunity for a part-time Newborn Hearing Screener has arisen to join our hospital based NHSP Team. The successful applicant will be screening very young babies hearing at the bedside on the Maternity Unit, on the Neo-natal Unit or in an outpatient clinic. The successful applicant will be dynamic and dependable with excellent communication skills, good IT skills and knowledge of basic IT systems. They will be at ease with working with babies and their mothers to provide professional yet family-friendly experience. We are passionate about the service we provide and expect you to be too. Previous experience is not essential as full training will be given. Successful applicants are expected to undertake a national training programme and pass an external practical examination following the training. Successful applicants must also be able to accurately record and use data relevant to the screening programme on the national and local databases. This post involves shift working including weekends, bank holidays and evenings, therefore flexibility, reliability and excellent interpersonal working are essential to enable the screening programme to run smoothly and effectively. Advert Summary of Post To work as a member of a team performing hearing screening of newborn babies within the maternity unit, outpatient clinic and community environment under the supervision of the Newborn Hearing Screening (NHSP) Manager. To gather and accurately record, clinical and test data relevant to the hearing screening programme. To inform parents / carers, and other healthcare professionals of the hearing screening outcome. To ensure National Key Performance Indicators for the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme are at or better than the achievable level. To undertake administration as required for smooth running of Newborn Hearing Screening and Paediatric Audiology. Working for our organisation We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further details of the post including the main responsibilites of the role, please see attached job description and person specification The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.