Newborn Hearing Screener
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 08/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working within the Newborn Hearing Screening Wales program in the South East Wales Region. Based at the University Hospital of Wales, you will screen newborn babies in both hospital and community settings. Duties include communicating with parents, handling babies, using screening equipment, and accurately recording data. The position requires travel to other South Wales hospital sites and community clinics.
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent experience (including GCSE grade A-C in English Language); or equivalent qualification.
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or other computer skill qualification
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Experience of and confident in using a computer for data entry.
- Experience of working within a customer/client facing role.
- Confident in following protocols (e.g. screening delivery, fault finding on equipment).
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of administration/clerical systems
- Experience of supporting training of other colleagues
- Experience of post natal ward/SCBU working patterns at other local hospital sites
- Skills and Attributes
- Interpersonal and communication skills for communication with parents at sensitive times
- Ability to undertake routine equipment checks
- Ability to work within a team but ability to also screen independently in hospital and in the community
- Ability to understand screening result and management plans
- Excellent organisational skills and hand eye co-ordination and manual dexterity
- Accurate data entry and ability to keep accurate records
- Ability to act as a mentor to others
- Ability to travel between local NBHSW sites
- Flexible to meet service needs, committed to quality, reliable and able to learn from experience
- Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values
- An understanding of a clinical ward environment
- An awareness of deafness. Knowledge of hearing problems
- Welsh Language Skills at level 1
- Qualifications and Knowledge
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent experience (including GCSE grade A-C in English Language); or equivalent qualification.
- ECDL or other computer skill qualification
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Experience of and confident in using a computer for data entry.
- Experience of working within a customer/client facing role.
- Confident in following protocols (e.g. screening delivery, fault finding on equipment).
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of administration/clerical systems
- Experience of supporting training of other colleagues
- Experience of post natal ward/SCBU working patterns at other local hospital sites
- Skills and Attributes
- Interpersonal and communication skills for communication with parents at sensitive times
- Ability to undertake routine equipment checks
- Ability to work within a team but ability to also screen independently in hospital and in the community
- Ability to understand screening result and management plans
- Excellent organisational skills and hand eye co-ordination and manual dexterity
- Accurate data entry and ability to keep accurate records
- Ability to act as a mentor to others
- Ability to travel between local NBHSW sites
- Flexible to meet service needs, committed to quality, reliable and able to learn from experience
- Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values
- An understanding of a clinical ward environment
- An awareness of deafness. Knowledge of hearing problems
- Welsh Language Skills at level 1
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £26,813 – £27,890 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Public Health Wales
Newborn Hearing Screener
The closing date is 08 October 2026
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to work within the South East Wales Region of Newborn Hearing Screening Wales, an All-Wales programme, which provides a uniform service of high quality within an All-Wales policy and to All-Wales standards and protocols.
Based at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff you will work as part of a team participating in the hearing screening of newborn babies. You will undertake the full range of newborn hearing screening duties both in a hospital and community setting.
The post is for 37.5 hours per week, where you will work a set rota that includes a 4 hour Saturday morning shift each week. A copy of the rota can be provided on request to ensure that you are able to commit to these working arrangements.
Main duties of the job
Duties include communicating with the parents throughout the process, baby handling, use of screening equipment and accurately recording clinical and test data relevant to the screening process, therefore, good communication skills and experience of using a computer are essential. You must be a confident and reliable individual and possess the ability to work well under pressure.
Although the base site will be at the University Hospital of Wales, you will also be required to work shifts at other South Wales hospital sit
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