Newborn Hearing Screener
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 29.5
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves working as a Newborn Hearing Screener within the South East Wales Region, based at Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran. You will conduct hearing screenings for newborn babies in both hospital and community settings, communicating with parents, handling babies, and accurately recording data. The position requires travel to other hospital sites and community clinics, and involves a specific rota including Saturday shifts. Mandatory Level 3 Accredited Learning is required, leading to a permanent contract upon completion.
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
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Public Health Wales
Newborn Hearing Screener
The closing date is 09 September 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 Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran 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 29.5 hours per week, where you will work a specific rota that includes three Saturday morning shifts in every twelve weeks, as part of a twelve week rolling rota. 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 Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran, you will also
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