Senior School Hearing Screener
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Term time hours
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a specialist role for an experienced Senior School Hearing Screener to join the School Hearing Screening programme. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the programme, including staff supervision and prompt referral to audiology. The service aims to identify primary school children with hearing loss for further testing and assistance. This role covers all Croydon Junior/primary schools and is based at the Crystal Children's Development Centre.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the professional lead for the day-to day management evaluation and quality assurance of the screening process.
- To ensure all Croydon school children eligible are offered the primary school hearing screening in a timely fashion.
- To work independently carrying out hearing screening in primary school children (Year 1 or 2).
- Accurately recording clinical and test data in accordance with clinical / professional guidelines and standard operating procedures.
- To obtain informed consent from parents using national guidelines followed by a communication about screening test results and follow up for arrangements of children who require further testing.
- To accurately record and download clinical test data onto Emis and Auditbase patients notes.
Essential criteria
- Educated to A level or equivalent standard
Desirable criteria
- Secretarial qualification
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Accurate data entry skills/attention to detail
- excellent organisational skills
- knowledge of health screening principles
- Educated to A level or equivalent standard
- Secretarial qualification
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Accurate data entry skills/attention to detail
- excellent organisational skills
- knowledge of health screening principles
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £30,630 – £32,346 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Senior School Hearing Screener
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
Senior School Hearing Screener
Term time hours - 30 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior school hearing screener to join our friendly and busy School Hearing Screening programme.
They are responsible for day-to day management of all aspects of the programme, including staff (assistant school screener), prompt and appropriate referral to audiology. The service identifies primary school children that may have hearing loss to be referred for further testing so that rehabilitation or assistance can be offered at an early stage.
This is a specialist role requiring an experienced school hearing screener.
This role is school term-time only.
This role will cover all Croydon Junior / primary schools, based at the Crystal Children's Development Centre, Malling Close, Croydon.
The successful candidates will be self-motivated, possess excellent communication skills, have good children handling skills and be highly organized, working under pressure. Experience of dealing with junior staff members required as you will be working with an assistant school screener.
Proposed Interview date : 19th October 2026
Main duties of the job
1. Act as the professional lead for the day-to day management evaluation an
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