New Born Hearing ScreenerNHS

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to work within the North 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 Wrexham Maelor Hospital, 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.

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 Wrexham Maelor Hospital, you will also be required to work at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and Ysbyty Gwynedd on a rota basis and to run clinics in the community. Therefore the successful candidate will need the ability to regularly travel between and work at other sites within the Region as needed.

The post is for 32 hours per week. The ability to work additional hours as needed is desirable. You will be required to work full time during the initial training period.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Job description

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

About us

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.

We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.

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