Newborn Hearing Screener - Colchester, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Colchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a small Newborn Hearing Screening team working at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) based at Colchester hospital.

This is a part-time position (15 hours per week), with no specific days.

You will work as an integral member of the newborn hearing screening team, primarily in the delivery of the newborn screening programme.

You will work under the supervision of the local manager and be part of a dedicated team of screeners ensuring that quality and family friendly service is delivered for families in both Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals.

The post will involve direct handling of newborn babies and contact with parents. It will involve gathering and accurately recording clinical and test data relevant to the newborn screening process. The Newborn Hearing Team screen over three and a half thousand babies each year.

On completion of your training you will be expected to complete your NBHS Level 3 Diploma.

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.