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Do you wish to be part of a team that supports identification of permanent, significant hearing impairment in newborn babies?
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Newborn Hearing Screening team at NHS Lothian.
The successful candidate will work as part of the team responsible for the hearing screening of all babies born or resident in Edinburgh and the Lothians. The post holder will collect and record accurately all clinical and test data relevant to the newborn hearing screening process and deliver screen outcomes in a sympathetic manner to parents/carers. You may also be asked to assist with a range of other duties to support the service.
Training will be provided but experience of working with babies/young children is essential and experience working in a healthcare setting is desirable. This post will be primarily based at St Johns Hospital in Livingston but you may also be required to work across a range of sites, including Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and various outpatient locations. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the Senior Newborn Hearing Screener and the Newborn Hearing Screening Manager.
This post is part time for 16 hours a week and includes working every Saturday.
For full details of the role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For any informal queries regarding this post, please contact Erin Moffat, Newborn Hearing Screening Manager, at [email protected]
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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
