East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Coordinator

The closing date is 19 August 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Coordinator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The post holder will co-ordinate the National Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will oversee the Newborn screening service, evaluating at appropriate intervals, feeding progress to Clinicians, Public Health England and other Health Professionals.

You will lead the programme, working in partnership with other agencies in the development of an effective screening programme.

The post holder will undertake the day to day running of the programme, promotion the principles of Family Friendly Hearing Services for children.

Additionally, you will maintain an organised working environment in the Hearing Screening team.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum - pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

361-7285310

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Completed ECA NHSP
  • Completed Level 3 Health and Social Care Diploma

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Working with families
  • Partnership working
  • Team management
  • NHSP experience

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand the process and methodology of the hearing screening test and its implication
  • Service monitoring and evaluation
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Audit

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Excel, S4H reporting and general IT packages
  • Project management/development

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day
  • Ability to travel easily across site
  • Flexible working - Job requires evening working/ weekend working
Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Completed ECA NHSP
  • Completed Level 3 Health and Social Care Diploma

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Working with families
  • Partnership working
  • Team management
  • NHSP experience

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand the process and methodology of the hearing screening test and its implication
  • Service monitoring and evaluation
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Audit

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Excel, S4H reporting and general IT packages
  • Project management/development

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day
  • Ability to travel easily across site
  • Flexible working - Job requires evening working/ weekend working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Clinical Scientist

Dawn Bramham

dawn.bramham2@nhs.net

07831838861

Details

Date posted

05 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum - pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

361-7285310

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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