Universal Newborn Hearing Screener - SWISH

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Technical Assistant Grade 2
Remuneration: $30.16 - $31.31 Per Hour + 11% Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 10
Requisition ID: REQ458797
Applications Close: Sunday, 21st January 2024
Universal Newborn Hearing Screener
SWISH
John Hunter Hospital
Where you'll be working:
Southern HNELHD SWISH is based at the John Hunter Hospital with Hearing Screeners working at various clinical settings including John Hunter Hospital, Maitland Hospital, Newcastle Private, and John Hunter Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
We are a team that prides itself on success. To be effective, staff are motivated, engaged, and inclusive which encourages a positive culture. Our very high retention rate proves this.
About the role:
Working with newborns and their families plays an important role in the early detection of hearing loss, which enables them to access appropriate intervention to go on to meet the infant's hearing milestones.

• Promote a professional, welcoming, and caring environment endorsing a family-centred approach to care, whilst being sensitive to parent's responses
• Liaise effectively with parents, team members, and other health professionals regarding the screening process and maintain confidentiality
• Obtain parental consent and conduct Newborn Hearing screens
• Set up and ensure equipment is functioning appropriately
• Report infants for follow-up to the SWISH Coordinator
• Documentation of results
• Staff is provided with supernumerary days and ongoing education every 2 months

Requirements:

• Eligibility to drive and willingness and ability to travel across southern HNELHD

Benefits:

• Sustainable Healthcare:
• ADO's each month (for full time employees)
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

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For role-related queries or questions contact Cassandra Johnson on Cassandra.Johnson@health.nsw.gov.au
Information for Applicants:
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit:
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting via or 1300 40 25 23.
HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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