Newborn Hearing Screening Technician

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a Newborn Hearing Screening Technician to join our pediatric care team. In this role, you will help support early hearing detection and intervention by performing newborn hearing screenings in the newborn nursery and educating families about screening results. This position is ideal for individuals who enjoy working with infants, children, and families and are passionate about supporting positive health outcomes during the earliest stages of life. The Newborn Hearing Screening Technician performs hearing screenings for approximately 15–20 newborns per shift, provides compassionate communication to caregivers, and ensures accurate documentation within the electronic medical record.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Experience working with newborns, infants, young children, or families preferred.
Healthcare, pediatric, childcare, medical assistant, patient care, or related experience is a plus.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
Flexible, dependable, and team-oriented mindset.
Rehab PTA/COTA Patient Documentation (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient proficiency in communicating functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, treatment planning diagnosis, and disease process. Considers the communication needs/level of understanding of audience and may share appropriate information/literature.
Quality Assurance (Fundamental Awareness): Understands the goal of increasing organizational productivity and individual performance by making the products and services within your work assignments more efficient and more effective. Demonstrates quality management practices on the job which result in superior products and services delivered.
Audiology Patient Education (Novice): Communicates functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, diagnosis, and disease process. Adapts communication to the level of understanding of the patient. Determines comprehension and need for repetition and/or revision of methods.
Equipment Maintenance (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience conducting maintenance activities in area of assignments.
Performs clearly defines tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance.
Follows a well established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed.
Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job.
Individually contributes to the team.
Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with newborns, infants, young children, or families preferred.
Healthcare, pediatric, childcare, medical assistant, patient care, or related experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Perform hearing screenings for all eligible newborns in the newborn nursery.
Conduct infant hearing screening procedures according to established clinical protocols.
Communicate screening results to parents and caregivers verbally and through educational materials.
Document hearing screening results accurately in the electronic health record (EPIC).
Maintain screening equipment and report equipment concerns as needed.
Collaborate with the Pediatric Division Director regarding patient, equipment, or staffing concerns.
Support Vanderbilt's commitment to high-quality pediatric and family-centered care.
Performs universal newborn hearing screenings in accordance with hospital policies, state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) requirements, and evidence-based protocols.
Technician ensures timely screening of eligible infants, accurate documentation, effective communication with families and care teams, and appropriate referral/follow-up coordination.
Prepares and maintains equipment and supplies.