Job Description
Hearing Screener, Early Hearing Program
BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Vancouver, BC
What you’ll do
Identify infants from the general newborn population who are eligible for hearing screening by following the BCEHP protocols and established criteria to determine when screening should be performed on infants and the appropriate method to be used, and communicating determinations to the caregivers.Administer computerized hearing screenings to infants who meet the preset criteria by methods such as cleaning skin, attaching electrodes if needed, inserting ear tips into the ear canal and/or placing earphones over the infants external ears.Document screening pass or not pass results in patient medical charts and other NICU documentation as required; enter results into the BCEHP data system.Monitor and troubleshoot the functioning of screening and audiology equipment by performing listening checks, r...