Summary
Job Description:
Hearing Screener, Mother/Baby
Shift: PRN, Days
Job Description:
Performs hearing screens on newborns and provides education to parents pertaining to the relevance of hearing screening and early intervention. Supports the unit as needed.
Competently performs and documents basic care and screening of newborn/infant.
Performs hearing screens on newborns in the parent’s room (unless Conditions do not permit)
Performs outpatient hearing screens when required.
Follows established guidelines for security and identification of infants.
Provides educational information and literature regarding the importance of early intervention and prevention of hearing loss to the parent or guardian.
Enters Hearing Screen data into the KY Child database with accuracy and in a timely manner.
Demonstrates proficiency in computer entry.
Accurately enters Hearing Screen data into the KY Child database and any unit specific databases.
Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:
-High school diploma/GED
BLS [Must obtain within 30 days of hire].
BENEFITS:
-Preventive Plan
-Retirement Plans
-Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.
Please note: These benefits apply to PRN positions.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- BLS (must obtain within 30 days of hire)
- Ability to perform hearing screens on newborns
- Proficiency in computer entry and accurate data documentation
- Experience entering hearing screen data into the KY Child database (or ability to learn)
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
