Advanced Paediatric Audiologist

We are seeking 3 senior paediatric audiologists to join our Bart's Paediatric Audiology multi-disciplinary team based at Barts Health. There will be a B7 post available under each of the 3 paediatric audiology services as part of a 2 year project to obtain IQIPS accreditation.

The three posts available are at:

1. Hackney Ark & The Royal London (Inner London HCA)
2. Wood Street Health Centre and Loxford Polyclinic (Outer London HCA)

The postholder will be expected to support IQIPS accreditation, by helping to implement QA processes and help with authoring and implementing protocols and SOPs.

Predominantly a clinical role, this will keep you busy with a full range of paediatric assessment and (re) habilitation challenges, together with some delegated service development and/or management responsibilities. This interesting specialist role will involve working with babies, children and families in our family-friendly multi-disciplinary centre and taking on the responsibilities of this role within the dynamic working environment at Barts will enable clinical and personal development.

You should be able to provide evidence working in a patient-centred way, and value supporting children and families through the wider patient journey. You will be confident working with children, both autonomously and as a flexible team-member.

Main duties of the job

1. To perform specialist diagnostic audiological procedures, and provide a comprehensive specialist hearing aid service to children, including determining care plans for individual patients, and involving carers and families as appropriate.
2. To assist with the day-to-day management of the joint Waltham Forest and Redbridge Paediatric service.
3. To take an active role in areas of clinical audit, research and clinical governance for the Audiology service, which may include designing and completing audits within own field, participating in data collection for larger projects, and contributing to the development of evidence based protocols.
4. To plan and prioritise elements of own workload, within the framework of service delivery priorities as defined by the Clinical Lead and Head of Service, and supervise the work of other members of the team as appropriate, including junior audiologists, trainees and students.
5. To support the department to achieve IQIPs accreditation by helping to write SOPs, protocols and engage with service audit.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MSc in Audiological Science plus CAC; or BSc Audiology or BTEC qualification in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement & Successfully completed both parts of BAAT I and II (Or equivalent).
• Evidence of CPD.
• Eligible/registered as a clinical scientist with HPC or on the voluntary register with RCCP.
• Advanced courses in Audiology.
• HTEC in MPPM (if applic).
• British Sign Language Qualifications.
• Membership of BAA and/or BSA.

Experience

• NHS experience within paediatric audiology, including behavioural and electrophysiological assessment and (re)habilitation.
• Candidate should have experience confidently leading paediatric 2 tester and 1 tester assessment and hearing aid clinics as a minimum.
• Responsibility for area(s) of speciality within Audiology and/or general administration.
• Ability to independently perform ABR testing.

Knowledge

• Theoretical and practical knowledge of Paediatric Audiology, and advanced Audiological test techniques; including assessment of children with complex needs and complex ABR.
• An awareness of national Audiology and NHS developments.

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.