Assistant Audiologist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Assistant Audiologist to join their Clinical Audiology department. This role involves providing essential support in the maintenance and repair of hearing aids and implants, ensuring devices are ready for use in theatre, and assisting audiologists in their clinical duties. With a focus on teamwork and communication, you will engage with patients and healthcare professionals alike. The Trust offers a supportive environment with full training provided, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to develop their career in healthcare. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to providing exceptional care and fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs including Science, Maths, and English.
• Experience with computers and technical equipment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and basic repair of hearing devices.
• Liaising with IT and calibration services for equipment updates.
• Assisting audiologists in clinic duties.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication Skills

Technical Understanding

Spreadsheet Management

Initiative

Education

5 GCSEs including Science, Maths, and English

NVQ Level 3 in healthcare science or equivalent

Audiology Practitioner Assistant Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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We are looking for an Assistant Audiologist to join our busy Clinical Audiology and hearing implant department.

The department provides a full hearing assessment, hearing aids and hearing implant service to adults and children of all ages.

There is contact with the public. You will be responsible for providing basic maintenance and repair of hearing aids and hearing implants in our drop-in repair service for patients. You will also provide support on equipment and communication techniques that can help people with hearing loss. In addition, you will liaise with theatre staff in the distribution of implant devices and help audiologists in the performance of their duties. You will be responsible for liaising with IT and calibration services in providing the necessary work required in updating equipment within the department.

Full training will be given. The successful applicant will have good basic education with a minimum of 5 GCSE passes including Science, Maths and English with excellent computer and technical skills. Experience of working with the public is desirable.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance and basic repair and trouble shooting of hearing devices.
• Completing national registry in hearing implants.
• Ensuring hearing implant devices are available in theatre.
• Stocking rooms and ordering stock and maintaining stock spreadsheets.
• Maintaining calibration spreadsheets and liaising with calibration and IT teams.
• Assisting audiologists in clinic.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• 5 GCSE’s grade A - C or equivalent secondary education including a Science subject, Mathematics and English.
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent - preferably in healthcare science.
• Audiology Practitioner Assistant Certificate course.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of dealing with the general public.
• Worked with non-standard computer software packages.
• Technical experience with computers/electronics.
• Experience of reception duties / customer relations.
• Working in healthcare.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good oral/written communication skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to understand technical information.
• Using spreadsheets to manage stock control.
• Car driver for domiciliary visits.

Other

• Competent use of computers. Familiar with Microsoft word / Excel or equivalent.
• Ability to prioritise workload.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Danny Kearney
Job title: Lead for Adult Hearing Rehabilitation
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0161 701 1745

For additional information, contact Danny Kearney, Lead for Adult Rehabilitation at 0161 701 1745 or email [e-mail].