Associate Audiologist

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking an Associate Audiology Practitioner to deliver high-quality, patient-centered Audiology services. The role involves conducting a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for patients while managing individual caseloads. Strong communication skills are essential, especially when working with vulnerable patients. The position requires a minimum qualification of HNC/D or DipHE in Audiology, as well as experience in dealing with the hearing impaired. Join a team that values patient care and staff support.

Qualifications

• Experience in dealing with the hearing impaired.
• Experience of working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures.
• Assess hearing needs and interpret results.
• Manage own caseload within agreed protocols.

Skills

Experience across diagnostic and rehabilitative Audiological procedures

Excellent communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Clinical decision-making skills

Education

HNC/D or DipHE in Audiology

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 February 2026

The Associate Audiology Practitioner plays a key role in delivering a high-quality, patient-centred Audiology service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Working within the Audiology Department and reporting to the Head of Audiology, the post holder plans and conducts a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures for adults and children, in line with national evidence, best practice and clinical guidelines.

The role involves undertaking clinical investigations, assessing hearing needs, interpreting results, and providing diagnostic information and advice to ENT clinicians, other professionals, patients and carers. The post holder supports the implementation, evaluation and ongoing management of hearing rehabilitation programmes, ensuring care is effective, safe and tailored to individual patient needs.

The Associate Audiology Practitioner works with a high degree of autonomy within agreed protocols, managing their own caseload while contributing to service quality, audit, research and continuous improvement. Strong communication skills are essential, particularly when working with hearing-impaired, elderly, frail or vulnerable patients and children.

The role also contributes to maintaining a safe, inclusive and supportive working environment, upholding Trust policies, equality and diversity principles, and high standards of clinical governance to ensure excellent patient care and experience across the Audiology service.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Experience across a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative Audiological procedures
• Excellent communication verbal and written skills especially with the hearing impaired
• Excellent organisational skills with an ability to demonstrate initiative, motivation and independent thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to manage self effectively
• Ability to cope with decision making under pressure, meet deadlines and prioritise workloads
• Clinical decision-making skills and ability to identify appropriate methodologies and strategies
• Competent with Microsoft Office
• Involvement with Clinical audit and research

QualificationsAcademic/ Craft/ Professional

• HNC/D or DipHE in Audiology (or equivalent qualification) and professional British Association of Audiologists (BAAT) Part l and ll written and practical examinations or equivalent

Further Training

Experience

• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience in dealing with the hearing impaired

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.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust