Audiologist

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a full-time Audiologist to join their Audiology department. The successful candidate will carry out patient-centered assessments, manage hearing aid fittings, and provide follow-up care. Key requirements include a BSc in Audiology and previous NHS experience. This opportunity offers the chance to enhance services and lead in specialized areas of practice.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS audiology department is essential.
• Experience in assessing children aged three years and above.
• Ability to work independently and manage a rehabilitative patient caseload.

Responsibilities

• Plan and undertake diagnostic audiological procedures.
• Manage patient caseloads and recommend care plans.
• Supervise and support junior audiology staff.

Skills

Adult audiology assessment

Fitting routine hearing aids

Counseling tinnitus patients

Education

BSc in Audiology or equivalent

Job description

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Audiologist

The closing date is 17 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Audiology department. We are looking for a caring, motivated and passionate audiologist to join our friendly team on a full time basis.

The successful candidate will work as a Band 5 audiologist helping to deliver excellent patient centred assessments, hearing aid fittings and follow up appointments, whilst participating in the development of new ways of working in order to enhance the excellent service we currently provide. The post is based at County hospital. However, there will be some work at Royal Stoke and throughout the region.

If you have a BSC qualification in Healthcare Science Audiology or equivalent, along with NHS experience, we would be delighted to welcome you into the department.

Main duties of the job

• Plan and undertake diagnostic audiological procedures without supervision and recommend appropriate care plans for adults and children.
• Analysis, assessment and interpretation of a broad spectrum of adult diagnostic and rehabilitation, and some paediatric test results.
• Manage rehabilitative patient caseloads utilising care plans on a direct referral basis where appropriate.
• Perform tinnitus assessment and counselling for routine adult patients.
• Refer for specialist audiological testing and/or referral to other health professionals where judged appropriate.
• Selection of adult hearing aid prescription and hearing aid systems relevant to patient's individual audiological requirements.
• Ensure maximum effectiveness of hearing aid systems meeting individual patient criteria.
• Work alone for significant periods of time at local clinics.
• Undertake ward and domiciliary visits.
• Participate in areas of specialised clinical practice, under the direction of senior audiological staff, after in-house training and/or specialist courses - e.g. Paediatric Audiology (VRA/Under 3 testing), Bone Anchored Hearing Aids.
• Supervise and support junior audiology staff, apprentices and university students.
• Implement teaching programs to facilitate audiologist-training programs as planned and directed by Senior Audiology Department staff.
• Support the more senior audiology staff with day-to-day management of the department.
• Assist with organisation of the department's workload.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

We create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

Job responsibilities and Person Specification

Please note the key responsibilities and requirements for this role include:

• BSC in audiology or equivalent
• Previous experience of adult audiology assessment
• Previous experience of fitting routine hearing aids to adults
• Previous experience of working in NHS audiology department
• Previous experience of assessing children aged three years and above
• Ability to successfully counsel tinnitus patients

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.