Audiologist

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A trusted healthcare provider in the UK is looking for an Audiologist to join their adult audiology department. The role involves providing high-quality patient care, performing adult rehabilitation, and supporting ENT clinics. Newly graduated audiologists are welcomed, and consideration may lead to a permanent position. Applicants should be experienced in audiological counselling and skilled in hearing aid assessment and fittings. This is an excellent opportunity for driven candidates passionate about patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year placement in an audiology dept. as part of degree programme.
• Experience of working in an NHS Audiology Department outside of placement.
• Experience of working in another NHS setting/dept.

Responsibilities

• Provide adult rehabilitation including audiological counselling and hearing aid assessment.
• Fit, follow-up and repair hearing aids, support ENT clinics.
• Conduct further specialist audiological testing as required.

Skills

Experience using GN Resound software/hearing aids

Experience using Auditbase patient management system

Able to conduct advanced audiology-testing (OAE/speech testing/Speech in noise etc.)

Completed Audiology Supervisors Course

Experience in provision of training/supervision to junior staff members/students

Education

BSc Degree in Audiology / OR / BAAT exam Part 1 / 2 + relevant additional qualification (BT/CertHE etc)

MSc Degree in Audiology

Tools

GN Resound software

Auditbase patient management system

Job description

The successful applicant will be expected to provide high quality patient-centred care to patients attending our adult audiology department. The bulk of the work will be adult rehabilitation and supporting ENT clinics.

We are happy to accept newly graduated audiologists for this role, and a degree of in-house supervision will be provided if this is the case. However, as it is a fixed term role, it would be desirable to employ an audiologist who is ready to hit the ground running in terms of managing their own clinics after a short local acclimatisation period.

There is potential this role will be readvertised as a permanent role at the end of the fixed term, although this is dependent on various other staffing factors.

Main duties of the job

On a day-to-day basis, we aid to provide clinicians a variety of clinics wherever possible. Most days, the successful applicants' duties will be split into a session of adult rehabilitation and a session of ENT support.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

Adult rehabilitation including audiological counselling, hearing aid assessment, fitting, follow-up and repair clinics, supporting ENT clinics and providing further specialist audiological testing as required (i.e. speech testing, speech in noise testing, OAE etc. - in house training can be provided in these areas as necessary). The applicant should be aware they may be expected to work cross-site between our three clinics: University Hospital Lewisham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Audiology / OR / BAAT exam Part 1 / 2 + relevant additional qualification (BT/CertHE etc)
• MSc Degree in Audiology

Experience

• Minimum 1 year placement in an audiology dept. as part of degree programme
• Experience of working in an NHS Audiology Department outside of placement
• Experience of working in another NHS setting/dept.

Skills

• Experience using GN Resound software/hearing aids
• Experience using Auditbase patient management system
• Able to conduct advanced audiology-testing; (OAE/speech testing/Speech in noise etc.)
• Completed Audiology Supervisors Course
• Experience in provision of training / supervision to junior staff members / students

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.