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Audiologist
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Rochdale
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 35,000
Full time
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Rochdale Community Audiology team as a Band 5 Audiologist. You will provide audiological assessments, working with both adults and children to manage hearing impairments. Join a forward-thinking service committed to high standards of care, where you can develop your skills and contribute to patient wellness.
Benefits
Qualifications
- BSc / MSc in Audiology or equivalent professional qualification.
- AHCS or HCPC registration required.
- Ability to manage patients with hearing impairment empathetically.
Responsibilities
- Conduct audiological assessments for patients with hearing issues.
- Fit and verify hearing aids and develop treatment plans.
- Document patient management and communicate test results.
Skills
Education
Job description
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Audiologist to join our Rochdale Community Audiology team. We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and caring person to complement our existing audiology team.
The Rochdale Audiology Service is friendly, forward thinking and experienced with a good skill mix. It is an innovative and dynamic service that provides treatment and advice to adults and children with hearing and balance problems.
You will provide audiological assessment, management and support to patients presenting with less complex hearing impairment and disorders in line with service requirements across the Rochdale Audiology community clinic footprint. To meet service needs, there may be a requirement to work on a adhoc basis into our other clinic sites in Oldham and Bury. There may also be a requirement to work in local schools to deliver the school hearing screening programme.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
- BSc / MSc in Audiology or the equivalent professional qualification (ONC BTEC in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurements with a Professional Qualification in Audiology (BAAT Part I and II).
- AHCS or HCPC registration
You will work in a range of community settings performing routine and predictable Audiology tasks. You will undertake diagnostic investigations of hearing for both adults and children, where highly accurate results are vital. You will work with patients to fit and verify hearing aid prescription, formulate individualised treatment plans and provide ongoing care, advice and support.
The Audiologist will assess, undertake audiological testing and determine an individual treatment/management plan for routine patients.
The Audiologist will select, fit hearing aids where appropriate and rehabilitate routine adult patients using the community boroughs computer management system.
The Audiologist will have knowledge in Audiology to assess
patients directly referred from their GP and seek advice or refer patients to see a Senior Audiologist, Advanced Practitioner or Consultant using national and local guidelines.
The Audiologist will interpret diagnostic tests and explain the results of these tests to patients, relatives and carers in an appropriate and empathetic manner, being sensitive to the complex communication difficulties of patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Audiologist will record audiological investigations and treatment plans on the community boroughs computer management system and formulate reports to other health professionals and key stakeholders where appropriate.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Connaughton Job title: Team Leader Email address: helen.connaughton@nca.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 206 1438
Melissa Parry
Advanced Senior Audiologist
Tel - 0161 206 1438
Email - melissa.parry@nca.nhs.uk
- Seniority levelEntry level
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionHealth Care Provider
- IndustriesHospitals and Health Care
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