Audiologist

St George'S University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an audiologist to join a large, busy department that delivers diagnostic and rehabilitation services for adults with hearing loss. You will be part of a team that values kindness, excellence, responsibility and respect in patient care and colleagues alike.

The role involves adult diagnostics and hearing aid work across the Audiology Department at St George's Hospital and nearby community sites, with exposure to paediatric services,

Qualifications

• MSc Audiology or equivalent is required.
• State registration or working towards state registration with HPC/AHCS or equivalent.
• Clinical Audiology basic experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic and rehabilitation services for adults with hearing loss.
• Work within a large Audiology team to deliver high-quality care across multiple sites.
• Assist with adult diagnostics, routine and more complex hearing aid work.

Skills

IT skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisation skills

Reflective practice

Education

MSc Audiology or equivalent

State registration or working towards state registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting post is available for an audiologist who would enjoy a large, busy department that offers a wide range of clinical services.

The ideal candidate must be someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about excellent evidence-based service delivery who thrives working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver diagnostic and rehabilitation services for adults with a range of pathologies and degrees of hearing loss.

You will be part of a large, friendly team who strives to practice the Trust values of being kind, excellent, responsible and respectful towards patients and colleagues alike.

The Audiology Department is based across St George's Hospital and 3 community sites nearby, all within reach by public transport. The successful candidate will be providing adult diagnostics and routine and more complex hearing aid work. With the service providing adult and paediatric hearing, tinnitus and vestibular as well as auditory implant services, this gives opportunity for exposure to other areas of clinical interest.

Main duties of the job

• To work with other members of the Audiology team to provide a high quality service to hearing impaired patients and patients encountering problems with balance and/or tinnitus in St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• A qualified audiologist who has progressed with sufficient experience to no longer requires direct supervision for routine work.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MSc Audiology or equivalent
• State registration or working towards state registration with HPC / AHCS or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Clinical Audiology basic experience
• Work with/have thorough knowledge of UK national protocols

Desirable

• Clinical audit

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• IT skills

Desirable

• High work ethic / Professionalism
• Demonstrate reflective practice
• Organisational skills
• Good interpersonal skills

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. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)