Audiologist

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Wakefield is looking for an Audiologist to join their dynamic team. This role involves conducting diagnostic hearing assessments and providing aural rehabilitation for patients while supporting senior staff with complex cases. The team values training and professional development, offering opportunities to enhance skills through a friendly and inclusive environment. Competitive benefits include NHS pension, generous holidays, and various employee support programs.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nurseries

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Conduct diagnostic hearing assessments for various patient types.
• Assist senior staff with complex aural rehabilitation cases.
• Engage in professional accountability in healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Undertake diverse diagnostic and rehabilitation services in Audiology.
• Support junior staff and students in their training programs.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives within the department.

Skills

Diagnostic hearing assessments

Aural rehabilitation

Professional accountability

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant audiology qualifications

Job description

Would you like an exciting opportunity to join our busy yet friendly Audiology team at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust. Our service covers three acute hospital-based sites (Dewsbury and District Hospital, Pinderfields General Hospital and Pontefract General Infirmary) plus two out-reach clinics. Our department delivers a high-quality comprehensive hearing and balance diagnostic and rehabilitation service to adults, children and babies with hearing and balance disorders. In this post your duties will be rewarding and varied undertaking diagnostic hearing assessments and aural rehabilitation for routine patients whilst assisting and supporting senior staff with more complex patients. Our service has strong connections with the University of Leeds supporting and training undergraduate students and junior staff. Further training and development will be encouraged and well supported for you to enhance your skills and develop your knowledge. Our strong team consists of 33 staff, which include a range of qualified audiologists, associate audiologists, assistant technical officers, newborn hearing screeners and clerical support. Hours can be worked over either 3 to 5 days (Mon to Fri) and covering 28.5 hours per week.,

• The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Teaching Trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the British Academy of Audiology and the Academy of Healthcare Science.
• You are professionally accountable to the British Academy of Audiology and the Academy of Healthcare Science/RCCP, accountable contractually to your employer and accountable to the law for your actions.
• Professional accountability is fundamentally concerned with weighing up the interests of patients and clients in complex situations, using professional knowledge, judgement, and skills to make a decision and enabling you to account for the decision made.
• If you delegate work, your accountability is to make sure that the person who does the work can do it and that the appropriate levels of supervision or support are in place.
• We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more.