Band 6 Paediatric Audiologist

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider is seeking an experienced paediatric audiologist to deliver assessments for children aged 6 months to 19 years in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Audiology, recent post-graduate experience, and strong communication skills. A full UK driving license is required for travel to various healthcare settings. This role offers flexibility in working patterns and requires effective independent work while also being a team player.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Equal opportunities in employment

Qualifications

• Recent post graduate experience in paediatric assessment.
• Full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.
• Ability to work autonomously and follow protocols.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality diagnostic assessments for children aged 6 months to 19 years.
• Lead diagnostic clinics and assess hearing using specialist techniques.
• Maintain accurate electronic records and participate in audits.

Skills

Excellent time management

Organisational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Flexible team player

Education

BSc in Audiology or equivalent

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and self- motivated paediatric audiologist to join the Community Paediatric Audiology Assessment Service.

We are a small, busy team of community based paediatric audiologists and senior audiology assistants carrying out diagnostic paediatric hearing assessments in satellite clinical venues in and around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated audiologist with recent post graduate experience in paediatric assessment, to help deliver a high quality diagnostic assessment service to children aged between 6 months and 19 years in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland area.

Applicants will have excellent time management and organisational skills to manage and prioritise demanding workloads and will need to be a flexible team player, but also be confident to work independently to meet the team objectives.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work sensitively and effectively with children and families, in addition to being able to work calmly and methodically under pressure.

As the role requires travel to a variety of healthcare settings across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, you will need to be flexible to travel to all delivery sites, to meet the needs of the service, post holders will need to have a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.

Main duties of the job

This service delivers paediatric assessments only, for children aged from 7 months through to 19 years - there is no rehabilitation element to this role.

Essentially applicants will have:

• BSc in Audiology or equivalent.
• Evidence of recent post graduate Paediatric Assessment experience.
• A current clean UK driving licence and own vehicle.
• To lead diagnostic clinics and assess the hearing of children and young people aged from 6 months to 19 years of age using a range of specialist behavioural techniques as well as advanced tests of middle ear function.
• To work autonomously, following all national and local protocols and guidelines and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To lead review clinics for children with confirmed hearing loss or for children with conditions with associated risk factors for hearing loss and make outcome decisions for further referral/further monitoring as appropriate.
• To demonstrate highly specialist paediatric skills in dealing with very young children or children/ young people with complex needs and/or challenging behaviour.
• To participate in audit and research projects to further own and the teams clinical practice.
• To maintain accurate and timely electronic records including audiological assessments and onward referrals in line with core standards and trust policy.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

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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.