Band 6 Senior Audiologist

NHS Professionals; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS staffing organization is seeking an Audiologist to diagnose and treat auditory issues, supervise junior staff, and conduct home visits. The ideal candidate will hold a recognized qualification in Audiology, have RCCP and/or HCPC registration, and be a car owner/driver. This role offers opportunities for career progression and a chance to make a significant impact in patient care across multiple sites in Essex.

Benefits

Flexible shifts

Access to learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• RCCP and/or HCPC registration required.
• Car Owner/Driver is essential.
• Paediatric experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic investigations for hearing issues.
• Supervise and teach junior audiologists.
• Conduct home visits and provide audiological services.
• Assess and fit hearing aids to patients.

Skills

Supervising clinical staff

Diagnostic audiological testing

Patient management

Hearing aid fitting

Home visits

Education

Recognised qualification in Audiology (BSc, MSc, PTP, STP, BAAT, PgDip Aud, HTS)

Job description

Job summary

This role can provide additional responsibility in mentoring junior audiologists and providing supervision over them. This allows you to share your knowledge within the field to ensure the development of Audiology. Furthermore, this allows you to master your craft within your given specialism in Audiology. Based at St Margarets Hospital, Epping, the post will require rotation to other sites (Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow, Herts and Essex Hospital, Bishops Stortford, Loughton) and possibly more in future. The Audiologist works in a range of settings with patients suffering from hearing difficulties, their family and other carers.

Main duties of the job

The Audiologist undertakes diagnostic investigations of hearing for both adults and children where highly accurate results are vital. Takes on more complex caseloads. Supervises and teaches. Often working independently, you will line manage and supervise various clinical staff members. Externally, you may have to contact other departments in the Hospital including the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Central Appointments, the Speech and Language team and other Audiology departments.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression

Access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

Work-life Balance

Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave.

Opportunity & Access

Over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.

Job responsibilities

• Perform otoscopic examination of the ear canal to assess the condition of the external ear and eardrum. Recognise contra-indications to further treatment (e.g. perforation, discharge, blood and/or excessive wax) and refer to the appropriate professional when necessary e.g. ENT staff, GP, Senior Audiologist, Nurse Practitioner etc.
• Assess the hearing of adults and children over the age of 5 using a range of specialised diagnostic tests, including: Pure Tone Audiometry, Acoustic Admittance Measurements, Acoustic Reflex Measurements and Speech Audiometry, Oto-Acoustic Emissions.
• Select appropriate hearing aids using Patient Management System considering hearing aid specifications and outcome measures to suit individual patient needs. Programme selected digital hearing aid using computerised system and hearing aid software and fit hearing aid and mould to patient.
• Verify selection and fitting of hearing aid using Real Ear Measurements.
• Undertake home visits to housebound patients to provide a full range of audiological services where access to patients in a domestic setting may be restricted. Undertake visits to in-patients who have been identified by ward staff as having hearing problems, providing the appropriate audiological services at the bedside.
• Supervise and line manage more junior staff typically students, Band 5 Audiologists and Band 4 Associate Audiologists and apprentices.

Person Specification & Qualifications

• Essentials:
• A Recognised qualification in Audiology (BSc, MSc, PTP, STP, BAAT, PgDip Aud, HTS) or equivalent experience
• RCCP and/or HCPC registration
• Car Owner/Driver is essential
• Desirable:
• Paediatric experience
• M-Level credits or qualifications
• HTS in Adult Rehabilitation or other HTS Modules

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (Opens in a new tab).

Employer Details

NHS Professionals Limited

Location

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX