Band 6- Senior Audiologist

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Audiologist to join their friendly and diverse team. This role involves providing adult audiology services, managing patient care, and performing advanced audiological procedures. The position supports work/life balance with a four-day work week, and offers opportunities for training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience in audiological diagnostic testing.
• Proven experience in an audiology healthcare setting.
• Evidence of appropriate experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities for patient/client care, treatment, and therapy.
• Advanced procedures performed as appropriate to the grade.
• Manage a diverse adult diagnostic & rehabilitation caseload.

Skills

Rehabilitation techniques for the hearing impaired

Advanced testing

Tinnitus management

Balance assessment

Wax removal

Education

BSc in Audiology

MSc in Audiology

RCCP/AHCS or HCPC registration

Full BAA or BSA Membership

BSL at a basic level

Tools

Signia Hearing Aids

Oticon Hearing Aids

Job description

Go back Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 6- Senior Audiologist

The closing date is 25 May 2025

The Audiology Department are looking for a friendly and team focussed audiologist to support the provision of adult audiology services. You will be joining a diverse and friendly team of audiologists, admin and management, who are all focussed on providing the best possible service to our patients.

We are looking for an experienced Audiologist with an interest or specialist knowledge in advanced testing, tinnitus, balance or wax removal. We also provide a comprehensive adult audiology service including GPDR and ENT support. All Audiologists are given an area of responsibility and would be supported with necessary training and development. We work four days a week which may suit clinicians looking to address work/life balance, prefer a varied working week or those looking for their next challenge.

Closer to central than you may think, Queen's Hospital to London Liverpool Street takes around 25 minutes by train. We strive to provide an excellent service to the patients of the Trust incorporating PRIDE values at all times. If you are an enthusiastic audiologist looking to join a friendly and progressive department who are looking to expand our service and clinical remit, we would welcome your interest and application.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibilities for patient/client care, treatment and therapy
• Advanced procedures are performed as appropriate to the grade
• To effectively manage a diverse Adult diagnostic & rehabilitations caseload and tinnitus and/or balance diagnostic patients once competencies are demonstrated
• Digital hearing aids are fitted to approved protocols including REM and HIT / coupler matching
• Children's hearing tests are carried out in the appropriate manner according to Best Practice standards (Over 3 years of age)
• Recording test results and accurate record keeping across a range of digital and analogue media
• May be required to visit patients in their house, GP Surgery, care home or hospital ward
• Supervision of junior members of staff and students
• Assistance is provided with the day to day running of the Audiology service. This may include a special area of responsibility
• Administrative responsibilities are undertaken as required by the Head of Audiology

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• oBSc in Audiology or PTP or BSc in Health Care Sciences (Audiology)
• oMSc in Audiology with competency certificate
• oRCCP/AHCS or HCPC registration must be held.
• oFull BAA or BSA Membership
• oBSL at a basic level

Skills/ Abilities

• o Sound knowledge of rehabilitation techniques for the hearing impaired using the latest digital technology
• o Specialist skills in advanced testing/rehab, tinnitus, balance and/or wax removal.
• oExperience in fitting Signia and Oticon Hearing Aids

Experience/ Knowledge

• oComprehensive experience in Audiological diagnostic testing
• oProven experience in an audiology healthcare setting
• Experience in fitting Oticon & Siemens hearing aids
• Evidence of appropriate experience

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum inclusive