Band 8a Adult Audiology Lead

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Adult Audiology Lead at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. This role focuses on leading the Audiology department, ensuring high-quality patient care and effective clinical governance while providing mentorship to a team of specialists.

Qualifications

• Expertise in complex Audiology rehabilitation.
• Registered with HCPC as Clinical Scientist.
• Proven leadership in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical governance and quality assurance projects.
• Provide direct oversight for senior healthcare scientists.
• Develop clinical guidelines and protocols for Audiology.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Audiology rehabilitation

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

M.Sc. in Audiology or equivalent

B.Sc. in Audiology or equivalent

Registered Clinical Scientist

Management qualification at master's level

Project management qualification

Tools

Audiological software

Office applications

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8a Adult Audiology Lead

The closing date is 11 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Adult Audiology Lead to join our dynamic team at UHB. We are looking for someone to take a leading role within the departmental quality agenda and clinical governance, as well as demonstrating a high level of clinical expertise within complex rehabilitation of patients within Audiology.

The post holder will deputise for the Audiology Clinical and Operational Lead supporting the paediatric team in their absence, provide direct support to the Audiology senior leadership team to enhance the development of routine and complex Audiology services at Heartlands, Good hope, and Solihull Hospitals. The post holder will have responsibility for leadership of clinical service areas, and they will have managerial responsibility for a defined group of Healthcare Scientists to include Clinical Scientists, Physiologists, Therapists and Support Staff within the field of Audiology.

Alongside the clinical and leadership responsibilities the postholder will have responsibility for leading quality, transformation, and governance projects within the Audiology Service. These projects will be aligned to the service strategy and will support the delivery of high-quality, safe clinical services, with a strong focus on the clinical governance, safeguarding and quality agendas.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic individual who has both clinical and leadership experience in the area of Adult Audiology.

To be a source of expertise, to identify, analyse, evaluate and problem solve to enable the development and delivery of individualised intervention and treatment programmes.

To provide a consultative role with relatives and staff providing advice, recommendations, support, training, and instruction as identified.

Lead the development of diagnostic and rehabilitation services in audiology including the development, and or updating of clinical guidelines, policy and procedure that relates to the specialism.

Under the direction of the Audiology senior management team, take responsibility for leading key areas of accreditation within the specialism ensuring the on-going development and implementation of a strong governance structure to improve clinical practice and standards of care.

Work to support the UHB Head of Audiology Services by participating in business planning and business case development to support increased resource requirements with associated directorate and divisional management teams.

To have overall responsibility for the adult audiology team with line management duties for senior members of the team.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *M.Sc. Audiology or an M.Sc. in a related subject, or equivalent level of experience
• *B.Sc. in Audiology (or equivalent level).
• *Registered as a Clinical Scientist with the HCPC whilst adhering to the code of conduct for Clinical Scientists OR Registration as Clinical Physiologist, with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or the Academy of Healthcare Science
• *Evidence of relevant accredited post-graduate training and education within profession.
• *Recognised qualification in management or leadership at master's level.
• *Recognised qualification in project management.

Experience

• *Significant experience as a clinical leader including direct clinical supervision and line management of staff.
• *Extensive experience of complex audiology rehabilitation
• *Extensive experience of severe to profound hearing loss.
• *Experience of leading staff and service development, e.g. PDR, performance management and job planning.
• *Experience of the IQIPS accreditation process and quality assurance activities
• *Experience of risk management, clinical governance and safeguarding processes Extensive knowledge of national issues and priorities within Audiology
• *Research experience within the field of audiology.
• *Significant demonstrable Senior management and leadership experience within an NHS organisation.
• *Knowledge of business and workforce planning
• *Experience in managing a small Audiology Department or section.
• *Experience of working with professional body in an Audiology capacity.

Additional Criteria

• *Well-developed leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior healthcare scientists, consultants, clinical colleagues, and managers within and related to the Audiology service.
• *Ability to deal with competing work pressures and specific deadlines.
• *Resilience and ability to stay positive and lead when under pressure and exposed to challenging situations.
• *Ability to cope with exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances within clinical and staff setting.
• *Ability to make complex judgements and decisions involving complex facts which require analysis and interpretation of data and information.
• *Good level of IT skills to include use of a broad range of relevant Audiological software and generic IT systems such as Office applications.
• *Ability to travel within region and nationally as required for the role.
• *Ability and willingness to work flexibly, adapting to requirements and priorities of the service and organisation.
• *Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.
• *Advanced counselling skills.
• *Advanced skills in IT systems and Crystal reports.

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.

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