Deputy Head of Audiology

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a qualified clinical audiologist to manage patient care and optimize audiology services. The ideal candidate will have appropriate registration and significant experience in the field, providing assessments and interventions while adhering to national guidelines. The position offers various employee benefits aimed at supporting staff well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Free counselling service

NHS Pension scheme

Access to Wagestream

Support for staff affected by Peri-Menopause or Menopause

Qualifications

• BSc in Audiology or equivalent BTEC in Physics and Physiological Measurement & BAAT I&II.
• MSc in Audiology.
• HCPC registration as a clinical scientist or AHCS registration as an audiologist.
• Extensive experience in clinical audiology.
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical audiology services.
• Provide patient assessments and interventions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and standards.

Skills

Excellent knowledge of national strategies

Excellent patient handling skills

Excellent communication skills

Personnel handling skills

Teaching and training skills

IT skills and experience

Education

BSc in Audiology or equivalent

MSc in Audiology

HCPC registration as a clinical scientist

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding this opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc in Audiology or equivalent BTEC in Physics and Physiological Measurement & BAAT I&II
• MSc in Audiology
• STP or BAA approved HTS, CAC or equivalent experience
• HCPC registration as a clinical scientist or AHCS registration as an audiologist
• BAA membership

Desirable criteria

• Relevant healthcare management qualification
• To keep abreast of national and international developments in Audiology by reading scientific literature and attending scientific meetings.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in clinical audiology
• Extensive experience in development work
• Personnel management

Desirable criteria

• Research experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent knowledge of national strategies, guidelines and current evidence base relevant to area of work
• Excellent patient handling skills
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
• Personnel handling skills
• Teaching and training skills
• IT skills and experience in database operation, use of spreadsheets

Desirable criteria

• Sign Language Skills

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• NHS Pension scheme
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.

Certificates of Sponsorship/Visa and Immigration
If you wish to apply for this vacancy and would require sponsorship to work in this role (including if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change your employer), you can look at the government website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job and assess your circumstances against the criteria specified. This will determine your likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 408.4KB)
• Establishing Identity (PDF, 243.0KB)
• Say Hello to Wage Stream (PDF, 7.2MB)
• Our Values (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Our Trust (PDF, 674.0KB)
• Recruitment Policy Overview (PDF, 125.0KB)