Paediatric Audiologist

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Eppleworth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Paediatric Audiologist to provide specialist assessments and rehabilitation for infants, children and young people across community clinics and acute settings. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality diagnostic and habilitative services, supporting families throughout the audiology journey.

The role emphasizes paediatric testing (OAEs, behavioural audiometry) and involvement in service development with a commitment

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in Audiology or equivalent.
• Experience in paediatric audiology assessment in NHS clinic.
• Excellent communication skills engaging with children, families and multidisciplinary teams.
• Compassionate, patient-centred approach with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team.
• Commitment to quality improvement, professional development and evidence-based practice.
• Paediatric experience including behavioural audiometry, OAEs and habilitation.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and hearing rehabilitation for infants, children and young people.
• Deliver diagnostic and habilitative audiology services across community clinics and NHS settings.
• Support families throughout the audiology journey from early diagnostics to hearing aid fitting and ongoing management.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams with a focus on quality improvement and service development.

Skills

Paediatric audiology

NHS clinic experience

Communication skills

Independent working

Quality improvement

Paediatric testing (OAEs)

Habilitation

Education

Audiology qualification

Job description

As a Paediatric Audiologist, you will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and hearing rehabilitation services for infants, children and young people. You will work across our modern community-based clinics at East Riding Community Hospital, Beverley, Bransholme Health Centre, and our New CDC facility in Hull, and occasionally within the acute Trust setting. This is a rewarding and varied role where no two days are the same. You will support children and families throughout their audiology journey, from early diagnostic assessments through to hearing aid fitting, ongoing management and multidisciplinary support. The successful applicant will have a key role in a developing service that aims to attain IQIPs accreditation in line with the adult service, whilst working within a busy, friendly department.

Are you a passionate and dedicated Audiologist looking to specialise in paediatric care? Do you thrive in a role where clinical expertise, compassion and innovation come together to make a lasting impact on children and their families? We are seeking an enthusiastic Paediatric Audiologist to join our friendly and highly respected Paediatric Audiology Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality diagnostic and habilitative audiology services for babies, Infants, and young people across Hull and East Yorkshire. Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will help shape and develop a service committed to excellence and quality improvement, with ambitions to achieve IQIPS accreditation in line with our adult audiology service., We are looking for a motivated professional who possesses:

• A recognised qualification in Audiology or Equivalent.
• Experience in paediatric audiology assessment in NHS Clinic.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with children, families and multidisciplinary teams.
• A compassionate, patient-centred approach with exceptional interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work independently whilst contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.
• A commitment to quality improvement, professional development and evidence-based practice.
• Paediatric experience (behavioural audiometry /OAEs / habilitation)

  The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.