Paediatric Audiology Team Leader

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider in London seeks a skilled individual to lead their paediatric audiology team. The role requires extensive clinical experience in paediatric audiology and strong communication skills, with responsibilities including clinical assessments and team management. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to children's audiology services in a compassionate and busy environment.

Qualifications

• Significant clinical experience including paediatric experience.
• Experience of electrophysiological assessment and paediatric rehabilitation.
• Experience working at a managerial level.
• Participation in clinical audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the paediatric audiology service.
• Conduct audiological assessments and habilitation for children.
• Support local newborn hearing screening programmes.

Skills

Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines

Good timekeeping/organisational skills

Good communication skills including tactful communication

Good interpersonal skills

Education

MSc in a relevant field

Registration with HCPC/RCCP as a clinical scientist/audiologist

Job description

We require an enthusiastic person to lead the friendly and hard-working paediatric audiology team at West Ham Lane Health Centre (Newham).

The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a busy environment; the applicant will have extensive clinical experience working in a paediatric audiology department. They must confident in complex paediatric audiology assessments and habilitation.

In view of the nature of the service, it is essential you are able to deal calmly with children, young people and families who may at times be feeling anxious or distressed.

The Audiology service is managed by Barts Health and we cover five districts in East London - Tower Hamlets, City and Hackney, Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Newham. We provide a service at many health centres and hospitals including West Ham Lane Health Centre,The Royal London Hospital, hackney Ark, Wood street and Loxford Polyclinic. This post holder will be responsible for West ham Lane Health Centre. Our team is made up of over 50 staff including Audiologists, a hearing therapist, newborn hearing screeners and clerical staff. We are about to embark on an exciting project to achieve IQIPS accreditation having received a significant amount of investment from the trust to complete this.

Although based at West Ham Lane health centre you may be asked to provide cover at other local sites within the wider Audiology service.

Main duties of the job

To have delegated responsibility for the provision and strategic development of the third tier paediatric audiology service serving Newham residents, with support of the lead audio-vestibular physician

To undertake audiological diagnostic assessments and habilitation of children, including leading/supervising Audiologist led sessions and working jointly with the lead audio-vestibular physician and other team members.

The post holder will be the professional lead for paediatric audiology in Newham providing expert knowledge about paediatric audiology and related issues, and supporting/advising the local newborn hearing screening programmes and allied services.

#The post holder will be required to work efficiently and effectively, managing staff members and their own clinical caseload. Candidates will be expected to undertake a range of clinical duties including complex paediatric audiology assessment and habilitation. Experience in line management and providing clinical supervision and training is essential.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant clinical experience including paediatric experience
• Experience of electrophysiological assessment and paediatric rehabilitation
• Experience working at a managerial level
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team Working
• Evidence of significant involvement in aspects of service development
• Participation in clinical audit

Skills

• Ability to work effectively to meet deadlines
• Good timekeeping/organisational skills
• Good communication skills including tactful communication
• Good interpersonal skills

Knowledge

• Theoretical and practical knowledge of Paediatric Audiology, and advanced Audiological test techniques; including assessment of children with complex needs and complex ABR.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of hearing aid fitting and verification techniques for children of all ages
• Knowledge of ABR peer review
• Up to Date knowledge of hearing aid technology and BSA recommended procedures
• Knowledge of management and procurement processes

Qualifications

• Evidence of completion of advanced level clinical training courses in areas of expertise (i.e MSc)
• An in-depth knowledge of paediatric audiology and (re)habilitation
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of managerial or leadership training / short courses
• Registration with the HCPC/RCCP as a clinical scientist/audiologist

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.