Paediatric Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Team Leader

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Band 8a Audiologist to join its Paediatric Audiology Team as a Team Leader. This role involves delivering expert clinical services, supervising staff, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should have experience in paediatric audiology and strong leadership skills. The Trust offers extensive benefits, including generous holiday and access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric audiology and related clinical practices.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert clinical services in diagnosis and rehabilitation.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to staff.
• Ensure high quality care and innovative service delivery.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Advanced clinical reasoning

Rehabilitation of children with hearing loss

Education

Relevant professional qualification in Audiology

Job description

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking to recruit a Band 8a Audiologist to join our UKAS accredited Paediatric Audiology Team as a Paediatric Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Team Leader.

The post holder will be based at York and must be able to travel to other sites for example Harrogate, Thirsk, Whitby and Scarborough.

This role is pivotal in delivering expert clinical services in diagnostic and rehabilitation of children with hearing loss. As a leader you will provide clinical supervision and training to staff and trainees, fostering professional development and excellence within the team.

Additionally, you will bring together the clinical leads in each paediatric field, ensuring high quality care and innovative service delivery.

As a Team Leader in Audiology, you will use well developed clinical skills, advanced theoretical knowledge, and extensive practical experience. You will undertake assessments and rehabilitation of paediatric patients with hearing loss.

The post holder will be able to deliver safe and effective audiology services both within their scope of practice and, more broadly considering their professions’ legal and ethical boundaries. You will work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking a specialist clinical workload, using advanced clinical reasoning and delivering a broad range of treatments, education and advice.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025