Senior Audiologist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Audiologist to join their multidisciplinary team. This role focuses on delivering comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitation services for both paediatric and adult patients. You will have the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility, contributing to the assessment and management of hearing loss in children. With a commitment to flexible working arrangements, this position not only supports your professional growth but also emphasizes the importance of work-life balance. If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Support for professional development

Employee health and well-being programs

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualifying experience in Audiology.
• Registered with an appropriate registration body.

Responsibilities

• Conduct paediatric hearing assessments using various testing methods.
• Fit and verify hearing aids for paediatric patients.

Skills

Paediatric Audiology

Hearing Aid Fitting

Diagnostic Assessments

Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)

Tympanometry

CPD Evidence

Education

BSc (Hons) Audiology

BAA HTS Modules in Paediatrics

Tools

Audiometry Equipment

Hearing Aids

Job description

The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive paediatric and adult diagnostic and rehabilitation service within Audiology. The Audiology service is currently going through a re-development process, with new Audiology facilities commissioned at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, which includes a new state of the art paediatric testing room. Occasionally you may be asked to cover clinics at other hospital sites within the trust, but your main base will be the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.

Please note that interviews will be held on the afternoon of 7 February 2025.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive paediatric and adult diagnostic and rehabilitation service within Audiology. This post will be more focused on a paediatric workload, which will include:

1. The assessment and management of hearing loss in paediatric patients using age/ability appropriate recognised testing such as Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), performance Audiometry, play Audiometry, Pure Tone Audiometry, tympanometry and TEOAE testing to national standards recommended by the British Society of Audiology (BSA) and the British Academy of Audiology (BAA).
2. Identifying if patients that have been assessed require a referral to the Ear, Nose and Throat Consultants, Paediatric Consultants for aetiology investigations, Teachers of Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and Speech Therapy.
3. The fitting and verification of hearing aids to paediatric patients to the relevant national standards set by the BSA and BAA for Real Ear Measures (REM) and Real Ear Couple Difference (RECD) measurements.
4. Delivering appropriate rehabilitation advice and support in line with the patient’s management plan.
5. Performing paediatric hearing aid reviews with REM/RECD and writing reports to relevant professionals to update them.

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group 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 Group 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 Group, and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and well-being and work-life balance for our employees, which will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life, and we recognise that it is a key contributor to the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team, or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery, and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all, and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice, and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.”

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Audiology from an accredited University OR - Equivalent qualifications (until 2005).
• Be registered with an appropriate registration body.
• BAA HTS Modules in paediatrics or working towards obtaining HTS modules.

Occupational experience and abilities

• Minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience.
• Experience in performing paediatric hearing assessments, including VRA.
• Experience of fitting and verification of hearing aids to paediatrics.
• Experience in taking ear mould impressions in neonates and infants.

Knowledge & Skills

• Be able to lead and perform a comprehensive range of paediatric diagnostic assessments.
• Completed a relevant student mentoring course.
• Experience of supervising Audiology students.

Personal Qualities

• Evidence of CPD.
• Evidence of ‘reflective practice’.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.