Senior Audiologist

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Audiologist to join their dynamic Audiology Department. The successful candidate will be involved in assessment and rehabilitation of hearing loss in complex populations, leading junior staff, and participating in audits to enhance service quality. A collaborative environment in a large NHS trust providing first-class acute care, with excellent professional development opportunities awaits the ideal candidate.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Qualifications

• Significant post-graduate clinical experience required.
• Experience with complex populations needed.
• Ability to provide leadership and support to junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous practice in adult rehabilitation clinics.
• Assessment and fitting of hearing aids for complex populations.
• Support and contribute to training of STP trainees.

Skills

Post-graduate clinical experience

Experience in adult & paediatric assessment

Job description

Overview

This post offers an opportunity for someone with significant post-graduate clinical experience to join a quality-focused service. We are commissioned to deliver a complex service, and we are looking for a team member who will be able to actively participate in this area of work. The ideal candidate will be somebody who has experience in both adult & paediatric assessment and rehabilitation and is motivated to deliver a high-quality service to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous practice within adult rehabilitation clinics
• Assessment of hearing loss in non-routine (complex) populations
• Fitting of hearing aids in non-routine (complex) populations
• Support a STP trainee and contribute to training
• As a Senior Audiologist, support more junior members of the team, providing leadership and clinical oversight as needed
• Actively participate in audit as part of the department’s quality culture

Team, service and activity

Join our large, friendly team within the Audiology Department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust and enjoy the variety of work that comes from being part of our large, complex Audiology service. We have over 45 staff, made up of senior assistant audiologists, associate audiologists, audiologists, Clinical Scientists, hearing therapists and a newborn hearing screening team. The department offers a complex adult rehabilitative service, tinnitus and hearing therapy services, newborn hearing screening programme, paediatric assessment and (re)hab service (0-18 years) and vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service at the main NNUH site and at Cromer Hospital. Domiciliary work is also undertaken. Our department places an emphasis on quality, and we are proud to have been one of the earliest Audiology sites to become UKAS accredited under the Improving Quality in Physiological Services accreditation scheme, and are currently accredited for our paediatric service.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff. The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics