Senior Audiologist

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a qualified Audiologist to provide high-quality audiological services. This role involves mentoring junior staff and developing individual rehabilitation plans while ensuring the highest standards of care. You'll enjoy opportunities for personal and professional growth and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

Access to Learning & Development opportunities

Flexible shifts

Paid annual leave

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• BSc Audiology and HCPC registration required.
• MSc in Audiology with competency certificate preferred.
• Demonstrable postgraduate clinical experience in balance assessment.

Responsibilities

• Create individual rehabilitation plans for each patient.
• Assess, fit, verify and validate hearing aid prescriptions.
• Support patients and caregivers in managing hearing loss.

Skills

Patient Management

Communication

Technical Proficiency

Education

BSc Audiology

MSc in Audiology

Job description

This role willprovide additional responsibility in mentoring junior audiologists andproviding supervision over them. This allows you to share your knowledge withinthe field to ensure the development of Audiology. Furthermore, this allows youto master your craft within your given specialism in Audiology.

Main duties of the job

To provide comprehensive and high-qualityaudiological diagnostic and rehabilitative services to the adult populationserved, working both solo and as part of a team.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

• Createindividual rehabilitation plans for each patient whilst maintaining a flexibleapproach and responsive attitude to patient need.
• To assess, fit verify and validate hearing aidprescriptions for patients using real ear and coupler measurements.
• To ensure equipment is adequately maintained andcalibrated in accordance with BSA standards.
• To support patients and caregivers withmanagement of hearing loss and hearing aids.
• Providetraining both in-house and to external groups when required.
• Establish a good rapport and work with patientsof all ages, including gaining their co-operation in clinics andself-management at home.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Audiology
• RCCP and/or HCPC registration
• MSc in Audiology with competency certificate
• Demonstrable post graduate clinical experience in balance assessment and general audiology

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.