Senior Audiologist - Adult Audiology

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Audiologist to enhance Adult Audiology services across multiple locations. This role involves overseeing a team, providing diagnostic and rehabilitative services, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in adult audiology. Join a dedicated team focused on exceptional patient care and service innovation.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS hearing instruments.
• Experience within adult diagnostics (ABR/VNG/Calorics) and report writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative service.
• Oversee adult team across multi-site locations.
• Conduct balance assessment clinics and tinnitus clinics.

Skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Computer Skills

Education

BSc (Hons) Audiology

MSc Audiology

Certificate of clinical competency

AHCS registration

HCPC (CS) registration

Tools

Auditbase

Word

Excel

Powerpoint

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Senior Audiologist - Adult Audiology

The closing date is 22 May 2025

We're excited to offer an rewarding opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking Senior Audiologist to take a leading role in shaping the future of Adult Audiology within our Trust.

As the Senior Audiologist, you will help develop and grow the service across our multi-site locations. We are currently undergoing a major transformation, including significant investments in our facilities:

• Lister Hospital: Brand new ENT clinic featuring 3 state-of-the-art sound-treated booths, a workshop, and a telehealth suite.
• Danestrete Health Centre: Recently refurbished to support adult hearing aid services.
• QEII Hospital: Dedicated solely to paediatric audiology.
• Hertford County Hospital (opening Autumn 2025): A flagship Audiology hub with 20 rooms, including 8 sound-treated booths, vestibular diagnostics space, consultation and admin rooms, and dedicated areas for staff and MDT collaboration.

To support this expansion, we are investing in 6 new posts - and we're looking for a passionate leader to oversee the adult team.

You'll be part of a team that prides itself on delivering outstanding patient care, underpinned by strong clinical governance, robust training, and a commitment to excellence.

If you're excited by the idea of helping shape a leading-edge Audiology service, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The department provides a comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative service to the population of East & North Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. The Audiology department operates a number of services including adult hearing aid service, diagnostic vestibular and children's assessments.

Full diagnostic support and rehabilitation services to 7 ENT consultants

Direct Access Hearing Aid Clinics

Balance Assessment Clinics using Caloric & ENG / VNG testing

Tinnitus clinics

Research and audits

Dedicated paediatric clinics including VRA / ABR/ Steady State / OAE

The ability to attend Satellite clinics is essential.

Applicants must hold a BSc in Audiology or equivalent qualifications. Experience within adult rehab & diagnostics is essential and paediatric audiology is preferred. Applicants should also have, or be able to achieve AHCS registration, and membership of BAA while not essential is desirable.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

The service is looking forward to major service transformation in the next year. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dawn Bramham, Head of Audiology to discuss the role further, and arrange informal visits. If you do not meet all of the essential criteria but think you might be ready to step into these roles with support, please get in touch.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• BSc (Hons) Audiology
• Certificate of clinical competency or equivalent
• MSc Audiology
• AHCS registration
• HCPC ( CS) registration

Experience

• Experience in NHS hearing instruments
• Use of Auditbase
• Experience working in NHS
• Experience within adult diagnostics (ABR/VNG /Calorics) and report writing

Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Good Computer Skills
• Use of Word / Excel / Powerpoint
• Evidence of service development work

Other

• Ability to travel to all hospital locations

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust