Senior Paediatric Audiologist

NHS; Widnes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Senior Paediatric Audiologist in Widnes. The successful candidate will perform diagnostic assessments for children aged 0-18, maintain patient records, and support the team in delivering high-quality audiology services. A relevant degree and NHS experience are required. Flexibility for community travel is needed, and ongoing training opportunities will be provided.

Benefits

Further educational development

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in managing infants and children with hearing loss.
• Knowledge of paediatric audiometric assessment.
• Registration with AHCS/HCPC or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic hearing assessments on pre‑school and school-age children.
• Maintain accurate and confidential patient records.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Team Player

Education

BSc/MSc in Audiology or equivalent

Job description

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Paediatric Audiologist

The closing date is 22 December 2025

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated audiologist to join our busy team. You will be part of our Paediatric Audiology team, taking the next steps in developing great community services and ensuring that everything we do is based around our aim of quality first and foremost.

The service is being delivered from dedicated and purpose‑built Paediatric Audiology suites in a community set‑up covering the boroughs of Halton, St Helens & Knowsley.

The applicant must be an experienced Audiologist with a good knowledge of Paediatric Audiology Hearing Assessments. This experience must have been obtained from working within the NHS within the last two years. The applicant is expected to be progressing within their career and aspiring to increase their skills and expertise in the field.

The successful candidate will have a BSc and/or MSc in Audiology (or equivalent) and will have AHCS/HCPC registration with relevant post‑qualification experience.

This is a great opportunity to join an excellent department fully equipped with the latest equipment.

The work is community‑based therefore it is essential that the successful candidate is able to travel throughout the organisation to meet the requirements of the role.

We are a friendly, forward‑thinking department. We actively encourage and support further educational development, attendance at courses and conferences.

Main duties of the job

To work closely with senior audiologists in clinics, performing a range of clinical tests and procedures for patients aged 0‑18 years as appropriate.

To prepare clinic rooms ready for testing, including the necessary calibration checks of equipment.

To maintain accurate and confidential patient records in line with department and trust policies, including inputting data from clinical test results.

Arrange referral to other professionals for treatment/management when required, following local and national guidance.

Responsible for keeping a check on stock levels to maintain sufficient supplies of audiology materials.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community. They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve. After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them. Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P - Person‑centred - We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E - Empowered - We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O - Open and Honest - We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P - Professional - We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L - Locally Lead - We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E - Efficient - We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic hearing assessment on pre‑school and school age children and analyse the results, including:
• Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA)
• Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
• Performance testing
• Tests of middle ear function using tympanometry
• Otoacoustic Emissions
• Complete audiological testing of babies that are referred following their newborn hearing screen, using Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) to detect cochlear function.
• Carry out otoscopy following BSA recommended procedures
• Identify any contraindications or indications for further procedures e.g. tympanometry and aural impression taking.
• Identify atypical or abnormal ear conditions and make appropriate onward referrals
• Take accurate and safe impressions of the ear following BSA recommended procedures for impression taking.
• Arrange referral to other professionals for treatment/management when required, following local and national guidance. E.g. referring to ENT for management of middle ear effusion.
• Manage hearing loss in infants and children.
• Dispense, fit and maintain digital hearing aids, using MCHAS guidelines and protocols.
• Use probe microphone measurements to verify hearing aids to prescription targets.
• Carry out reviews with hearing aid users.
• Audiological habilitation/rehabilitation
• Use of outcome measures to support and guide habilitation/rehabilitation.
• Carry out hearing aid repairs and maintenance.
• Carry out routine maintenance and calibration checks on audiological equipment, reporting faults and arranging for repair when necessary.
• Maintain accurate recording of results and update patient records.
• Write reports to relevant health professionals.
• Update national S4H database with results of hearing tests following referral from neonatal hearing screening team.
• Ensure adequate and smooth transition of children onto Adult Audiology Services, via a Transition Clinic.
• Responsible for maintaining own workload, prioritising referrals, and planning work for junior staff. Plans day to day duties and routine clinics.
• Demonstrate flexibility to meet the needs of children with complex needs and adapt test procedures based on the needs of the child.
• Demonstrate flexibility to deal with urgent referrals and queries.
• Organise testing and hearing aid management in outreach clinics and schools, ensuring all necessary portable equipment is available.
• Collaborate with Audiology Lead to ensure an efficient and effective Audiology department.
• Monitor hearing aid stock and advise senior staff/management on re‑ordering requirements.

Communication

• Work and communicate effectively and courteously with patients, colleagues, public and members of the directorate and the trust.
• Maintain hospital and departmental records, including provision of patient reports as necessary.
• Work and communicate effectively within the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ability to adapt communication in order to instruct infants and children, including those with complex needs, during behavioural hearing assessment using appropriate language.

Able to use tact and persuasion where barriers to understanding exist, e.g.

• Very young children, children with learning difficulties and the un‑cooperative child.
• Communicate effectively with deaf and hard of hearing patients and families.
• Able to communicate complex technical information in a meaningful manner.
• Demonstrate reassurance and persuasive skills to gain a child's confidence for invasive procedures e.g., impressions.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and awareness when imparting bad news e.g. sudden hearing loss or deterioration of existing hearing loss.

Professional

• Active participant in Trust research projects involving children with hearing loss.
• Maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
• Maintain professional standards and protocols without supervision.
• Work in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and comply with Trust policies and audiological protocols.
• Ensure continuing professional development. Develop in depth knowledge of paediatric test protocols, stay informed about changes to current practice and implement new recommended procedures following appropriate training.
• Maintain registration with the AHCS/HCPC.
• Take part in both professional and departmental meetings.

Information and Data Responsibilities

• Maintain thorough record‑keeping.

Maintain systems to monitor documentation including recording and storing all relevant information ensuring it is securely held and can be accessed easily.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc Audiology or equivalent e.g., BTEC in MPPM, BAAT Parts 1 and 2 and HNC MPPM.
• Registered with AHCS/HCPC or working towards.

Experience

• NHS experience to include paediatric audiometric assessment including full range of behavioural audiometric tests.
• Experience in managing infants and children with hearing loss.
• Experience in carrying out audits and surveys within a clinical set‑up.
• Excellent experience of paediatric hearing aid assessment, fitting and rehabilitation.
• Good experience in paediatric diagnostic tests including OAEs.
• Experience in audits and introduction of service developments.

Skills and Attributes

• Carry out a full range of paediatric audiology diagnostic tests.
• Meet strict deadlines when necessary.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Communicate sensitively and empathically.
• Excellent team player.
• Keep accurate and legible patient records and statistical information.
• Sound understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Good organisational skills.

Job Specific Requirements

• Flexibility over location/pattern of work.
• Able to travel to peripheral clinics throughout Halton, St Helens & Knowsley and across the wider Trust footprint to meet the needs of the service.

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share‑codes will be checked if applicable).

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

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.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust