Specialist Paediatric Audiologist (XR07)

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds seeks an experienced Specialist Paediatric Audiologist to join their Hearing and Balance Service. The role involves providing comprehensive paediatric diagnostic and habilitation services while managing day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and the ability to work autonomously as part of a multidisciplinary team. This position offers opportunities for continuous improvement and professional development within the department.

Qualifications

• Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources.
• Evidence of CPD and reflective practice.
• Evidence of contribution to project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive paediatric audiology service.
• Lead and manage day-to-day operations.
• Liaise with Team Leaders for smooth service delivery.

Skills

Team player

Good interpersonal skills

Good personal time management

Problem solving

Ability to accommodate change

Education

BSc (Hons) Audiology from an accredited University

MSc in Audiology or equivalent

Registered with an appropriate registration body

Job description

Specialist Paediatric Audiologist (XR07)

Thisjob is for an experienced B7 Paediatric Audiologist within the Hearing andBalance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We are committed to providingthe highest quality care for its patients whilst embodying the core values ofthe Leeds Way.

Basedin a newly developed department at Seacroft Hospital just outside Leeds CityCentre the Hearing and Balance Service provides modern facilities and acomprehensive range of services, across multiple sites for patients of allages including implantable devices and vestibular assessments. Due to therange of services provided, opportunities exist for training and developmentinto specialist areas and staff can be supported through the Higher TrainingScheme.

TheHearing and Balance Service offers an open and inclusive culture for itsstaff, valuing the input from the whole team to help guide and shape thedelivery of the service.

Main duties of the job

Thepost holder will work within a multidisciplinary team across multiple sitesto provide a comprehensive paediatric diagnostic and habilitation service forchildren & their families with hearing difficulties. The paediatric teamwork as autonomous practioners within the service and are to be able todevelop, lead improvements, maximising the benefit for patients. You will beperforming a wide range of diagnostic testing on all patient groups, inaddition to providing highly effective habilitation and on-going maintenancecare plans for patients with complex hearing losses, tinnitus, patients withBone Anchored Hearing Aids, ENT patients and Oncology patients. There isscope to support the department in many exciting initiatives and develop theservice with continuous improvement cycles. The department are also workingtowards IQIPs accreditation

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospitaltrusts in the UK. Every year, LTHT provides healthcare and specialistservices for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber andbeyond. The Trust plays an important role in the training and education. LTHTis rated as a good hospital Trust by the Care Quality Commission, and has astrategy to continue improving to provide outstanding care for patients.

Careand clinical expertise is spread over seven hospitals and medical facilities:Leeds General Infirmary (LGI),St Jamess University Hospital (including LeedsCancer Centre), Seacroft Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital, Chapel AllertonHospital Leeds Childrens Hospital Leeds Dental Institute

OurHearing and Balance team is an incredible team is made up of hard-workingstaff that consistently go above and beyond their duty of care to improvepatient experience and sustain our services.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Thepost holder will work in a leadership role managing the day to day deliveryof specific aspects of a Paediatric Audiology Service. To provide a comprehensive paediatricaudiology service. They will demonstrate leadership to ensure staff areworking to national standards, ensure current practice is evidence based andensure there is quality within the service. The role will require leadershipon a specific area of complex paediatric audiology and day to day operationalmanagement of this area. They will offer support for more junior staff andthose training and deputise in the absence of the Head(s) of Service. Liaising and co-operating with other TeamLeaders to ensure that the day to day operations of the service as a whole,are delivered as smoothly and as efficiently as possible. They will ensurethe service improvements are made in an evidenced based manner, developstaff, conduct clinical audits and support IQIPs accreditation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Audiology from an accredited University OR - Equivalent qualifications (until 2005
• Be registered with an appropriate registration body.
• Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources, supervisory experience.
• Evidence of CPD. Evidence of reflective practice
• Any relevant additional knowledge/skills, pertinent to the post applied for
• Evidence of learning from relevant professional courses/seminars.
• MSc in Audiology or equivalent.
• Trainers/Assessors award

Experience

• Be able to lead and perform a comprehensive range of paediatric diagnostic assessments.
• Paediatric hearing aid fittings and verifications
• Micro budgetary management & / or administration.
• Supervision of staff.
• Evidence of contribution to project management experience.
• Responsibilities for relevant issues outside the NHS.
• Evidence of contribution to research/audit.
• Working in multidisciplinary team
• Research Line managements

Skills & Behaviours

• Ability to communicate with staff and others. Team player.
• Be in possession of good interpersonal skills
• Good personal time management.
• Ability to contribute to problem solving.
• Ability to accommodate change.

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.