Specialty Doctor in Audio vestibular Medicine

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS hospital group in Greater London is seeking a Specialist Audiovestibular Physician to join their paediatric audiology teams. The role involves providing clinical supervision and care for children, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and supporting clinical governance initiatives. Candidates should have a passion for improving services and maintaining high clinical standards in an inclusive environment, contributing to the ongoing development of patient care.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic involvement in audit and service evaluation.
• Ability to provide clinical care and supervision for paediatric audiology patients.
• Up-to-date knowledge and skills in line with GMC and Royal College requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical care and supervision of paediatric audiology patients across Barts Health sites.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and attending relevant meetings.
• Supporting Clinical Audiologists and participating in teaching and training activities.
• Participating in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will provide, with consultant colleagues, a full Audiovestibular Medicine service, seeing children with predominantly audiological presentations. Enthusiastic involvement in audit and service evaluation will be essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical care and supervision of paediatric audiology patients across Barts Health sites.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and attending relevant meetings.
• Supporting Clinical Audiologists and participating in teaching and training activities.
• Participating in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and skills in line with GMC and Royal College requirements.

Role details

We are seeking a Specialist Audiovestibular Physician to join our Barts Paediatric Audiology multi-disciplinary teams at Waltham Forest, Redbridge, City/Hackney, and Tower Hamlets & Newham.

The post will predominantly be based at Waltham Forest and Redbridge, based at Wood Street Health Centre and Loxford Polyclinic but the post holder may be expected to occasionally support working at other sites: City/Hackney & Tower Hamlets is based at Hackney Ark. Newham is based at West Ham Lane Health Centre.

Predominantly a clinical role, the post holder is expected to provide Medical Input to the wider Paediatric Audiology service at Barts and the Audiologist Led Service.

This interesting specialist role will involve working with babies, children and families in our spacious, family-friendly multi-disciplinary centres and taking on the responsibilities of this role within the dynamic working environment at Bart's will enable clinical and personal development. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Vision and values

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.