Trainee Audiology Practitioner

Specsavers; St Albans; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Specsavers Perks

28 days leave

Job summary

Specsavers Audiology Practitioner programme in St Albans/Harpenden trains you to help customers hear clearer, with support from a Hearing Aid Dispenser and colleagues. You will learn ear wax removal, fitting and programming hearing aids, domes and tubes, and complete the AP course.

Full training and development opportunities are offered, with potential progression within the store or broader business. Benefits include pension enrollment and generous annual leave.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal English skills.
• Keen interest in self-development.
• Ideally fluent in patient management systems.

Responsibilities

• Help customers with their hearing needs and support the team.
• Learn and perform ear wax removals and fit/program hearing aids.
• Assist across Specsavers stores in St Albans and Harpenden during training.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Willingness to learn

Patient management systems

Tools

Patient management systems

Job description

Want to help the nation hear clearer than ever? As an Audiology Practitioner at Specsavers, you can work alongside your partners and colleagues to help more customers with their hearing, faster. You will be enrolled onto the Specsavers AP course and will train to completion, with the support of a Hearing Aid Dispenser (HAD), learning valuable skills such as being able to perform ear wax removals, fit and programme hearing aids, fitting new domes and replace tubes. Once fully trained there may be the opportunity to move on to other roles within the store or wider business. Here at Specsavers, your opportunities are endless.

Our stores

You will be to supporting our stores in St Albans and Harpenden, both with parking available nearby and easily accessible by public transport.

Our team

We have a friendly team on the Audiology side of the business with a good mix of experience who are looking forward to meeting you.

What’s on offer?

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

• Salary up to £26,436 per annum
• Full-time: 40 hours per week working 5 days - weekend working is required in this role
• 28 days leave (includes bank holidays)
• We will auto-enroll you into the pension scheme with an employer contribution when you contribute too
• Specsavers Perks - a portal to a world of great everyday discounts and savings

While we don’t need you to have a degree or any specific qualifications to enrol on this programme, we do need you to have a few skills to get started here.Firstly, you’ll need to have good written and verbal English skills, so we know you can communicate effectively with our customers and colleagues. You’ll also need to have a keen interest in self-development, desire to further your skills, and then ideally a fluency in use of patient management systems (but don’t worry if you don’t have that last one).