Job summary
We are seeking a forward-thinking clinician to join our team as an Advanced Audiologist (1.0 WTE), combining responsibility for specialist adult services with a key role as Audiology Education and Training Lead.
This senior role brings together advanced clinical practice and workforce development, offering an excellent opportunity to shape both service delivery and the future of the profession within a supportive department.
You will lead the provision and development of complex hearing services, supporting patients with a wide range of needs, including multi-sensory impairments and severe learning disabilities. Working alongside a skilled team, you will contribute to high-quality care and development of specialist adult services.
A central focus of this role is leading education and training across the service. You will deliver high-quality training, support educators, and foster a positive and inclusive learning culture, playing a key role in workforce development. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about influencing workforce development and driving continuous improvement in training.
We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic about developing others and advancing hearing care services. In return, you will join a forward-thinking organisation, with access to excellent opportunities for development, research and career progression.
If you are interested, we encourage you to contact the department to learn more about the role before applying.
Main duties of the job
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *BSc or Equivalent in Audiology
- *Registered Clinical scientist or Clinical Physiologist HCPC or AHCS
Desirable
- *STP, HTS or equivalent other higher- level clinical experience
- *MSc Audiology or equivalent experience at M-Level
- *Recognised Leadership Qualification
- *Recognised Training Qualification
Experience
Essential
- *5 Years post Qualification experience in Audiology
- *Experience of assessment and management of patients with complex hearing needs
- *Experience of managing patients with severe to profound hearing loss
- *Experience of delivering training, including delivery to scientist level trainees
- *Experience of partaking in quality assurance activities
Desirable
- *Experience of developing and implementing research proposals
- *Experience of line managing staff
- *Experience of leading service improvement projects
- *Experience of leading clinical service provision
- *Evidenceofclinicalexamining experience
- *Evidence of experience in recruitment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to make judgements in specialist area involving highly complex facts which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- *Good level of IT skills to include word processing, use of spreadsheets and databases and PowerPoint.
- *Detailed knowledge of rehabilitation/therapeutic strategies.
- *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include ability to communicate with the hearing impaired and patients with dementia, and specialist patient group.
- *Excellent written communication skills
- *Able to work alone as well as in a team.
- *Ability to be mobile, if required, operating across UHB sites plus potential national and international travel. This may involve occasional overnight stays.
Desirable
- *Ability to critically appraise and challenge at a high level.
- *Ability to write to a high academic standard, delivering research posters and academic presentations to a broad scientific audience.
- *Extensive knowledge of academic literature relevant to position, writing to a high academic standard, delivering research posters and academic presentations to a broad scientific audience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *BSc or Equivalent in Audiology
- *Registered Clinical scientist or Clinical Physiologist HCPC or AHCS
Desirable
- *STP, HTS or equivalent other higher- level clinical experience
- *MSc Audiology or equivalent experience at M-Level
- *Recognised Leadership Qualification
- *Recognised Training Qualification
Experience
Essential
- *5 Years post Qualification experience in Audiology
- *Experience of assessment and management of patients with complex hearing needs
- *Experience of managing patients with severe to profound hearing loss
- *Experience of delivering training, including delivery to scientist level trainees
- *Experience of partaking in quality assurance activities
Desirable
- *Experience of developing and implementing research proposals
- *Experience of line managing staff
- *Experience of leading service improvement projects
- *Experience of leading clinical service provision
- *Evidenceofclinicalexamining experience
- *Evidence of experience in recruitment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to make judgements in specialist area involving highly complex facts which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- *Good level of IT skills to include word processing, use of spreadsheets and databases and PowerPoint.
- *Detailed knowledge of rehabilitation/therapeutic strategies.
- *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include ability to communicate with the hearing impaired and patients with dementia, and specialist patient group.
- *Excellent written communication skills
- *Able to work alone as well as in a team.
- *Ability to be mobile, if required, operating across UHB sites plus potential national and international travel. This may involve occasional overnight stays.
Desirable
- *Ability to critically appraise and challenge at a high level.
- *Ability to write to a high academic standard, delivering research posters and academic presentations to a broad scientific audience.
- *Extensive knowledge of academic literature relevant to position, writing to a high academic standard, delivering research posters and academic presentations to a broad scientific audience.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
