Job summary
We have a fantastic new opportunity here at Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust Audiology department. We are recruiting a full-time, permanent, Band 7 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to lead our Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service. We are proud of our welcoming, friendly team and the service we deliver.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Audiologist to lead our vestibular testing and rehabilitation service, and line manage a team of Audiologists involved in this service. You will be able to fully utilise their excellent experience in routine adult assessment and rehabilitation, or paediatric assessment and be eligible for AHCS (RCCP) or HCPC registration. Opportunities are available in other areas of Audiology including complex adults, tinnitus management and paediatrics. Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the main Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Independent clinical testing, decision making and reporting for vestibular assessment and rehabilitation
patients.
Independent clinical testing, decision making and reporting for adult assessment and rehabilitation patients
including fitting and verifying hearing aids, and appropriate onward referral.
Opportunities are available in
Paediatric Audiology services if desired.
Day to day management of relevant clinical and administrative functions of the Portsmouth Audiology Service,
ensuring the Audiology service maintains the highest possible standards of care, and clinical and
management decisions are effectively communicated throughout the audiology service.
Overall patient management including liaison with other professions including ENT, AVM, paediatrics, health
visitors, GPs, Education and Social Services.
You will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and assist more junior members of the team; we are also a busy training department so this role will involve supervision of students on the STP and HTS. There are opportunities to be involved with service review and development and we would be delighted to showcase these opportunities and show you around our department.
The department provides a wide variety of Audiology services. We cover a large geographical area with clinics in Hampshire, western West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Applications for part-time hours will be considered.
Informal enquiries are welcome by contacting, Miriam Forster, Miriam.Forster@nhs.net
For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Independent clinical testing, decision making and reporting for vestibular assessment and rehabilitation
patients.
Independent clinical testing, decision making and reporting for adult assessment and rehabilitation patients
including fitting and verifying hearing aids, and appropriate onward referral.
Opportunities are available in
Paediatric Audiology services if desired.
Day to day management of relevant clinical and administrative functions of the Portsmouth Audiology Service,
ensuring the Audiology service maintains the highest possible standards of care, and clinical and
management decisions are effectively communicated throughout the audiology service.
Overall patient management including liaison with other professions including ENT, AVM, paediatrics, health
visitors, GPs, Education and Social Services.
You will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and assist more junior members of the team; we are also a busy training department so this role will involve supervision of students on the STP and HTS. There are opportunities to be involved with service review and development and we would be delighted to showcase these opportunities and show you around our department.
The department provides a wide variety of Audiology services. We cover a large geographical area with clinics in Hampshire, western West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Applications for part-time hours will be considered.
Informal enquiries are welcome by contacting, Miriam Forster, Miriam.Forster@nhs.net
For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- STP, or M.Sc. in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology.
- Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by or working towards State Registration.
Experience
Essential
- Vestibular testing with adults.
- Vestibular rehabilitation.
- Adult hearing assessment and management.
- Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
- Staff management and leadership
- Service monitoring and development
- Training and supporting junior staff including trainees on registered courses.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant practical knowledge and experience. Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in adult working.
- Experience of Vestibular testing including VNG, Vemps, and vHIT.
- Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation including the fitting and verification of hearing aids.
- Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
- Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures
- Ability to have oversite of equipment, resources and monitoring of staff completing vestibular testing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- STP, or M.Sc. in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology.
- Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by or working towards State Registration.
Experience
Essential
- Vestibular testing with adults.
- Vestibular rehabilitation.
- Adult hearing assessment and management.
- Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
- Staff management and leadership
- Service monitoring and development
- Training and supporting junior staff including trainees on registered courses.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant practical knowledge and experience. Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in adult working.
- Experience of Vestibular testing including VNG, Vemps, and vHIT.
- Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation including the fitting and verification of hearing aids.
- Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
- Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures
- Ability to have oversite of equipment, resources and monitoring of staff completing vestibular testing.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
