Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for aHead of Audiology to join our team and lead the operational and clinical direction of our growing department across all Trust sites. This is a senior leadership position with accountability for delivering high-quality audiology services to both adult and pediatric patients, ensuring that all operations align with divisional, organisational, and national standards.
About the Role:
As the Head of Audiology, you will be responsible for overseeing all resources and services within the Audiology Department, encompassing scientific, rehabilitative, and support services. Working closely with the Divisional Operations Manager, you will manage waiting lists, ensure compliance with national performance and screening targets, and conduct demand and capacity analysis to deliver a comprehensive service.
In this role, you will hold ultimate responsibility for clinical and scientific decision-making, supported by the Divisional Operations Manager and Divisional Director of Surgery. You'll also carry a diverse clinical caseload, conducting advanced audiological assessments for both adult and paediatric patients, including complex audio-vestibular testing.
Why Join Us?
This is your opportunity to lead an expert team, drive innovation in audiology services, and make a significant impact on patient outcomes across our community. If you're a senior audiologist ready for the next step, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert operational and clinical leadership to ensure that each patient receives a high-quality, well-coordinated service.
- Manage adult and paediatric caseloads for diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology, including hearing aid provision.
- Lead a multidisciplinary team, providing professional, scientific, and technical advice on service development to the division and other agencies.
- Conduct and interpret advanced audiological assessments and ensure accurate and efficient reporting.
- Participation in Senior Manager on call rota.
About us
We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education/Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Basic qualification of BSc or Equivalent in Audiology
- MSc in Audiology or Equivalent
- RCCP or HCPC(Clinical Scientist) Registration
- BAA accredited certificate to practice
Desirable
- PhD or Equivalent
- Senior Leadership Qualification
- British Sign Language qualification
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience in Audiology
- Advanced knowledge of specialist areas within Clinical Audiology Practice
- Experience of strategic management and development in a large clinical department
- Significant experience of operational management and development in a large clinical department
- Significant leadership experience evidencing specific service development and change
- Significant experience in supervising and training
- Evidenced active involvement within the profession of Audiology and within Healthcare Science
- Demonstrable evidence of managing service performance
- The post holder is expected to deal with foul body fluids on a regular basis, such as ear discharge and cerumen, and follow the necessary infection control procedures when exposed
- Excellent manual dexterity and co-ordination to accurately manipulate equipment and small devices to include hearing aids and accessories and insert probe tubes accurately into ear canals
- Able to cope with frequent periods of moderate physical effort whilst working with balance patients and children such as undertaking positional test, rehabilitative manoeuvres and sitting on the floor whilst testing and quickly responding to reactions
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets and financial resources
- Experience in leading research and audit
- Significant experience of presenting at complex scientific data at national level.
- Significant experience at a professional level, working for a professional body, national committee or similar
Communication
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include ability to communicate with the hearing impaired and carers in emotional states
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances within specialist area. For example, dealing with emotional patients
- Ability to cope with decision making under pressure
- Ability to present complex information to all audiences
- Self-motivated, driven with ability to lead and influence others
- Proven time management & organisational skills
- Excellent written communications skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- To demonstrate excellent negotiation skills across
Desirable
- Evidence of exposure to media communication
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to cope and concentrate on work when the work pattern is unpredictable, such as dealing with interruptions for clinical advice, managerial problems or HR issues
- Able to deliver a broad range of specialised, complex and nonroutine scientific work
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise workloads
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Able to cope with frequent and unpredictable interruption from a range of staff to include medics, audiologists, nursing and administrative staff
- Ability to respond to urgent demands, prioritising and delegating as appropriate
- Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload
- Ability to respond to urgent demands, prioritising and delegating as appropriate
- Highly developed leadership skills, to include motivation, delegation and change management
Person Specification
Education/Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Basic qualification of BSc or Equivalent in Audiology
- MSc in Audiology or Equivalent
- RCCP or HCPC(Clinical Scientist) Registration
- BAA accredited certificate to practice
Desirable
- PhD or Equivalent
- Senior Leadership Qualification
- British Sign Language qualification
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience in Audiology
- Advanced knowledge of specialist areas within Clinical Audiology Practice
- Experience of strategic management and development in a large clinical department
- Significant experience of operational management and development in a large clinical department
- Significant leadership experience evidencing specific service development and change
- Significant experience in supervising and training
- Evidenced active involvement within the profession of Audiology and within Healthcare Science
- Demonstrable evidence of managing service performance
- The post holder is expected to deal with foul body fluids on a regular basis, such as ear discharge and cerumen, and follow the necessary infection control procedures when exposed
- Excellent manual dexterity and co-ordination to accurately manipulate equipment and small devices to include hearing aids and accessories and insert probe tubes accurately into ear canals
- Able to cope with frequent periods of moderate physical effort whilst working with balance patients and children such as undertaking positional test, rehabilitative manoeuvres and sitting on the floor whilst testing and quickly responding to reactions
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets and financial resources
- Experience in leading research and audit
- Significant experience of presenting at complex scientific data at national level.
- Significant experience at a professional level, working for a professional body, national committee or similar
Communication
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to include ability to communicate with the hearing impaired and carers in emotional states
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances within specialist area. For example, dealing with emotional patients
- Ability to cope with decision making under pressure
- Ability to present complex information to all audiences
- Self-motivated, driven with ability to lead and influence others
- Proven time management & organisational skills
- Excellent written communications skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- To demonstrate excellent negotiation skills across
Desirable
- Evidence of exposure to media communication
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to cope and concentrate on work when the work pattern is unpredictable, such as dealing with interruptions for clinical advice, managerial problems or HR issues
- Able to deliver a broad range of specialised, complex and nonroutine scientific work
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise workloads
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Able to cope with frequent and unpredictable interruption from a range of staff to include medics, audiologists, nursing and administrative staff
- Ability to respond to urgent demands, prioritising and delegating as appropriate
- Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload
- Ability to respond to urgent demands, prioritising and delegating as appropriate
- Highly developed leadership skills, to include motivation, delegation and change management
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).
