Audiologist

Job responsibilities

• To ensure that all patients are assessed accurately, and by the most suitable combination of clinical tests, to enable further clinical and medical decisions to be made regarding each patients management within the trust.
• To provide or assist in providing specialist assessment of severely learning-disabled adults and those with complex additional needs.
• To interpret, with support, erroneous results and recommend further investigations as required.
• To perform assessments and fitting for hearing aids and amplification devices.
• To make and implement appropriate management and treatment plans.
• Make recommendations to ENT medical team on suitability of hearing aid fitting.
• Recognise conditions that require medical treatment and take necessary action to ensure this is followed up by relevant medical practitioner.
• Recognise faults in hearing aids and repair or replace as appropriate.
• Take aural impressions for the manufacture of ear moulds, to select ear mould type and adapt ear moulds for comfortable fitting if necessary.
• Understand that there may be significant barriers to acceptance of hearing loss and rehabilitation. Counsel patients and relatives on the benefits and limitations of hearing aids, advising on rehabilitation, and offer patients an understanding of their hearing condition.
• To provide a diagnostic and rehabilitation service to audiology patients. This includes adults with learning disabilities, additional disabilities or special needs.
• To ensure consistently high quality, complex and sophisticated service is provided, meeting the highest national and international standards.
• The post holder will maintain own professional knowledge and support the team with clinical developments of the department, including achieving and maintaining IQIPs accreditation

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Qualifications and Professional Training

Essential

• BSC or MSc in Audiology or equivalent.
• BAAT parts 1 and 2 or equivalent.
• Diploma in Audiology/HND MPPM or equivalent.
• Registered with RCCP/HCPC or eligible for registration, must be working towards this.

Desirable

• BSL stage 1 or deaf awareness training.
• Higher qualification in Audiology.
• Additional relevant qualifications.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous experience in clinical audiology.
• Experience of management of tinnitus and complex adult patients.
• Experience of electronic patient management systems.
• Experience of testing children during ENT clinics.
• Experience of electrophysiological diagnostic audiological assessment procedure.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Enhanced empathetic skills in patient care to build social connections
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Counselling and therapeutic skills.
• Maintaining professional standards when under pressure.
• Able to maintain and demonstrate an understanding of patient confidentiality and compliance with data protection.
• Proven planning, organizational & prioritizing skills.
• Excellent IT knowledge and skills.
• Good analytical and judgement skills.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Team player and able to work using own initiative without direct supervision.
• Ability to adapt to change by quickly and easily adjusting to new situations.
• Ability to acquire new concepts/skills and apply them easily.
• Sound logic and common-sense.
• Ability to demonstrate discretion
• Demonstrable professional appearance and manner.
• Ability to be considerate to the needs of the hearing impaired and the family/carers

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).