Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Audiology team at Birmingham Children's Hospital. You will be working alongside Audiology professionals with a wealth of experience and the role will be very varied. The department boasts newly refurbished testing rooms and a friendly working environment with a team passionate about Paediatric Audiology and delivering a quality service for our families.
Main duties of the job
Perform Pure Tone Audiometry to BSA standards
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry / Performance Audiometry
Hearing aid assessments and reviews on children 0-16 years to include Bone Conduction, BAHA and BTE aids performing Real Ear Measurement or RECD as standard
Opportunities for further development to include HTS modules as required
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in Audiological Science or equivalent qualification plus experience
- CAC or BAAT part II (or equivalent)
- Strong audiological and scientific background
- HPCP or AHCS registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- BSc in Clinical Audiology or equivalent experience
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Audiology
Personal
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 highly distressing and emotional circumstances within specialist area. For example, parents reacting badly to the news their child has a hearing impairment.
- Ability to manage hostile / antagonistic patient and families with strongly opposing views and objectives
- 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 babies ear canals
- Ability to cope and concentrate on work when the work pattern is unpredictable, such as dealing with interruptions for clinical advice or managerial / co-ordination problems
- Frequent requirement of intense prolonged concentration in both clinical and managerial roles
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise workloads.
- Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload
- Excellent written communications skills
Desirable
- Good presentation skills
- To demonstrate excellent negotiation skills across a wide range of issues and with a wide range of agencies, e.g. education, health, social sciences and the voluntary/user sector
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of auditory habilitation and its instrumentation including hearing aids, FM systems and other hearing aids such as Bone Anchored, Bone Conduction and Assisted Listening Devices
- Successful experience of multidisciplinary and inter-agency working
- Active role in research and audit projects
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience paediatric clinical audiology
- Experience of working with infants and children with highly complex needs and their families e.g. a combination of medical, sensory, cognitive, physical
- Experience in supervising and training clinical professionals
- Experience of teaching and giving presentations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in Audiological Science or equivalent qualification plus experience
- CAC or BAAT part II (or equivalent)
- Strong audiological and scientific background
- HPCP or AHCS registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- BSc in Clinical Audiology or equivalent experience
Desirable
- MSc in Clinical Audiology
Personal
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 highly distressing and emotional circumstances within specialist area. For example, parents reacting badly to the news their child has a hearing impairment.
- Ability to manage hostile / antagonistic patient and families with strongly opposing views and objectives
- 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 babies ear canals
- Ability to cope and concentrate on work when the work pattern is unpredictable, such as dealing with interruptions for clinical advice or managerial / co-ordination problems
- Frequent requirement of intense prolonged concentration in both clinical and managerial roles
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise workloads.
- Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload
- Excellent written communications skills
Desirable
- Good presentation skills
- To demonstrate excellent negotiation skills across a wide range of issues and with a wide range of agencies, e.g. education, health, social sciences and the voluntary/user sector
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of auditory habilitation and its instrumentation including hearing aids, FM systems and other hearing aids such as Bone Anchored, Bone Conduction and Assisted Listening Devices
- Successful experience of multidisciplinary and inter-agency working
- Active role in research and audit projects
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience paediatric clinical audiology
- Experience of working with infants and children with highly complex needs and their families e.g. a combination of medical, sensory, cognitive, physical
- Experience in supervising and training clinical professionals
- Experience of teaching and giving presentations
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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