Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
22/01/2026
Planned Interview
Date
29/01/2026
This
job is for an experienced B7 Paediatric Audiologist within the Hearing and
Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We are committed to providing
the highest quality care for its patients whilst embodying the core values of
the Leeds Way.
Based
in a newly developed department at Seacroft Hospital just outside Leeds City
Centre the Hearing and Balance Service provides modern facilities and a
comprehensive range of services, across multiple sites for patients of all
ages including implantable devices and vestibular assessments. Due to the
range of services provided, opportunities exist for training and development
into specialist areas and staff can be supported through the Higher Training
Scheme.
The
Hearing and Balance Service offers an open and inclusive culture for its
staff, valuing the input from the whole team to help guide and shape the
delivery of the service.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team across multiple sites
to provide a comprehensive paediatric diagnostic and habilitation service for
children & their families with hearing difficulties. The paediatric team
work as autonomous practioners within the service and are to be able to
develop, lead improvements, maximising the benefit for patients. You will be
performing a wide range of diagnostic testing on all patient groups, in
addition to providing highly effective habilitation and on-going maintenance
care plans for patients with complex hearing losses, tinnitus, patients with
Bone Anchored Hearing Aids, ENT patients and Oncology patients. There is
scope to support the department in many exciting initiatives and develop the
service with continuous improvement cycles. The department are also working
towards IQIPs accreditation
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital
trusts in the UK. Every year, LTHT provides healthcare and specialist
services for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber and
beyond. The Trust plays an important role in the training and education. LTHT
is rated as a good hospital Trust by the Care Quality Commission, and has a
strategy to continue improving to provide outstanding care for patients.
Care
and clinical expertise is spread over seven hospitals and medical facilities:
Leeds General Infirmary (LGI),St Jamess University Hospital (including Leeds
Cancer Centre), Seacroft Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital, Chapel Allerton
Hospital Leeds Childrens Hospital Leeds Dental Institute
Our
Hearing and Balance team is an incredible team is made up of hard-working
staff that consistently go above and beyond their duty of care to improve
patient experience and sustain our services.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will work in a leadership role managing the day to day delivery
of specific aspects of a Paediatric Audiology Service. To provide a comprehensive paediatric
audiology service. They will demonstrate leadership to ensure staff are
working to national standards, ensure current practice is evidence based and
ensure there is quality within the service. The role will require leadership
on a specific area of complex paediatric audiology and day to day operational
management of this area. They will offer support for more junior staff and
those training and deputise in the absence of the Head(s) of Service. Liaising and co-operating with other Team
Leaders to ensure that the day to day operations of the service as a whole,
are delivered as smoothly and as efficiently as possible. They will ensure
the service improvements are made in an evidenced based manner, develop
staff, conduct clinical audits and support IQIPs accreditation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will work in a leadership role managing the day to day delivery
of specific aspects of a Paediatric Audiology Service. To provide a comprehensive paediatric
audiology service. They will demonstrate leadership to ensure staff are
working to national standards, ensure current practice is evidence based and
ensure there is quality within the service. The role will require leadership
on a specific area of complex paediatric audiology and day to day operational
management of this area. They will offer support for more junior staff and
those training and deputise in the absence of the Head(s) of Service. Liaising and co-operating with other Team
Leaders to ensure that the day to day operations of the service as a whole,
are delivered as smoothly and as efficiently as possible. They will ensure
the service improvements are made in an evidenced based manner, develop
staff, conduct clinical audits and support IQIPs accreditation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Audiology from an accredited University OR - Equivalent qualifications (until 2005
- Be registered with an appropriate registration body.
- Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources, supervisory experience.
- Evidence of CPD. Evidence of reflective practice
- Any relevant additional knowledge/skills, pertinent to the post applied for
Desirable
- Evidence of learning from relevant professional courses/seminars.
- HTS qualification
- MSc in Audiology or equivalent.
- Management qualifications
- Trainers/Assessors award
Experience
Essential
- Post qualifying, gaining relevant clinical experience.
- Be able to lead and perform a comprehensive range of paediatric diagnostic assessments.
- Paediatric hearing aid fittings and verifications
- Micro budgetary management & / or administration.
- Supervision of staff.
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to project management experience.
- Responsibilities for relevant issues outside the NHS.
- Evidence of contribution to research/audit.
- Working in multidisciplinary team
- Research Line managements
Skills & Behaviours
Desirable
- Ability to communicate with staff and others. Team player.
- Be in possession of good interpersonal skills
- Good personal time management.
- Ability to contribute to problem solving.
- Ability to accommodate change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Audiology from an accredited University OR - Equivalent qualifications (until 2005
- Be registered with an appropriate registration body.
- Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources, supervisory experience.
- Evidence of CPD. Evidence of reflective practice
- Any relevant additional knowledge/skills, pertinent to the post applied for
Desirable
- Evidence of learning from relevant professional courses/seminars.
- HTS qualification
- MSc in Audiology or equivalent.
- Management qualifications
- Trainers/Assessors award
Experience
Essential
- Post qualifying, gaining relevant clinical experience.
- Be able to lead and perform a comprehensive range of paediatric diagnostic assessments.
- Paediatric hearing aid fittings and verifications
- Micro budgetary management & / or administration.
- Supervision of staff.
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to project management experience.
- Responsibilities for relevant issues outside the NHS.
- Evidence of contribution to research/audit.
- Working in multidisciplinary team
- Research Line managements
Skills & Behaviours
Desirable
- Ability to communicate with staff and others. Team player.
- Be in possession of good interpersonal skills
- Good personal time management.
- Ability to contribute to problem solving.
- Ability to accommodate change.
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.
