Job summary
Band 5 Audiologist with a general role including adults and domiciliary visits. There is scope for further training in more complex adult audiology including complex rehabilitation and management. The post holder with work across all our sites and needs transport.
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity for an experienced and qualified audiologist to join our established Audiology Department at Trafford Hospitals. We have 2 main hospital sites, Trafford and Altrincham Hospital. This is a varied role looking after adults within the audiology service. The department offers complex and routine adult and paediatric audiology assessment and habilitation work.As a department, we see a large number of patients with complex hearing problems as much of the work is non-routine which will present an opportunity for you to develop specialist skills. To this end, the Trust is committed to supporting you with your personal career goals, and further training and development programmes will be actively encouraged. In addition, the department has close educational and research links to The University of Manchester. You should have a BSc in Audiology, BAAT parts I & II or equivalent.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registration with professional body
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc, MSc audiology or BAAT part I and II or equivalent
- Maintenance of continual professional development
Desirable
- Sign language stage 1 or higher.
- Evidence of team/group leadership
- Experience with training and development of junior members of staff.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of working in a modernised audiology service
- Experience of having responsibility of an aspect of audiology service.
- Experience of programming and fitting digital hearing aids using to adults
- Experience of communicating with and counselling adults with complex hearing needs
- Experience of dealing with the general public
- Experience of managing stock control systems
- Knowledge and understanding of professional policies and procedures.
- Experience with training and development of junior members of staff and PTP/STP students
- Car driver /owner for domiciliary visits
Desirable
- Experience of conducting and writing up research projects
Skills
Essential
- Ability to independently perform a wide range of specialised and non specialised audiological tests on adults and children over 5 years old
- Ability to independently program and fit digital hearing aids using real ear measures
- Capability to manage own workload without direct supervision
- Communicating effectively with students and trainees.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Good oral/written communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good persuasive and motivational skills.
- Ability to manage and diffuse conflict and aggression.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registration with professional body
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc, MSc audiology or BAAT part I and II or equivalent
- Maintenance of continual professional development
Desirable
- Sign language stage 1 or higher.
- Evidence of team/group leadership
- Experience with training and development of junior members of staff.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of working in a modernised audiology service
- Experience of having responsibility of an aspect of audiology service.
- Experience of programming and fitting digital hearing aids using to adults
- Experience of communicating with and counselling adults with complex hearing needs
- Experience of dealing with the general public
- Experience of managing stock control systems
- Knowledge and understanding of professional policies and procedures.
- Experience with training and development of junior members of staff and PTP/STP students
- Car driver /owner for domiciliary visits
Desirable
- Experience of conducting and writing up research projects
Skills
Essential
- Ability to independently perform a wide range of specialised and non specialised audiological tests on adults and children over 5 years old
- Ability to independently program and fit digital hearing aids using real ear measures
- Capability to manage own workload without direct supervision
- Communicating effectively with students and trainees.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Good oral/written communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good persuasive and motivational skills.
- Ability to manage and diffuse conflict and aggression.
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).
