Job summary
Audiologist band 7 - Balance and Complex Hearing Rehabilitation.
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your skills in vestibular audiology with complex adult hearing assessment and management. We are an integrated service that provides all hearing and balance services for adults and children under one management structure and within one hospital Trust. We are located in a purpose-built facility with state of the art equipment for balance testing including rotational chair and posturography. The department provides a number of specialist regional and supra-regional services including the Manchester Balance Service, specialist and complex audiology and all types of auditory implants for adults and children. The department attracts complex cases from throughout the region and through our close working relationship with ENT. We have UKAS accreditation for our adult and paediatric services including balance.
You will have a specialist knowledge and experience of balance assessment and rehabilitation and have an interest in providing adult audiology services for patients with more complex hearing needs. Additional training and support will be given where required. The department has close educational and research links to the University of Manchester. Successful candidates should have a recognised higher level of training and experience in Audiology.
Main duties of the job
You will provide comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation of adults and older children with balance problems using a full range of diagnostic balance equipment. In addition, you will be part of the clinic providing hearing assessment and rehabilitation to adults with complex hearing needs
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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
Please see attached job description. You will be a key member of the complex hearing and balance services at Manchester Foundation Trust. You will have clinical responsibility for assessing patients referred to the Manchester Balance Service using state of the art equipment. You will provide treatment plans in conjunction with colleagues and ENT staff. You will be part of the MFT balance multidisciplinary team meeting. Your role with also involve the management or patients seen within special hearing assessment and rehabilitation clinics using a range of hearing devices to manage hearing difficulties
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description. You will be a key member of the complex hearing and balance services at Manchester Foundation Trust. You will have clinical responsibility for assessing patients referred to the Manchester Balance Service using state of the art equipment. You will provide treatment plans in conjunction with colleagues and ENT staff. You will be part of the MFT balance multidisciplinary team meeting. Your role with also involve the management or patients seen within special hearing assessment and rehabilitation clinics using a range of hearing devices to manage hearing difficulties
Person Specification
education
Essential
- MSc STP or equivalent
- HTS or equivalent in balance assessment
Desirable
- HTS or equivalent in adult hearing assessment or rehabilitation
Experience
Essential
- experience of providing diagnoistic assessment of balance patients
- Experience of providing vestibular rehabilitation for balance patients
- Experience of providing adult auditory rehabilitation with hearing aids and other devices
Desirable
- Providing hearing aids and rehabilitation services to adults with complex hearing needs
research and audit
Essential
- Contributing towards audit for a service within audiology
Desirable
- involvement with research in an aspect of audiology
- presentation of audit or research to peers
Additional non clinical responsibilities
Essential
- leading an aspect of a service or non clinical responsibility
Desirable
- managing stock and spreadsheets
Training
Essential
- experience of training junior staff
written skills
Essential
- Good, clear and concise written skills
Person Specification
education
Essential
- MSc STP or equivalent
- HTS or equivalent in balance assessment
Desirable
- HTS or equivalent in adult hearing assessment or rehabilitation
Experience
Essential
- experience of providing diagnoistic assessment of balance patients
- Experience of providing vestibular rehabilitation for balance patients
- Experience of providing adult auditory rehabilitation with hearing aids and other devices
Desirable
- Providing hearing aids and rehabilitation services to adults with complex hearing needs
research and audit
Essential
- Contributing towards audit for a service within audiology
Desirable
- involvement with research in an aspect of audiology
- presentation of audit or research to peers
Additional non clinical responsibilities
Essential
- leading an aspect of a service or non clinical responsibility
Desirable
- managing stock and spreadsheets
Training
Essential
- experience of training junior staff
written skills
Essential
- Good, clear and concise written skills
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).
