Audiological Scientist - Bank

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Work as an independent practitioner providing specialist clinical services directly to patients, to include:

• • The assessment and rehabilitation of adults and children (newborn to young adult).
  • Creation of individual rehabilitation plans selected from a range of possible options, engaging the patient/family as an active partner in the decision-making process guided by a flexible, inclusive and responsive approach based on patient/family need.
  • Responsibility for and management of patients with complex and/or special and additional needs, including cases referred by other members of the team due to conflicting results or incomplete information.

• Establishment of good rapport, including gaining patients co-operation in clinics and self-management at home.

• Promote clinical excellence as a specialist practitioner, maintaining a high level of specialist expertise in routine and non-routine testing and rehabilitation methods, to include expertise in a range of techniques, procedures and technologies. The latter will involve keeping up to date with new or emerging technologies and knowledge.
• To work effectively in, and share knowledge, skills, expertise and advice with the team, wider multi-disciplinary team, patients, families, and other agencies.
• Undertake domiciliary visits at home and on hospital wards as required.
• To contribute to policy development, review and implementation including participation in the production and revision of policy documents, operating procedures and training materials.
• Participate in maintenance and collation of departmental statistics.
• Maintaining Departmental and Hospital records including use of the Patient Management System, stock control systems, and equipment calibration and service records.
• Participate in the Departments professional, clinical and statutory training, including the training of students, junior staff and colleagues from related disciplines. To participate in the departments preceptorship and mentoring program as required.
• Participate in audit and research and development opportunities as they arise.
• To undertake the requirements to maintain professional registration including maintaining CPD Records in a format required by the regulatory professional body.
• Maintain an understanding of changes and new developments in audiological matters.

Communication

• Ability to communicate effectively, empathetically and sensitively with patients of all ages and their families/carers who:
  1. may have varying degrees of hearing loss, from mild to profound
  2. may have highly complex needs where advanced communication skills are paramount.
  3. may be highly anxious or emotional due to the news you are imparting (e.g. diagnosis of profound hearing loss in a new-born baby, deterioration of an existing hearing loss) or recent news (e.g. still distressed about sudden significant loss of hearing).
• Ability to communicate with professionals and public, both internal and external to the Trust, on clinical, service provision and professional matters.
• To maintain clear, accurate, appropriately detailed clinical records (legible, if written). To ensure confidentiality of records.
• To report and or refer appropriately, clearly and in a timely fashion as required.
• To comply with the Trusts requirements for data management and storage.

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of methods of assessment for children of all ages (neonates to young adult), including assessment of children of all abilities.
• Advanced knowledge of appropriate interventions and management strategies for all assessed children.
• Advanced knowledge of assessment techniques and rehabilitative strategies for Adult patients, including patients with special and additional needs.

The list of responsibilities above are key primary requirements for the role, however, additional duties may be required to ensure patient and employee safety is met.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MSc Audiology
• Post MSc clinical qualification permitting registration as a Clinical Scientist

Desirable

• Breaking Bad News training

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of excellent communication skills
• Considerable experience undertaking newborn ABRs
• Management of newborn PCHI cases

Knowledge

Essential

• Use of Audiology computer-based systems + record keeping
• Use of S4H

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.

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

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedford

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)