Senior Audiologist (Paed)

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 > 6 months of age.
  • 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.
  • Management of patients with complex and/or special and additional needs.

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

Promote clinical excellence as a senior practitioner, maintaining a high level of 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.

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.

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:

a. may have varying degrees of hearing loss, from mild to profound

b. may have highly complex needs where advanced communication skills are paramount.

c. 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.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• BSc, PTP, Level 6 apprenticeship in Audiology or equivalent

Desirable

• MSc Audiology

Paediatric Experience

Essential

• Evidence of Paediatric Audiology experience (assessment)
• Evidence of Paediatric Audiology experience (habilitation)

Skills

Essential

• Excellent ability to communicate with families and young patients.
• Ability to develop rapport to engage and work with babies, children and young adults.
• Attention to detail. Accurate work. Commitment to quality.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

Employer's website

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