Job summary
We have a fabulous opportunity within our Warrington
Paediatric Audiology Service, based within the local multi professional Child Development
Centre for a highly experienced, enthusiastic and motivated senior
specialist Audiologist to join our team.
The work is community based; therefore it is
essential that the successful candidate is able to travel throughout the
organisation to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Highly Specialist Audiologist/ Audiology Service Team Leader role is responsible for delivery
of a specialist and complex caseload eg. children under 5 years old or those
with complex additional needs and includes advanced testing and diagnostic assessments
of hearing. The postholder will be highly skilled in paediatric assessment
techniques and test protocols, including ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response)
testing for the purpose of diagnostic assessment following newborn hearing
screening. The role also involves responsibility
for the clinical and managerial leadership, service development and audit of
specific areas of the paediatric audiology service.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Perform routine and advanced diagnostic test
procedures on babies, children and young adults using specialised audiological
computer software, and provide relevant reports based on those findings to
medical and other professionals.
-
Undertake highly skilled procedures and auditory
rehabilitation on babies, children and young adults
-
Responsible for the provision of effective
operational management within the Paediatric Audiology Service
- Ensuring
that the Paediatric Audiology Service is delivered in line with the
organisational and national objectives with the support of Specialist Services Operational
Manager and Head of Service.
- To
manage the designated budget for the team
- To
ensure key performance indicators for contracted activity performance are met.
- To work
closely with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and effective
communication in order to deliver cohesive and integrated care
- Responsible
for the training and clinical supervision of junior members of staff to ensure
they are appropriately trained with the skills and knowledge to provide a
high-quality service to patients and families
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Perform routine and advanced diagnostic test
procedures on babies, children and young adults using specialised audiological
computer software, and provide relevant reports based on those findings to
medical and other professionals.
-
Undertake highly skilled procedures and auditory
rehabilitation on babies, children and young adults
-
Responsible for the provision of effective
operational management within the Paediatric Audiology Service
- Ensuring
that the Paediatric Audiology Service is delivered in line with the
organisational and national objectives with the support of Specialist Services Operational
Manager and Head of Service.
- To
manage the designated budget for the team
- To
ensure key performance indicators for contracted activity performance are met.
- To work
closely with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and effective
communication in order to deliver cohesive and integrated care
- Responsible
for the training and clinical supervision of junior members of staff to ensure
they are appropriately trained with the skills and knowledge to provide a
high-quality service to patients and families
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Audiology or equivalent
- HNC/BAAT I & II
- Registered as one of the following (or eligible for registration):
- HCPC as a Clinical Scientist
- RCCP as a Clinical Physiologist
- AHCS as a Healthcare Scientist
- Evidence of postgraduate/registration study and formal training for specialist knowledge and continued professional development.
- Management/Leadership qualification/experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Experience
Essential
- Senior NHS clinical delivery experience of Paediatric Audiology.
- Extensive experience in paediatric audiometric assessment and diagnosis, including full range of behavioural audiometric tests, paediatric diagnostic tests including ABR and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs).
- Experience in objective testing of newborn babies following NHSP.
- Experience in paediatric habilitation of infants and pre-school children.
- Experience in the assessment of highly complex and non-routine children, e.g., those with highly complex disabilities, challenging behaviours.
- Demonstrable experience of providing supervision and training to staff and BSc/MSc university students on clinical placement.
- Experience of joint working with colleagues for other agencies, e.g., education and social care.
- Experience of initiating audit and research projects.
- Experience of collecting and analysing complex activity data.
- Line Management experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust and to other boroughs.
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent theoretical and specialist knowledge of all aspects of both the Paediatric Audiology and Newborn Hearing Screening Programme service delivery.
- Excellent understanding and specialist knowledge of the issues surrounding hearing impairment and impact on life quality.
- Specialist knowledge of hearing aid selection, fitting and verification in newborn babies.
- Specialist knowledge of national guidelines for NHSP, paediatric audiology and related NICE guidelines.
- Able to analyse complex test results which may be conflicting or incomplete and make judgements on the most appropriate management of these patients.
- Extensive and advanced communication skills to impart complex, sensitive and highly emotional/distressing news to parents/carers/patients and families.
- Able to formulate and coordinate comprehensive and appropriate management plans and maintain patient records and data.
- Able to develop relationships quickly and effectively to build both rapport with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Able to work without direct supervision using own judgement, discretion and initiative to take decisions.
- Demonstrate good organisational/prioritising skills and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Able to work to tight timescales and meet deadlines.
- Able to teach, train and coach staff and external colleagues adapting communication and learning style to cohort.
- Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the importance of confidentiality in dealing with patients details and work in a confidential manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Audiology or equivalent
- HNC/BAAT I & II
- Registered as one of the following (or eligible for registration):
- HCPC as a Clinical Scientist
- RCCP as a Clinical Physiologist
- AHCS as a Healthcare Scientist
- Evidence of postgraduate/registration study and formal training for specialist knowledge and continued professional development.
- Management/Leadership qualification/experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Experience
Essential
- Senior NHS clinical delivery experience of Paediatric Audiology.
- Extensive experience in paediatric audiometric assessment and diagnosis, including full range of behavioural audiometric tests, paediatric diagnostic tests including ABR and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs).
- Experience in objective testing of newborn babies following NHSP.
- Experience in paediatric habilitation of infants and pre-school children.
- Experience in the assessment of highly complex and non-routine children, e.g., those with highly complex disabilities, challenging behaviours.
- Demonstrable experience of providing supervision and training to staff and BSc/MSc university students on clinical placement.
- Experience of joint working with colleagues for other agencies, e.g., education and social care.
- Experience of initiating audit and research projects.
- Experience of collecting and analysing complex activity data.
- Line Management experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust and to other boroughs.
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent theoretical and specialist knowledge of all aspects of both the Paediatric Audiology and Newborn Hearing Screening Programme service delivery.
- Excellent understanding and specialist knowledge of the issues surrounding hearing impairment and impact on life quality.
- Specialist knowledge of hearing aid selection, fitting and verification in newborn babies.
- Specialist knowledge of national guidelines for NHSP, paediatric audiology and related NICE guidelines.
- Able to analyse complex test results which may be conflicting or incomplete and make judgements on the most appropriate management of these patients.
- Extensive and advanced communication skills to impart complex, sensitive and highly emotional/distressing news to parents/carers/patients and families.
- Able to formulate and coordinate comprehensive and appropriate management plans and maintain patient records and data.
- Able to develop relationships quickly and effectively to build both rapport with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Able to work without direct supervision using own judgement, discretion and initiative to take decisions.
- Demonstrate good organisational/prioritising skills and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Able to work to tight timescales and meet deadlines.
- Able to teach, train and coach staff and external colleagues adapting communication and learning style to cohort.
- Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the importance of confidentiality in dealing with patients details and work in a confidential manner
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).
