We are recruiting for a Senior Audiologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will perform diagnostic testing on all patient groups and provide effective hearing aid rehabilitation and an ongoing maintenance service.
As a department, we put an emphasis on the development of our staff and regularly send members of our team on external training courses.
This vacancy is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in more than just the core audiology work, and training is available for staff to develop their interests in Adult Rehabilitation, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, and Vestibular Assessment.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
We offer a wide range of services across 3 Hospital Sites in Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City & Hertford and satellite sites including:
* Full diagnostic support and rehabilitation services to 5 ENT consultants & 1 Audiological Physician.
* Direct Access Hearing Aid Clinics
* Balance Assessment Clinics using Caloric & ENG / VNG testing
* Tinnitus clinics
* Dedicated paediatric clinics including VRA / ABR/ Steady State / OAE
* NHSP
The department provides a comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative service to the population of East & North Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. The Audiology department operates a number of services including adult hearing aid service, diagnostic vestibular, and children's assessments.
Applicants must hold a BSc in Audiology or equivalent qualifications. Experience within adult rehab & diagnostics is essential, and paediatric audiology is preferred. Applicants should also have, or be able to achieve RCCP registration, and membership of BAA while not essential is desirable. The ability to attend Satellite clinics is essential.
Actual duties will depend on relevant experience - demonstrable experience in Tinnitus and hearing aid rehabilitation preferred.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
* BSc (Hons) Audiology
* BAAT Part II or CAC or CCC Membership of BAA / BSA
Desirable
* MSc Audiology
* RCCP membership
* Clinical Scientist registration
Experience
Essential
* Experience in Siemens & Phonak Hearing Aid Fittings, Paediatric testing & diagnostics. Experience of vestibular testing
Desirable
* Use of Siemens Practice Navigator
* Knowledge of MHAS / MCHAS protocols
* Experience within diagnostics (ABR/VNG /Calorics) and report writing
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Good Computer Skills
Desirable
* Use of Word / Excel / Powerpoint
* Evidence of service development work
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel to all hospital locations
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
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