Site Various East Kent - Main site Kent & Canterbury Hospital Town Canterbury Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We currently have a full time vacancy in the Paediatric Audiology team!
Do you have a desire to join a dedicated team that provides Audiologist and Consultant led clinics across four sites in East Kent? The ideal candidate needs to be enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible, adaptive and have a passion to work with children, young people and their families/guardians.
We are a multi-speciality service focusing on the early diagnosis and management of hearing loss in children and young people. Our patient-centred service aims to provide in-depth diagnostic assessment, investigation and rehabilitative management in order to meet each child’s hearing needs.
We strive to maintain close contact with multidisciplinary team members including speech and language therapists, teachers of the deaf and paediatric consultants in order to provide a comprehensive service in line with national and international guidelines and best practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver high quality patient-centred care. They will work autonomously providing audiological assessments, rehabilitation, diagnosis and treatment plans to the paediatric caseload within both hospital and community clinics.
To support the Consultant Audio-vestibular Physician and the Lead Paediatric Audiologist in providing a high-quality service.
To take an active role in areas of clinical audit; research and clinical governance for the audiology service, which may include designing and completing audits within their own fields, participating in data collection for larger projects and contributing to the development of evidence-based protocols.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc Audiology Parts I and II BAAT, MPPM RCCP or HCPC registration
* Deaf awareness training/BSL Stage 1 or above/MSc Audiology
Experience
* 3 years of experience working in an NHS audiology department.
* At least 1-year experience as a paediatric audiologist.
* Experience in performing objective & behavioural assessments for 0-18yrs of age.
* Experience with paediatric hearing aid fittings and rehabilitation.
* Experience of peer reviews.
* Experience of working with the deaf, their families and culture.
* Experience in Electrophysiological assessment for young babies, children and young people.
* Experience in ‘sharing the news’.
Skills
* Ability to work unsupervised and prioritise workload.
* Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
* Excellent communicator with the ability to work with a diverse population and within a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for Audiology management.
* Sound knowledge of the Newborn Hearing Screening Pathway and protocols.
Other Requirements
* To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values.
* Ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer-facing roles.
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