Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
As a registered Clinical Scientist in Audiology you’ll be at the forefront of delivering audiology services to both adults and children. This involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing hearing and balance disorders.
Your expertise will contribute to meeting the auditory needs of our population, ensuring that everyone receives appropriate care.
You’ll play a pivotal role in educating and training various healthcare professionals.
You will ensure that audiology services adhere to best practices and evidence-based guidelines and identify areas for improvement and implement changes to enhance patient care.
Main duties of the job
In this broad-based role, you would be expected to have the skills to lead clinics across adult, paediatric, and vestibular services as required.
You would be based at City Health Campus but also work at our outpost clinics in Sutton Coldfield and Lyng Health Centre in West Bromwich. There will also be a requirement to work at the newly built Midland Metropolitan Hospital. As a Senior Clinical Scientist, you would have the opportunity to participate in service development and would be expected to contribute to the team by ensuring that clinical practice within the department is evidence-based, developing clinical guidelines, protocols, and undertaking clinical audits as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person specification
Experience
* Relevant experience in Clinical Audiology
* Teaching/Training
* Research
Qualifications
* Degree 2 (i) or equivalent in appropriate subject
* MSc Audiology
* Completion of Scientist training program or equivalent
* HCPC State Registration
* Assessor Award
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the onboarding process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Please note: If this vacancy receives a high number of applications, it will close before the stated closing date. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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