Various clinic locations available depending on candidate preference including Southwest London & Surrey
Applications are invited for Audiologists to join our dynamic and progressive Audiology team
We are looking for a professional educated to degree level with an audiology qualification. The successful applicants will support delivery of our Audiology service.
The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team of extended scope Audiologists, Clinical Scientists, Newborn Hearing Screeners, clinical nurse specialists, voice therapists and ENT specialists to provide a full range of specialist-level services to the local population of approximately 360,000.
You will be required to travel, therefore a valid driving license and access to a vehicle would be desirable.
The department, which is accredited under the Improving Quality in Physiological Measurement Services (IQIPS) programme to provide the full scope of routine and complex paediatric and adult services, is delivered by a team of fourteen highly qualified and experienced Audiology practitioners. The dedicated team provides the highest standards of care and, as an accredited training centre, enjoy strong links with higher education providers and active participation in the South West London Clinical Networks.
In order to be considered for these posts you should be registered with (or eligible to be registered with) the Academy for Healthcare Science (formerly RCCP) and be eligible to work in the U.K. (i.e. Working holiday Visa, EU passport). Support will be given to ensure that the successful candidates continue their professional development
The successful applicant will also be:
• Familiar with service provision in the UK and current developments and issues
• Experienced working at a high level of autonomy and operate effectively within a team
• Able to demonstrate a flexible, adaptable approach and an ability to exercise good judgement based on up-to-date knowledge and experience
Following several years of close partnership working and shared leadership, in November 2024 Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH) and Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust formally joined together and are now called Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred and which puts safety first and where all staff members take responsibility, are valued and value each other.
To support this, our five values are that we are all:
Caring– we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
Safe– we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first).
Responsible– all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Inspiring– we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Value each other– we all value each other’s contribution.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these byLiving Our Values Every day.
We encourage you to come and talk to us to understand a bit more about our organisation and what we can offer. Please feel free to contact us for an informal chat about the opportunity.
The job description will be as flexible as possible so that we can try to accommodate a range of activities that would interest the successful candidate. It would be expected that successful applicant would deliver the duties detailed within the Job Description with the potential to develop the service provision further.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Feb 2025