East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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 multispecialty 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 habilitative management in order to meet each child's hearing needs.
We work with multidisciplinary team members including specialist speech and language therapists, teachers of the deaf and paediatric consultants to provide quality care in line with national and international guidelines for 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 Audiovestibular 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 own fields, participating in data collection for larger projects and contributing to the development of evidence-based protocols.
About us
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.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* Meets Qualification and registration
* Has proficient understanding of national protocols and keeps up-to-date with changes
* Demonstrates higher than BSC level training
Clinical
* Has clear experience and expertise in performing paediatric behavioural assessments and hearing aid fittings
* Ability to work autonomously, as part of a team and take the leading role in behavioural assessment clinics
* Has experience and expertise in other areas of paediatric audiology, i.e., electrophysiology, Tinnitus, Balance
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.
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