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An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Audiology department at County Hospital. We are looking for a caring, motivated and passionate audiologist to join our friendly team on a full time basis.
The successful candidate will work as a Band 5 audiologist helping to deliver excellent patient centred assessments, hearing aid fittings and follow up appointments, whilst participating in the development of new ways of working in order to enhance the excellent service we currently provide.
If you have a BSC qualification in Healthcare Science Audiology or equivalent, along with NHS experience, we would be delighted to welcome you into the department.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Plan and undertake diagnostic audiological procedures without supervision and recommend appropriate care plans for adults and children.
2. Analysis, assessment and interpretation of a broad spectrum of adult diagnostic and rehabilitation, and some paediatric test results.
3. Manage rehabilitative patient caseloads utilising care plans on a direct referral basis where appropriate.
4. Perform tinnitus assessment and counselling for routine adult patients.
5. Refer for specialist audiological testing and/or referral to other health professionals where judged appropriate.
6. Select adult hearing aid prescription and hearing aid systems relevant to patients' individual audiological requirements.
7. Ensure maximum effectiveness of hearing aid systems meeting individual patient criteria.
8. Work alone for significant periods of time at local clinics.
9. Undertake ward and domiciliary visits.
10. Participate in areas of specialised clinical practice, under the direction of senior audiological staff, after in-house training and/or specialist courses e.g. Paediatric Audiology (VRA/Under 3 testing), Bone Anchored Hearing Aids.
11. Supervise and support junior audiology staff, apprentices and university students.
12. Implement teaching programs to facilitate audiologist-training programs as planned and directed by Senior Audiology Department staff.
13. Support the more senior audiology staff with day-to-day management of the department.
14. Assist with the organisation of the department's workload.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
Please find the attached JD & PS. For further information, please contact the lead for this vacancy (details below).
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Contract
Job Function
Health Care Provider
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