Job summary
We are looking for a qualified Advanced Audiologist with broad experience in working in Adult Diagnostic. You will work in a team of audiologists in the RNENT Adult Diagnostic audiology team and work alongside Multidisciplinary Teams when assessing patients and planning their management.
As an Advanced Audiologist, you will be providing high-quality audiological care to adult patients with a wide range of complexities. You will be responsible for supporting your manager and ensuring that our service user's needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out Adult Diagnostic testing procedures. Responsible for adult caseload of patients primarily requiring hearing test procedures. Support colleagues in AVM, ENT with audiological testing. Treat all patients with dignity and care in a safe supportive manner whilst adhering to clinical governance requirements.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
1. MSc in Clinical Audiology/Hearing Therapy or equivalent level of knowledge/expertise in field CAC or equivalent post-graduate experience
2. Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist/Hearing Therapist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP).
3. Significant post-graduate experience in relevant clinical area
4. Evidence of post-graduate CPD
5. Applied theoretical knowledge of the relevant assessment and therapeutic/rehabilitative procedures for the management of audiological or vestibular conditions in adults and/or children.
6. Knowledge of impact of co-morbidities such as global delay or neurological conditions in the management of adults and/or children
Desirable
1. Membership of BAA, BSA
2. Post-graduate management/leadership training or experience as supervisor.
Experience
Essential
1. Demonstrable experience in the relevant clinical area and evidence of clinical competency with a complex patient caseload
2. Specialist knowledge of routine and non-routine diagnostic/ therapeutic audiological assessment procedures, their interpretation, and their implications for patient management
3. Experience in formulating comprehensive management plans based on case history information and diagnostic test results, where management decisions may or may not be straightforward.
4. Experience of working with hearing impaired patients / parents / carers and associated professionals
5. Evidence of participation in clinical audit, research, and / or presentations at scientific meetings
Desirable
1. Evidence of financial and stock management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
1. Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks.
2. Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose, and manage patients and their families.
3. Participation in research and development activities, including audit of clinical outcomes as required.
4. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
5. Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload, demonstrating good prioritisation and organisational skills.
6. Ability to monitor outcomes using clinical and non-clinical data.
7. Advanced signal processing hearing aids including fitting, verification, and evaluation methods.
8. Theoretical knowledge of advanced electrophysiological and neurovestibular assessments in adults
Desirable
1. Evidence of teaching students and groups of staff
2. Experience of working within the designated specialist area e.g., Paediatrics
Communication
Essential
1. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
2. Fluent English speaker.
3. Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to staff, patients, and relatives.
4. Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters.
5. Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation, including in stressful or conflict clinical and non-clinical situations.
6. Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers
7. Managing daily communication and interaction with staff and colleagues
8. Good presentation skills at all levels including facilitating patient groups.
9. Able to build rapport and credibility with team, senior clinical and managerial colleagues
10. Ability to deal regularly and appropriately with angry and frustrated individuals.
Personal and People Development
Essential
1. Experience in leading staff using motivation and enthusiasm.
2. Experience in managing staff in a hierarchical structure.
3. Experience in working within services in line with performance targets.
4. Participating in service improvements and clinical audit or services/pathways
5. Experience in participating in appraisal process and setting personal objectives.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. #J-18808-Ljbffr