Southport and Formby Hospital includes adults accident and emergency services, intensive care, and a range of medical and surgical specialties.
There is also an outpatients service. The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre at Southport hospital provides specialist care for spinal patients from across the North West, North Wales, and the Isle of Man.
The hospital, which replaced the Southport General Infirmary and the Southport Promenade Hospital, opened in September 1988.
Main duties of the job
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
1. To perform and analyze diagnostic hearing assessments on adults and children over the age of 36 months.
2. Examination of the pinna, external auditory canal, and tympanic membrane to identify normal and healthy features using otoscopy.
3. Recognizing contraindications to performing further procedures and appropriate referral to ENT, Dressing Clinic, GP, Treatment Rooms, and Radiology.
4. Provides day-to-day supervision of more junior staff (e.g., Associate or Assistant Audiologists, and less experienced Audiologists).
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Job responsibilities
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
1. To perform and analyze diagnostic hearing assessments on adults and children over the age of 36 months.
2. Examination of the pinna, external auditory canal, and tympanic membrane to identify normal and healthy features using otoscopy.
3. Recognizing contraindications to performing further procedures and appropriate referral to ENT, Dressing Clinic, GP, Treatment Rooms, and Radiology.
4. Provides day-to-day supervision of more junior staff (e.g., Associate or Assistant Audiologists, and less experienced Audiologists).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
* BSc Audiology Degree or equivalent.
* RCCP Registered or if newly qualified, working towards registration.
* Relevant experience at working at Band 5 level.
* Evidence of clinical competence.
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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