Job summary
Join our large friendly team within the Audiology Department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust and enjoy the variety of work that comes from being part of our large complex Audiology service. We have over 45 staff, made up of senior assistant audiologists, associate audiologists, audiologists, Clinical Scientists, hearing therapists and a newborn hearing screening team all supported by an excellent administrative team.
The department offers a complex adult rehabilitative service, tinnitus and hearing therapy services, newborn hearing screening programme, paediatric assessment and (re)hab service (0-18 years) and vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service at the main NNUH site and at Cromer Hospital. Domiciliary work is also undertaken.
Our department places an emphasis on quality and we are proud to have been one of the earliest sites to become UKAS accredited under the Improving Quality In Physiological Services accreditation scheme, and are currently accredited for our paediatric service.
Main duties of the job
This post offers an opportunity for someone with significant post-graduate clinical experience to join a quality-focused service. We are commissioned to deliver a complex service, and we are looking for a team member who will be able to actively participate in this.
The ideal candidate will be somebody who has paediatric experience and is motivated who is motivated to deliver a high-quality service to our patients. Because we are IQIPS accredited, the post is ideally suited to an audiologist who is comfortable with a range of both adult and paediatric procedures.
The main responsibilities include:
1. Autonomous practice within paediatric and adult rehabilitation clinics
2. Assessment of hearing loss in non-routine (complex) adult and paediatric populations
3. Fitting of hearing aids in non-routine (complex) adult and paediatric populations
We host an STP trainee and would welcome the successful candidate to contribute to training. As a senior audiologist, the post holder would be able to support more junior members of the team, providing leadership and clinical oversight as needed.
There is a strong culture of auditing our work to ensure best practice, and we expect the successful candidate to be actively involved in this work.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
4. Flexible working hours
5. Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
6. Multi Faith prayer room
7. Discounted gym memberships
8. Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
9. Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
10. Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
11. Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
12. On-site Nursery
13. On-site cafes offering staff discounts
14. Support in career development
15. Flexible staff bank
16. Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
17. Communicates condition, test, other technical information to colleagues / to patients including those who may have physical or learning disabilities, and relatives and carers.
18. Provides counselling to patients and reassurance, setting realistic expectations for the hearing aid with regard to hearing loss/wearing aids.
19. Assists in the day to day running of the .department, including planning activity workload for self and/or others.
20. To ensure working knowledge of all equipment in use in clinical areas and to report any faults that are found.
21. Direct line management of staff
22. Undertakes annual clinical appraisals of staff that are line managed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
23. BSc Audiology or equivalent qualifications
24. Evidence of ongoing CPD
25. Registered with appropriate registration body (AHCS or HCPC)
Experience
Essential
26. Significant experience as a Band 5 in Audiology is required.
27. Significant post-qualification audiology experience
Skills
Essential
28. Excellent communication and patient handling skills
Desirable
29. Personnel handling skills
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
30. Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
31. Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion