Main area: Clinical Support
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (12 months secondment optional)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 188-CL131224
Site: Royal South Hants Hospital
Town: Southampton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (PA) Pro rata
Closing: 15/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 21/01/2025
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen to join our team for a period of at least 12 months, covering maternity leave. We are a friendly, forward-thinking team of audiologists with a focus on quality and continued service improvement and are looking for someone with similar values. The role will focus on assisting in paediatric audiology clinics and providing hearing assessments for adult patients and could be a good fit for someone who wants to develop their paediatric audiology skills.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibilities: In this post you’ll provide hearing assessment and management for children working alongside a clinical scientist or specialist audiologist. You will also be providing support for our ENT clinics. You’ll provide relevant reports based on your findings to medical and other professionals, make onward referrals as appropriate and liaise with other teams to ensure the best care for our patients.
You may also have the opportunity to participate in some research and service development.
Experience and skills: You will be able to perform audiometry to a high standard on adults and school age children. You will have some experience of paediatric audiology but further training can be provided for the right candidate. Our clinics take place across a number of different sites so you will need to be able to travel independently to locations in Southampton and the surrounding area.
Person specification
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Skills and competencies
* Communication
* Time management
* Interpersonal skills
* Report Writing
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
* BSc Audiology or equivalent qualification
* Relevant clinical training in diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for hearing services
* Holder of UK State Registration in Audiology (RCCP) OR able to demonstrate eligibility and in process of applying
* Experience of independently performing audiometry and tympanometry for an ENT clinic
* Experience in programming hearing aids and verification with real ear measurements
* Experience working in paediatric audiology clinics
* Experience working in an acute hospital
* Experience assisting in vestibular clinics
* Participation in service improvement, development activities and audit/surveys
* Experience of Phonak and Oticon hearing aids
* Familiarity with Auditbase
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens.
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