Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Town: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
Assistant Paediatric Audiologist
Band 3
Job overview
Based in the Hearing and Balance Centre at Royal Stoke Hospital, your role will involve supporting the team to provide high quality care by preparing and delivering paediatric audiology clinics, involving both clinical and administrative tasks.
It is anticipated that training will be required in order to fulfil the role successfully and this will be provided both in house and externally. A candidate with an eagerness to pursue an apprenticeship would therefore be ideally suited to this post.
Excellent communication skills are essential to this role as it involves liaising directly with families, teachers of the deaf and other professionals regarding clinical information.
Main duties of the job
Please see the job description and person specification for more information on the main duties of this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Areas/Tasks
* To perform the role of assistant in paediatric audiological assessment and rehabilitation, by actively engaging with children to support successful outcomes.
* Be responsible for ensuring appropriate patient preparation for the audiologist to perform audiological procedures.
* Meet and greet patients and families and escort them to the clinic room.
* Lead hearing aid repair clinics for both adults and children.
* Be responsible alongside the audiologist for stage A daily calibration checks of audiological equipment.
* Be responsible for reporting any equipment faults or damage as per local procedure.
* Take responsibility for infection control within department protocols and maintain a clean, safe, tidy environment throughout the area, adhering to trust environmental audit and departmental processes.
* Ensure clear, concise recording of patient results and/or outcomes, following local protocol.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
* Previous experience of working with pre-school children.
* Educated to GCSE Level or Level 2 equivalent.
* Previous experience of working with the general public.
* NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development or equivalent.
* Holds a care certificate.
Personal Qualities
* Demonstration of excellent communication skills.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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