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Assistant Audiology Practitioner Apprenticeship
Main area: Audiology
Grade: Apprenticeship
Contract: 2 years (On completion if apprenticeship this role will become permanent)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 349-CSS-7099935C
Site: Audiology Department, Withington Community Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: Annex 21 inline with MFT POLICY IN LINE WITH NATIONAL MIN WAGE
Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
Withington and Wythenshawe Audiology service
Assistant Audiology Practitioner, Apprenticeship Band 3 Annex 21
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Audiology Practitioner as an apprentice, to join us at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust based at Withington Community Hospital and working at Wythenshawe hospital.
The apprenticeship.
L2 Assistant Audiology Practitioner.
You will attend the B-Tec level 2 in Healthcare Science, which is a 16-month programme, provided by CRS and is mainly online. You will also have on-site practical training in the role. There is a permanent position subject to completion of the apprenticeship.
To apply for this role, you must meet the following apprenticeship eligibility criteria:
* Have GCSEs in English and Maths to take the B-Tec Health Care Science L2.
* Want to pursue a career in audiology.
* Be committed to completing the apprenticeship.
* Not have attended any previous apprenticeship in Audiology.
The Trust is committed to supporting you with your personal development, and further training and development programmes are encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The post-holders will work closely with students, associate audiologists, and more senior staff to ensure that a consistently high-quality clinical service is provided. You will be based mainly at Withington Community Hospital with some work occasionally at Wythenshawe Hospital and we also carry out home visits to housebound patients.
The department offers complex and routine adult and paediatric audiology assessment and rehabilitation work including wax removal, vestibular assessment and rehabilitation, tinnitus therapy, hearing therapy, ABRs, pre and school age assessment and you may assist the Audiologists in some of these clinics beside the main duties of the role.
This is a varied role, and you will be working towards supporting adults with hearing aids, carrying out hearing aid servicing and maintenance, some hearing rehabilitation and advice, taking ear impressions, postal repairs and batteries working closely with the 2 other Assistant Audiology Practitioners, the Associate Audiology Practitioner and supporting the senior team assisting in routine and complex clinics.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
During your apprenticeship, you will be supervised and line managed by the Associate Audiologist and Audiologists whilst working towards the following duties of the Assistant Audiology Practitioner role:
* Carrying out hearing aid servicing, repairs and maintenance.
* Providing rehabilitation advice to people with hearing loss and hearing aid users.
* Taking ear impressions for hearing aid users and those who require ear defenders and swim moulds.
* Giving advice and carrying out follow up for patients using the telephone or video.
* Giving advice and demonstration of assistive listening devices.
* Carrying out administration duties that include postal batteries and repairs, printing and sending out written information for patients, or sending electronic information.
* Carrying out stage A check on audiology equipment on a daily basis.
* Maintaining stock supplies in the repair and clinic rooms on a daily basis.
* Basic assessment of hearing using an audiometer (and tympanometer).
* Assisting clinicians in assessment clinics, including paediatrics, adults with additional needs, occasionally in balance clinics.
* Assist on domiciliary visits to patients homes and on the hospital wards at Wythenshawe hospital.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Has some deaf awareness training or experience and/or BSL level 1
Experience
* Dealing with the public
* Working in a healthcare environment
Skills
* Effective communication with the public
* Ability to write concise and clear information.
* Experience of patient management systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Kathryn Lewis
Job title: Audiology Divisional Lead
Email address: kathryn.lewis@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01612173153
Name: Mr Ben Adams
Job title: Clinical and Operational Lead
Email address: ben.adams2@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 217 3206
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