Job Description
We are currently recruiting into our fantastic Audiology department here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust,
We are proud to introduce ourselves and share with you that we are looking to recruit a full-time permanent Band 7 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to lead our Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service. As a welcoming friendly team, we are keen to show you around our department so that you can see for yourself the opportunities here.
We are looking for an experienced Audiologist to lead our vestibular testing and rehabilitation service, and line manage a team of Audiologists involved in this service. The successful candidate will be able to fully utilise their experience in other areas of Audiology such as adult assessment and rehabilitation, or paediatric assessment and must be eligible for AHCS (RCCP) or HCPC registration. Opportunities are available in many areas of Audiology including complex adults, tinnitus management and paediatrics. Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.
Ideally you will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and assist more junior members of the team; we are also a busy training department so this role will involve supervision of students on the STP. There are opportunities to be involved with service review and development.
The department provides a wide variety of Audiology services. We cover a large geographical area with clinics in Hampshire, western West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Applications for part-time hours or flexible working will be welcomed. If you are not local to us already, you may not know a lot about Portsmouth, we do have much to be proud of and it is all on our doorstop! Learn more about the city of Portsmouth by clicking on this link:
Job Summary
Working within a large and vibrant team of Audiologists, Clinical Scientists, Clinical Assistants and Administration staff. This post is responsible for leading, monitoring and developing the Vestibular Audiology service, including coordinating with Audiovestibular medicine (AVM) team. This involves undertaking vestibular assessment and rehabilitation with adult patients in Hampshire, working primarily at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, with opportunities to work at both acute and community based sites in the surrounding area. This role will involve seeing other patient groups which may include paediatric assessment and adult rehabilitation and assisting with the training and support of our STP trainees. The post holder will have responsibility for direct line management of staff.
Informal enquiries are welcome by contacting, Miriam Forster, Miriam.Forster@porthosp.nhs.uk
If this sounds a perfect role to you then we would love to hear from you, so please do not delay, apply today!
Job Description
Qualifications
* STP or MSc in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology.
* Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by or working towards State Registration.
Skills and Knowledge
* Relevant practical knowledge and experience. Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in adult working.
* Experience of Vestibular testing including VNG, Vemps and vHIT.
* Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation including the fitting and verification of hearing aids.
* Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports.
* Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
* Ability to have oversite of equipment, resources and monitoring of staff completing vestibular testing.
Experience
* Vestibular testing with adults.
* Vestibular rehabilitation.
* Adult hearing assessment and management.
* Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
* Staff management and leadership
* Service monitoring and development
* Training and supporting junior staff including trainees on registered courses.
Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.