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We have a rare opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Audiologist/Clinical Scientist to lead audiology services.
The service includes bases at Hull Royal Infirmary, two modern community sites (East Riding Community Hospital & Bransholme Health Centre) and four additional satellite clinics.
You will be Head of Service for a combined adult and paediatric service incorporating a newborn hearing screening team.
You will have a strategic role working with key stakeholders to secure essential specialist paediatric accommodation at a locally planned Hull CDC, maintain IQIPS accreditation and extend scope to include paediatric IQIPS, deliver the workforce plan, establish new pathways of care needed to streamline ENT support and to work closely with the RNID to expand an existing 'Near You hearing aid support' service.
You will work with Heads of Audiology service within Humber & North Yorkshire ICB to develop and implement shared pathways of care expected as a part of transformation of audiology services within the ICB footprint.
The post offers exciting opportunities in making a real difference to establish a centre of excellence which fulfils quality standards, motivates the team to modernize and provide the best patient care.
You will lead the Audiology Planning and Governance Group reporting to and working closely with the Head and Neck Care Group Operational Directors to sustain and secure effective and deliverable audiology services.
Main Duties of the Job
* To manage and lead the clinical services provided by the Audiology Department.
* To work closely with the Head and Neck Care Group, Service Managers, Service Commissioners and ENT Physicians, to provide and develop audiological services.
* To be thoroughly familiar with and actively involved in all of the routine and selective specialist / advanced practitioner services of the department.
* To manage and lead the departments governance systems (risks, quality, incidents and complaints).
* To oversee the implementation of new technology and have the lead responsibility for customising and maintaining the overall technology, including audiology's proprietary IT systems operating across a number of sites.
* To liaise with outside suppliers and manufacturers, other Audiology Departments and relevant statutory bodies and work in close partnership with voluntary bodies and community services.
* Provide managerial support for the newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP), including covering for the NHSP Team Lead in their absence.
To achieve these ambitions you will need to possess proven leadership and budgetary skills, visionary qualities and demonstrate you are capable of contributing effectively to organisational change.
With an ability to adapt to varying priorities, you will have tact and diplomacy and be able to work on your own initiative whilst demonstrating thoughtful and inclusive manner with your team.
About Us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job Responsibilities
The successful candidate will hold advanced clinical skills needed to manage and support existing IQIPS accredited adult audiology services together with being able to provide overarching support for the Paediatric Service Manager. You will need to have a broad range of knowledge, which will include in-depth familiarity with British Society of Audiology (BSA), British Academy of Audiology (BAA), Modernising Children's Hearing Aid Services (MCHAS) and the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) standards.
If this is you, and you are ready for the next challenge in your career we would welcome the opportunity to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MSc in Audiology or equivalent experience
* HCPC Clinical Scientist registration or ACHS registration
* BSc in Audiology or equivalent
* BAA membership
Experience
* Post-registration competence in all areas of practical Audiology
* Experience of leading a clinical team
* Successful operational management in a multi-professional environment
* Operational planning and implementation, including strategic planning and options appraisal
* Day-to-day people management experience including appraisal and objective setting, recruitment and retention
* Delivery of quality assurance programmes for a service
Knowledge & Skills
* Evidence of up-to-date personal and professional development (CPD) as per BAA guidelines
* Ability to make judgements, including clinical judgements involving complex facts or situations that impact on patients
* Ability to analyse and interpret complex information comprising clinical and technical details, advising on service related issues
* Ability to communicate and network effectively at all levels
* Sound knowledge of the working of the NHS and wider healthcare system within England
Personal Qualities
* Ability to work under significant and sustained pressure and to highly demanding timescales
* Dynamic, innovative and strategic thinker
* Commitment to team working
* Excellent communication skills at all levels
* Negotiation and influence outside of own service
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer name: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Castle Hill Hospital, Department of Audiology, Centenary Building (ENT / Ward 16), Hull, HU16 5JQ
Employer's website: https://www.hey.nhs.uk/
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