Job summary
As a registered Clinical Scientist in Audiology you'll be at the forefront of delivering audiology services to both adults and children. This involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing hearing and balance disorders.
Your expertise will contribute to meeting the auditory needs of our population, ensuring that everyone receives appropriate care.
You'll play a pivotal role in educating and training various healthcare professionals.
You will ensure that audiology services adhere to best practices and evidence-based guidelines, identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to enhance patient care.
Main duties of the job
In this broad-based role you would be expected to have the skills to lead clinics across adult, paediatric, and vestibular services as required.
You would be based at City Health Campus but also work at our outpost clinics in Sutton Coldfield and Lyng Health Centre in West Bromwich. There will also be a requirement to work at the newly built Midland Metropolitan Hospital. As a Senior Clinical Scientist, you would have the opportunity to participate in service development and would be expected to contribute to the team by ensuring that clinical practice within the department is evidence-based, developing clinical guidelines, protocols, and undertaking clinical audit as appropriate.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Relevant experience in Clinical Audiology
Desirable
* Teaching/Training
* Research
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree 2 (i) or equivalent in appropriate subject
* MSc Audiology
* Completion of Scientist training program or equivalent
* HCPC State Registration
Desirable
* Assessor Award
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
Birmingham
B18 7QH
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