Band 6 Senior Audiologist

Why might this job interest you?

This role will provide additional responsibility in mentoring junior audiologists and providing supervision over them. This allows you to share your knowledge within the field to ensure the development of Audiology. Furthermore, this allows you to master your craft within your given specialism in Audiology.

To provide comprehensive and high-quality audiological diagnostic and rehabilitative services to the adult population served, working both solo and as part of a team.

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job descriptionRole and responsibilities

• Create individual rehabilitation plans for each patient whilst maintaining a flexible approach and responsive attitude to patient need.
• To assess, fit verify and validate hearing aid prescriptions for patients using real ear and coupler measurements.
• To ensure equipment is adequately maintained and calibrated in accordance with BSA standards.
• To support patients and caregivers with management of hearing loss and hearing aids.
• Provide training both in-house and to external groups when required.
• Establish a good rapport and work with patients of all ages, including gaining their co-operation in clinics and self-management at home.

Person Specification & Qualifications

• BSc Audiology
• RCCP and/or HCPC registration
• MSc in Audiology with competency certificate
• Demonstrable post graduate clinical experience in balance assessment and general audiology

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

NHS Professionals Limited

Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AB

Or

Danestrete Health Centre, Stevenage, SG1 1HB