Band 6 Audiologist

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

This role can 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.

In addition, there is the option to work at either hospital in Oxford or Banbury.

Main duties of the job

1. Selection and fitting of appropriate hearing aids, using real ear measurements to verify acoustic output; this requires a high degree of precision and manual dexterity.
2. Provide counselling and on-going audiological support to adults following diagnosis of their hearing loss. This requires empathy, understanding and reassurance, assisting them to overcome the emotional barriers to acceptance of their loss.
3. Reassessment appointments to re-evaluate the needs of patients whose hearing has changed and fit appropriate hearing aids.
4. Follow-up visits to assess the patient's benefit and give further advice or training where required.
5. Undertaking walk-in repair clinics to deal with maintenance, repairs and advice to existing users.

About us

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 responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Audiology.
• AHCS or HCPC registration.

Experience

• Experience working within the NHS as a Band 6 Audiologist.
• Paediatric experience welcome although role can be Adult Audiology only.

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.