Senior Paediatric Audiologist

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

About

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people.

We also provide some specialist services for a wider population, including renal services in Medway and Maidstone and a cardiac service for all of Kent based at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.

Our vision and values.

We have a national and international reputation for delivering high quality specialist care, particularly in cancer, kidney disease, stroke and vascular services.

We value and pursue excellence in research and innovation. Our Trust has been ranked first in Kent for clinical research studies, as well as consistently recruiting high numbers of patients into research trials.

As a teaching Trust we play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, working closely with local universities and Kings College University in London.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation, with a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us.

Key details

Location

Site: Various East Kent - Main site Kent & Canterbury Hospital

Town: Canterbury

Postcode: CT1 3NG

Major / Minor Region: Kent

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Paediatric Audiologist

Job overview

We currently have a full time vacancy in the Paediatric Audiology team!

Do you have a desire to join a dedicated team that provides Audiologist and Consultant led clinics across four sites in East Kent? The ideal candidate needs to be enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible, adaptive and have a passion to work with children, young people and their families/guardians.

We are a multi-speciality service focusing on the early diagnosis and management of hearing loss in children and young people. Our patient centred service aims to provide in-depth diagnostic assessment, investigation and rehabilitative management in order to meet each child’s hearing needs.

We strive to maintain close contact with multidisciplinary team members including speech and language therapists, teachers of the deaf and paediatric consultants in order to provide a comprehensive service in line with national and international guidelines and best practice.

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

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The post holder will deliver high quality patient centred care. They will work autonomously providing audiological assessments, rehabilitation, diagnosis and treatment plans to the paediatric caseload within both hospital and community clinics.

To support the Consultant Audio-vestibular Physician and the Lead Paediatric Audiologist in providing a high-quality service.

To take an active role in areas of clinical audit; research and clinical governance for the audiology service, which may include designing and completing audits within own fields, participating in data collection for larger projects and contributing to the development of evidence-based protocols.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Audiology Parts I and II BAAT, MPPM RCCP or HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

• Deaf awareness training/BSL Stage 1 or above/MSc Audiology

Experience

Essential criteria

• 3 years of experience working in an NHS audiology department.
• At least 1-year experience as a paediatric audiologist.
• Experienced in performing objective & behavioural assessments for 0-18yrs of age.
• Experienced at paediatric hearing aid fittings and rehabilitation.
• Experience of peer reviews.
• Experience of working with the deaf, their families and culture.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Electrophysiological assessment for young babies, children and young people.
• Experience in ‘sharing the news’.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work unsupervised and prioritise workload.
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Excellent communicator and ability to work with diverse population and can work within multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for Audiology management.
• Sound knowledge of the Newborn Hearing Screening Pathway and protocols.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values.
• Ability to work unsupervised and prioritise workload and an ability to multi-task and work under pressure.

Documents

• Job Description & Person Specification
• Working for the Trust

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Zoe Hinsley

Job title: Lead Paediatric Audiologist

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 01227 866487