Audiology Assistant

Job summary

The job has both Audiology admin and clinical duties to support the Audiologist and the Audiology Physician. The role will involve supporting the clinics, sending out letters and completing some clinical assessment of children.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

• Prepare the room for the clinic sessions, switch on and check machinery, turn off air conditioning and close windows.
• Meet clients in the waiting area and escort them to the audiology room and introduce them to the doctor.
• Carry out Pure tone audio tests, McCormick toy tests, and Free-field audiometry tests, as required after successful training.
• Assist the doctor to effectively carry out Visual Re-enforcement Audiometry, Transient Evoked Oto Acoustic emission Tests and McCormick toy tests
• Facilitate the hearing test by encouraging the patients and supervise siblings as necessary.
• Stimulate the patients through play to encourage speech to assist the Doctors analysis.
• Ensure that the Otoscope and other equipment including all toys are clean
• The post holder is responsible to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk and follow safeguarding processes.

About us

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point. Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits. We are passionate about caring for our service users, and their family and friends, as well as the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we encourage all colleagues to take up the offer of the Coronavirus vaccination. The government are currently consulting on whether to continue with planned legislation that would make vaccination a legal requirement for certain roles in the health and care sector. It may become a legal requirement for some roles at Bromley Healthcare. As such, all applicants should be mindful of this when applying to join us and may be required to evidence their vaccination status prior to joining or once they have joined. This includes non-clinical roles that may have contact with patients and service users by virtue of entering our premises.