Senior Clinical Scientist

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 October 2024

Job summary

Senior Clinical Scientist

We are looking for an experienced Paediatric Audiologist to join our team. We are ideally looking for skills in specialist paediatrics (diagnostics and rehab including ABR), but the role has scope for flexibility with access to clinics across the service depending on skills, experience and interests. The service is committed to training and wider professional development set within a supportive and friendly team.

You will have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Audiology and hold professional state registration.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Role & Management Role

You will have a solid foundation of experience and can demonstrate specialist skills in Paediatrics.
You will be working independently in this area and have a solid under-pinning knowledge and experience.
As an integrated team seeing patients of all ages, there is scope to work across service pillars adding scope for variety and development in the role.
The service is proud to be IQIPS accredited since 2014 and, as part of the team, you will be part of pushing forward service quality and the technical knowledge of the department.
You will be part of a friendly team who are keen to share learning and are supportive in peer development. There is an active research programme and a proven track record of creating opportunity for wider training, research and academic study.
You will be part of the day-to-day operational decision-making to maintain effective clinics and a quality service.
You will be encouraged to take ownership of an area to oversee and develop.
You will be encouraged to develop novel ideas and implement change with a view to improving care, working practice and the reputation of the service.
There will be opportunity for line management and / or training supervision.
You will work with other members of the senior management team to ensure that quality is maintained across the services and that IQIPS accreditation is retained.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

09 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

193-6670130NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Rd

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached.

For further information, please contact Rachel McCarthy, Head of Audiology, on 0118 322 7238.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached.

For further information, please contact Rachel McCarthy, Head of Audiology, on 0118 322 7238.

Person Specification

Edcuation

Essential

MSc Audiology or equivalent experience
Practical competency qualification, eg BSc, CAC, HTS, STP

Desirable

Evidence of professional registration HPCP or RCCP - or due to obtain in the near future
Practical competency qualification

Experience

Essential

3 years experience of working in an Audiology department
Experience of working with routine and complex patients
Experience of specialist paeds and / or balance

Desirable

Service improvement /development
Clinical audit and research
Experience of managing and developing a section of a service

Professional Skills

Essential

Diagnostic audiometric techniques and rehabilitation to BSA/ BAA standards
Skills in complex audiology
IT literacy

Desirable

Experience of service development
Experience of development and implementation of clinical protocol and policy
Experience of complex Paediatrics and / or balance

Other

Desirable

Full driving licence
BSL Sign language level 1 or higher

Person Specification

Edcuation

Essential

MSc Audiology or equivalent experience
Practical competency qualification, eg BSc, CAC, HTS, STP

Desirable

Evidence of professional registration HPCP or RCCP - or due to obtain in the near future
Practical competency qualification

Experience

Essential

3 years experience of working in an Audiology department
Experience of working with routine and complex patients
Experience of specialist paeds and / or balance

Desirable

Service improvement /development
Clinical audit and research
Experience of managing and developing a section of a service

Professional Skills

Essential

Diagnostic audiometric techniques and rehabilitation to BSA/ BAA standards
Skills in complex audiology
IT literacy

Desirable

Experience of service development
Experience of development and implementation of clinical protocol and policy
Experience of complex Paediatrics and / or balance

Other

Desirable

Full driving licence
BSL Sign language level 1 or higher

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.