Assistant Audiologist

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are seeking a new Assistant Audiologist as one of our current Assistant Audiologists will start their journey on the apprenticeship scheme to become an Audiologist with a BSc in September.

We are a growing team of 15 working across three sites, St. Margaret's in Epping (Primary base), Princess Alexandra Hospital and Herts and Essex Hospital with a strong commitment to training.

Main duties of the job

You will be supporting the Audiology team with a combination of routine administration tasks, helping to test young children and babies and as things progress, potentially performing basic maintenance on hearing aids.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Date posted

08 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-6501032-CCS

Job locations

St. Margaret's Hospital

Epping

CM16 6TN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for Assistant Audiologist. Available to download at anytime.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for Assistant Audiologist. Available to download at anytime.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ideally at least 5 A-C but will consider broader range

Desirable

  • A-Levels
  • Degree
  • Worked in NHS
  • Worked with public

Skills

Essential

  • Ability work with Microsoft Office
  • Ability to work for long periods at desk
  • Ability to write clear grammatical prose with rational for joining Aud
  • Ability to work with children
  • Dextrous

Desirable

  • Expert user in other IT Systems
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ideally at least 5 A-C but will consider broader range

Desirable

  • A-Levels
  • Degree
  • Worked in NHS
  • Worked with public

Skills

Essential

  • Ability work with Microsoft Office
  • Ability to work for long periods at desk
  • Ability to write clear grammatical prose with rational for joining Aud
  • Ability to work with children
  • Dextrous

Desirable

  • Expert user in other IT Systems

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

St. Margaret's Hospital

Epping

CM16 6TN


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

St. Margaret's Hospital

Epping

CM16 6TN


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Audiology

John Waters

john.waters@nhs.net

01279827126

Date posted

08 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-6501032-CCS

Job locations

St. Margaret's Hospital

Epping

CM16 6TN


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