Highly Specialist Audiologist
The closing date is 01 September 2025
Job summary
Responsible and accountable for a designated highly specialist service area within the Audiology structure. The post holders will be a highly developed and experienced post-graduate qualified Audiologist, Hearing Therapist or Clinical Scientist (Audiology) and will autonomously manage a clinical service in the designated team, including non-routine and highly complex patients and activities.
The services cover Adult Audiology activity at Queen's Hospital, Burton, Samuel Johnson Hospital, Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel Hospital, Tamworth. The post holder will be accountable to the Adult Audiology Team Leader and will ensure that a consistently high-quality complex and sophisticated clinical service is provided, meeting the highest national and international standards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead Audiology in delivering patient centred care using streamlined pathways. To work in conjunction with Adult Audiology Team Leader to ensure that the designated service areas are delivered against performance targets.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering training and expert advice to meet the clinical requirements of the Service. The post holder will ensure that clinical and professional standards are maintained at all times. The post holder will be responsible for the management and safe use of the team equipment and stock and supplies, within the limits of the designated budget.
Closing date of applications: 1 September 2025
Date of interview: 15 September 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
19 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
320-SURG-BUR-1272
Job locations
Queen's Hospital
Belvedere Road
Burton On Trent
DE13 0RB
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Belvedere Road
Burton On Trent
DE13 0RB
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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