Senior Specialist Audiologist

Job summary

This post is for a suitably qualified Audiologist with a proven track record of providing excellent clinical services, working with adults and children.

To work as part of the audiology team to provide auditory diagnostics and rehabilitation for our adult and paediatric services.

Main duties of the job

Perform routine audiological investigations on individuals of all ages to support the differential diagnosis of auditory dysfunction.

Provide and assist in second-tier community paediatric audiology clinics, using age-appropriate testing techniques including VRA and producing reports to various medical and education colleagues

Agree on aural rehabilitation for patients of all ages, including the selection, fitting and exchange of a range of NHS digital hearing aids, the taking of aural impressions and advising on assistive listening devices.

Advising junior colleagues on treatment plans and technical issues

Support the delivery of the paediatric diagnostic and rehabilitation service working closely with Audiovestibular clinicians and senior Audiologists. This will include the provision of diagnostic ABR to the NHSP population.

Complete routine follow-up checks of hearing aid use

Undertake routine hearing aid repair/servicing clinics

Perform advanced tests of middle ear function, tinnitus evaluation and objective measurement procedures.

Perform ward visits to in-patients requiring assessment or hearing aid issues or repair

Provide expert audiological support for ENT and Audiological Medicine clinics

Undertake assessments of adult patients with hearing difficulties using the direct referral system

Offer wax removal, including micro-suction clinics

Provide cover for colleagues as required

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.