Chief Audiologist

Job summary

We are recruiting for aChief Audiologist who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for Chief Audiologist for Paediatric and Chief Audiologist for Adult services.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

We are interested in hearing from Audiologists who are interested in working at a senior level in either Adult or Paediatrics. In this post you will be required to travel to our 3 Hospitals in Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City & Hertford.

There is a significant improvement project taking place at the Trust, currently being led by John Waters as Service Improvement Lead. The successful candidate will need to have a strong appetite for change and improvement and be able to help take a leading role in achieving this.

If you are interested in working with adults, you will ideally be a specialist in either Tinnitus, Vestibular Assessment, Assessing adults with Learning Disabilities, bone-anchored hearing aids or electrophysiological measurements.

This vacancy is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in more than just the core audiology work and training is available for staff to develop their interests in Adult Rehabilitation, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and Vestibular Assessment.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must hold a BSc in Audiology or equivalent qualifications. An MSc or evidence of Post Graduate study preferred. Applicants should also have, or be able to achieve RCCP registration, and membership of BAA while not essential is desirable.

Applications are welcomed from Audiologists nearing completion of their degree course. Candidates would be expected to hold or be able to achieve RCCP registration, BSA membership and or HCPC registration.

We are a busy service providing a range of services including:

Full diagnostic support and rehabilitation services to 7 ENT consultants

Direct Access Hearing Aid Clinics

Balance Assessment Clinics using Caloric & ENG / VNG testing

Vestibular Rehab

Tinnitus clinics

Dedicated paediatric clinics.

Research and audit

As a Chief audiologist and senior member of staff you will be responsible for leading our expanding Vestibular service and implant service, which will include working in conjunction with two current ENT otology specialists.

Previous experience is essential in the use ofVhit, Caloric, VNG, VEMP and clinic assessments of dizzy patients. Confidence in report writing and determining suitable treatments for patients.

You would also be expected to oversee training of Students (BSc & MSc) and junior staff.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister and QEII Hospital

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister and QEII Hospital

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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