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Service Lead - Adult Audiology

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

The closing date is 22 May 2025

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Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and visionary Service Lead-Audiologist to take on a newly created leadership role within the Adult Audiology service at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape the future of Adult Audiology across our expanding service. As part of a Trust-wide redevelopment programme, we are investing significantly in our facilities across multiple sites:

  • Lister Hospital: Now equipped with three newly installed sound-treated booths, a modern workshop, and telehealth consultation space within the ENT clinic.
  • Danestrete Health Centre: Refurbished specifically for Adult Hearing Aid Audiology.
  • QEII Hospital: Now focused on delivering Paediatric Audiology services.
  • Hertford County Hospital: Set to become a state-of-the-art Audiology Hub by Autumn 2025, with 20 purpose-built rooms including eight sound-treated booths, consultation rooms, vestibular diagnostics space, dedicated admin and MDT areas, and staff wellbeing facilities.

To support this growth, six new Audiology positions are being recruited. The successful candidate for this post will take the lead in overseeing and developing our Adult Audiology service.

You'll work closely with the Head of Audiology and the Paediatric Audiology Lead to drive high standards of clinical care, governance, training, and service development. Our ambition is clear: to be a centre of excellence in Audiology, delivering outstanding care for our community.

Main duties of the job

Work autonomously to provide highly specialised assessment and rehabilitation within the Adult Audiology service.

Contribute scientific expertise and specialist advice to consultant medical staff and other professional staff related to Adult Audiology.

Take responsibility for ensuring the training, competency and supervision of more junior colleagues andtrainees, and assist in the line management of staff working within Adult Audiology.

Carry out research and development in Adult Audiology, including identifying, initiating and managing certain aspects.

Contribute to equipment management and procurement of Adult Audiology equipment.

Contribute to the financial management of the Adult Audiology service.

Provide statistical information on waiting lists and demand to support the Head of Audiology inmaintaining referral-to-treatment targets.

Represent ENHT by participating in national strategic groups and projects related to Adult Audiologyand ensure that ENHT is providing a modern and progressive Adult Audiology service.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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 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.

Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum + 5% High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

361-7103162

Job locations

Hertford County Hospital

Hertford

SG14 1LP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122

The service is looking forward to major service transformation in the next year. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dawn Bramham, Head of Audiology to discuss the role further, and arrange informal visits. If you do not meet all of the essential criteria but think you might be ready to step into these roles with support, please get in touch.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122

The service is looking forward to major service transformation in the next year. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dawn Bramham, Head of Audiology to discuss the role further, and arrange informal visits. If you do not meet all of the essential criteria but think you might be ready to step into these roles with support, please get in touch.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Audiology or equivalent
  • Significant NHS experience
  • AHCS/CS registration
  • Evidence of post qualification formal study ( MSc modules, assessment based study)

Desirable

  • clear portfolio of CPD
  • Evidence of working at regional/national level within profession

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills to deal with public
  • ability to lead a team of Audiologists

Desirable

  • Previous experience of overseeing Student trainees
  • Evidence of service development work
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Audiology or equivalent
  • Significant NHS experience
  • AHCS/CS registration
  • Evidence of post qualification formal study ( MSc modules, assessment based study)

Desirable

  • clear portfolio of CPD
  • Evidence of working at regional/national level within profession

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills to deal with public
  • ability to lead a team of Audiologists

Desirable

  • Previous experience of overseeing Student trainees
  • Evidence of service development work

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

Hertford

SG14 1LP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

Hertford

SG14 1LP


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Clinical Scientist & Head of Audiology

Dawn Bramham

dawn.bramham2@nhs.net

07831838861

Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum + 5% High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

361-7103162

Job locations

Hertford County Hospital

Hertford

SG14 1LP


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