The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Audiologist

The closing date is 06 February 2026

Job summary

Would you like an exciting opportunity to join our busy yet friendly Audiology team at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust. Our service covers three acute hospital-based sites (Dewsbury and District Hospital, Pinderfields General Hospital and Pontefract General Infirmary) plus two out-reach clinics. Our department delivers a high-quality comprehensive hearing and balance diagnostic and rehabilitation service to adults, children and babies with hearing and balance disorders.

In this post your duties will be rewarding and varied undertaking diagnostic hearing assessments and aural rehabilitation for routine patients whilst assisting and supporting senior staff with more complex patients. Our service has strong connections with the University of Leeds supporting and training undergraduate students and junior staff. Further training and development will be encouraged and well supported for you to enhance your skills and develop your knowledge.

Our strong team consists of 33 staff, which include a range of qualified audiologists, associate audiologists, assistant technical officers, newborn hearing screeners and clerical support. Hours can be worked over either 3 to 5 days (Mon to Fri) and covering 28.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Teaching Trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by in the British Academy of Audiology and the Academy of Healthcare Science.
You are professionally accountable to the British Academy of Audiology and the Academy of Healthcare Science/RCCP, accountable contractually to your employer and accountable to the law for your actions.
Professional accountability is fundamentally concerned with weighing up the interests of patients and clients in complex situations, using professional knowledge, judgement, and skills to make a decision and enabling you to account for the decision made.
If you delegate work, your accountability is to make sure that the person who does the work can do it and that the appropriate levels of supervision or support are in place.

For a full list of the main duties of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

29 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

000978

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

B.Sc degree in Audiology or BAA Parts 1 & 2 with equivalent experience and BTEC IN MPPM
State Registered Clinical Scientist or Clinical Physiologist with AHCS/RCCP, or ability to start the registration process immediately

Experience

Theoretical and clinical understanding of Audiology.
Knowledge of clinical assessments and rehabilitation pathways for adults

Knowledge and Experience

Detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the hearing and balance system.
Hearing aid software programmes and fitting strategies
Knowledge of NHS referral routes and policies
Understands confidentiality policies and procedures.

Skills and Abilities

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances.
Ability to make judgements involving complex facts which require analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
Ability to exert moderate physical effort.
Good time keeping skills and flexible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

B.Sc degree in Audiology or BAA Parts 1 & 2 with equivalent experience and BTEC IN MPPM
State Registered Clinical Scientist or Clinical Physiologist with AHCS/RCCP, or ability to start the registration process immediately

Experience

Theoretical and clinical understanding of Audiology.
Knowledge of clinical assessments and rehabilitation pathways for adults

Knowledge and Experience

Detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the hearing and balance system.
Hearing aid software programmes and fitting strategies
Knowledge of NHS referral routes and policies
Understands confidentiality policies and procedures.

Skills and Abilities

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances.
Ability to make judgements involving complex facts which require analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
Ability to exert moderate physical effort.
Good time keeping skills and flexible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

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.