Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Audiologist join our management and leadership team within the Head and Neck Surgery directorate.
The successful applicants will be highly motivated and self-driven with the passion to manage and lead the audiology services department across both St Helens, Whiston and Newton Hospitals
You will have proven senior leadership experience and expert clinical knowledge. The post holder will be expected to maintain a clinical caseload across sites.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership within the service, ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower clinical staff in providing demonstrably high standards of care in a clean and safe environment.
Has overall accountability within their areas of responsibility for the monitoring, review, improvement and provision of evidence and assurance relating to patient care.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 3rd September 2025
Closing date: 17th September 2025
Shortlisting date: 18th September 2025
Proposed Interview date: 1st October 2025
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 3rd September 2025
Closing date: 17th September 2025
Shortlisting date: 18th September 2025
Proposed Interview date: 1st October 2025
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- AHP Registered of Relevant Profession
- Recognised leadership management qualification or Mentorship in Clinical Practice equivalent Level 6 or Level 7
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
- Professional clinical knowledge acquired through a degree, supplemented by diploma specialist training, management qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial management/leadership experience
- Experience of working within the service and/or specialty
- Experience of working/ liaising with agencies across the health economy
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and Professional AHP
- Experience of leading or facilitating service improvements
- Experience in improving patient safety and quality of care
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking research
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
- Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
- IT literate with experience of MS Office applications and other healthcare systems
- Proven Clinical leader
- Highly motivated
- Good communicator and negotiator
- Flexible
- Able to gain trust and confidence of others
- Strategic thinker
- Demonstrates key behaviours expected of a senior clinical manager
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate evidence of project management
Other
Essential
- Occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort for short periods during a given time when moving and transferring patients using hoists and other lifting aids.
- Required to move patients on trolleys and in wheelchairs
- Required to concentrate when dealing with detailed information relating to care plans, complaints and / or investigations.
- Working closely with patients and their carers
- Supporting patients who have been given bad news
- Supporting staff and patients with complaints
- Frequent exposure to highly unpleasant conditions with blood and body fluids.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- AHP Registered of Relevant Profession
- Recognised leadership management qualification or Mentorship in Clinical Practice equivalent Level 6 or Level 7
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
- Professional clinical knowledge acquired through a degree, supplemented by diploma specialist training, management qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial management/leadership experience
- Experience of working within the service and/or specialty
- Experience of working/ liaising with agencies across the health economy
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and Professional AHP
- Experience of leading or facilitating service improvements
- Experience in improving patient safety and quality of care
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking research
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to deal effectively with challenging situations and challenging people
- Able to deal with difficult issues sensitively and diplomatically
- IT literate with experience of MS Office applications and other healthcare systems
- Proven Clinical leader
- Highly motivated
- Good communicator and negotiator
- Flexible
- Able to gain trust and confidence of others
- Strategic thinker
- Demonstrates key behaviours expected of a senior clinical manager
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate evidence of project management
Other
Essential
- Occasional requirement to exert moderate physical effort for short periods during a given time when moving and transferring patients using hoists and other lifting aids.
- Required to move patients on trolleys and in wheelchairs
- Required to concentrate when dealing with detailed information relating to care plans, complaints and / or investigations.
- Working closely with patients and their carers
- Supporting patients who have been given bad news
- Supporting staff and patients with complaints
- Frequent exposure to highly unpleasant conditions with blood and body fluids.
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.
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.
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).
