Deputy Head of Hearing and Balance Service

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

ESNEFT are looking for an effective leader to be the Deputy Head of Hearing and Balance Services. Working closely with the Head of Hearing and Balance Services they will ensure the smooth running of the overall service and that the Departments plans, systems and processes are carried out and managed effectively.

You will be an experienced clinician undertaking highly specialist clinical work. You will have experience of staff management and committed to staff development and wellbeing.

The two sites based at Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital work closely together and the Trust is looking to further strengthen unification of the Teams, their working practices and clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for ensuring, through own work and managing others, that the departments plans, systems, structures and processes for managing clinical quality, risk, controls assurance and local patient and public involvement initiatives are in place, and that these are carried out and managed efficiently.

The role provides professional leadership and management for the hearing and balance service, including the development of strategic frameworks which are robust, auditable and concur with acceptable best practice.

This is an advanced level post comprising of mainly highly specialist clinical work. The post holder works independently and will have highly specialist knowledge over a range of procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience. The post holder is expected to update their own professional knowledge and lead the clinical development and policy direction of the audiology service.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

22 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR109-24

Job locations

Ipswich and Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5UP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc Audiology (or equivalent)
oRCCP registered
oAdditional training to Msc or equivalent including balance and ABR

Experience

Essential

oQualified practitioner with proven NHS clinical experience as a Band 7 Audiologist
oExperience of hearing aid service provision within the local population
oExperience of managing Audiology input to the Newborn Hearing Screening Service
oExperience of co-ordinating and running own clinic
oDemonstrate operational managerial responsibility
oExperience of working with and testing children and adults with highly complex audiological and medical needs
oExperience of training audiologists of all levels in complex diagnostic procedures. This is to include ABR and Vestibular Audiology

Desirable

oExperience of working towards and achieving IQIPS accreditation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc Audiology (or equivalent)
oRCCP registered
oAdditional training to Msc or equivalent including balance and ABR

Experience

Essential

oQualified practitioner with proven NHS clinical experience as a Band 7 Audiologist
oExperience of hearing aid service provision within the local population
oExperience of managing Audiology input to the Newborn Hearing Screening Service
oExperience of co-ordinating and running own clinic
oDemonstrate operational managerial responsibility
oExperience of working with and testing children and adults with highly complex audiological and medical needs
oExperience of training audiologists of all levels in complex diagnostic procedures. This is to include ABR and Vestibular Audiology

Desirable

oExperience of working towards and achieving IQIPS accreditation

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.