Audiology Associate Practitioner

Job summary

The Associate Practitioner in Audiology will provide interventions with routine / non complex hearing pathologies / disabilities, identify hearing loss and making onward referrals as required. The role will involve developing the individual care / management plan with appropriate accountability to the Audiologist. The Associate Practitioner will work closely with memory care services to support initial identification of hearing loss and provide advice and support for hearing aid management in both a hospital and community-based setting. The Associate Practitioner will have appropriate education, training and skills in hearing testing and fitting of hearing aids, and will work to locally and nationally agreed protocols in conjunction with scope of practice and accountability. Indirect clinical supervision and mentoring will be available during the normal schedule of the working day.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to perform routine audiological investigations such as puretone audiometry, aural impressions, fitting of hearing aids, adjustments to the programming of hearing aid systems including real ear measurements under local clinical supervision or mentoring programmes both in community-based setting and in secondary care sites. They will also be expected to carry out domiciliary visits to housebound patients and visit patients on hospital wards to carry out hearing aid maintenance, adjustment or ear mould impressions. To provide and assist with basic adult hearing aid rehabilitation and (under supervision) to help deliver the patient individual management plan.

Associate audiologists will recognise their own limits of competence and levels of responsibility and autonomy at all times within the approved scope of practice. They will maintain their personal competence and work as a reflective practitioner in order to deliver high quality client care.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.