Audiologist

Job summary

Southport and Formby Hospital this includes adults accident and emergency services, intensive care and a range of medical and surgical specialities.

There is also an outpatients service. The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre at Southport hospital provides specialist care for spinal patients from across the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

The hospital, which replaced the Southport General Infirmary and the Southport Promenade Hospital, opened in September 1988.

Main duties of the job

RESPONSIBLE FOR:

To perform and analyse diagnostic hearing assessments on adults and children over the age of 36 months.

Examination of the pinna, external auditory canal and tympanic membrane to identify normal and healthy features using otoscopy.

Recognizing contraindications to performing further procedures and appropriate referral to ENT, Dressing Clinic, GP, Treatment Rooms and Radiology.

Provides day to day supervision of more junior staff (e.g., Associate or Assistant Audiologists, and less experienced Audiologists)

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