Job summary
This role can provide additional
responsibility in mentoring junior audiologists and providing supervision over
them. This allows you to share your knowledge within the field to ensure the
development of Audiology. Furthermore, this allows you to master your craft
within your given specialism in Audiology.
Main duties of the job
Working within a multi-disciplinary team,
this role involves the provision of a range of routine and advanced diagnostic
and rehabilitative Audiology services for adults of all ages including patients
with special needs. In this grade an experienced, qualified technician performs
work involving much greater responsibility and autonomy, including activities,
which are complex and non-routine. Supervision of other staff, including
technical assistance, can be expected at this level.
A senior audiologist is responsible for the
running of this department in the absence of the head of service and works with
the head of service to ensure that clinical and professional standards are
maintained at all times. You will have an additional responsibilities in an
area of interest at this level it would be expected that some degree of first
line management training would be available.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Manage
a caseload of adult patients including both aural rehabilitation and diagnostic
audiometric testing.
- Plan,
perform, interpret, and report on a range of subjective and objective
audiological investigations to a high level of competence and assist in more
complex activities.
- Effective
liaison with other agencies and professionals, where appropriate, in the
management of patient care plans to ensure the highest quality of care is
achieved.
- Assist
in the maintenance and calibration of audiological equipment.
- Provide
training, seminars, and clinical advice at local level.
- Ensure
personal compliance with regard to mandatory, professional and personal
development in accordance with service needs, CPD guidelines and professional
codes of conduct.
- Participate
in departmental audit, research & development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Manage
a caseload of adult patients including both aural rehabilitation and diagnostic
audiometric testing.
- Plan,
perform, interpret, and report on a range of subjective and objective
audiological investigations to a high level of competence and assist in more
complex activities.
- Effective
liaison with other agencies and professionals, where appropriate, in the
management of patient care plans to ensure the highest quality of care is
achieved.
- Assist
in the maintenance and calibration of audiological equipment.
- Provide
training, seminars, and clinical advice at local level.
- Ensure
personal compliance with regard to mandatory, professional and personal
development in accordance with service needs, CPD guidelines and professional
codes of conduct.
- Participate
in departmental audit, research & development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Audiology
- RCCP and/or HCPC registration
- MSc in Audiology with competency certificate
- Demonstrable post graduate clinical experience in balance assessment and general audiology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Audiology
- RCCP and/or HCPC registration
- MSc in Audiology with competency certificate
- Demonstrable post graduate clinical experience in balance assessment and general audiology
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
