Senior Audiologist - Paediatrics

Yorkhospitals; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the NHS is seeking a Senior Audiologist to join their team in York. The successful candidate will provide audiological cover for ENT clinics and administer comprehensive hearing aid services to patients. Responsibilities include conducting complex assessments and training other staff. This role offers a generous benefits package including NHS pension, holidays, and relocation support. Interested candidates should contact the Head of Audiology for more details.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 to 33 days holiday

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Provide audiological cover for ENT clinics including pure tone audiometry and tympanometry.
• Provide comprehensive hearing aid services to patients referred from GPs and the ENT Department.
• Recommend and perform complex assessments including OAE and vestibular assessments.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Audiologist to join our team!

The Successful Candidate Will

• Provide audiological cover for ENT clinics, consisting of basic pure tone audiometry, tympanometry and speech audiometry as required.
• Provide a comprehensive hearing aid service to patients referred to the Department from GPs and the ENT Department, including provision of a full range of NHS digital hearing aids.
• Recommend more complex assessments (OAE, obscure auditory dysfunction testing, vestibular assessment, ERA and Tinnitus Assessments/rehabilitation) and perform these as trained appropriately.
• Take aural impressions for all age groups, working within national and departmental protocols and using own clinical judgement to ensure safe and competent practice.
• Participate in departmental audit, research and development.
• To develop and maintain personal skills and knowledge within the audiological field, maintaining up to date knowledge of procedural and professional developments and disseminating this information to the rest of the Audiological Team as required.
• To instruct and train other members of staff and locums as required.
• To assess patient need for hearing aids and select the most appropriate model in line with departmental protocols.
• To liaise with and refer to medical auditory implant, hearing therapy and local support services as necessary.
• To provide a comprehensive range of NHS digital hearing aids to patients based on this information.
• To assess the benefit derived from hearing aids, using subjective and objective measures, including informal methods, appropriate questionnaires and insertion gain measurements.
• To provide ongoing assessment and maintenance for paediatric hearing impaired patients.
• To liaise with staff involved in the assessment and rehabilitation process, including Audiological and Medical staff and local support services to ensure the effectiveness of routine services.
• To perform more advanced test procedures, including vestibular and ERA.
• Dealing with Direct Referral patients from GPs, who need to be assessed and subsequently issued with an appropriate hearing aid/s.
• Tinnitus assessment and rehabilitation.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Kate Iley
Job title: Head of Audiology
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01904 725454