Senior Audiologist

This role can provide additionalresponsibility in mentoring junior audiologists and providing supervision overthem. This allows you to share your knowledge within the field to ensure thedevelopment of Audiology. Furthermore, this allows you to master your craftwithin 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 diagnosticand rehabilitative Audiology services for adults of all ages including patientswith special needs. In this grade an experienced, qualified technician performswork involving much greater responsibility and autonomy, including activities,which are complex and non-routine. Supervision of other staff, includingtechnical assistance, can be expected at this level.

A senior audiologist is responsible for therunning of this department in the absence of the head of service and works withthe head of service to ensure that clinical and professional standards aremaintained at all times. You will have an additional responsibilities in anarea of interest at this level it would be expected that some degree of firstline management training would be available.

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 responsibilities

Managea caseload of adult patients including both aural rehabilitation and diagnosticaudiometric testing.

• Plan,perform, interpret, and report on a range of subjective and objectiveaudiological investigations to a high level of competence and assist in morecomplex activities.
• Effectiveliaison with other agencies and professionals, where appropriate, in themanagement of patient care plans to ensure the highest quality of care isachieved.
• Assistin the maintenance and calibration of audiological equipment.
• Providetraining, seminars, and clinical advice at local level.
• Ensurepersonal compliance with regard to mandatory, professional and personaldevelopment in accordance with service needs, CPD guidelines and professionalcodes of conduct.

Qualifications

• 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.