Audiologist

Job Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Audiologist to join our team at Thorpe Park Clinic. The post holder will provide clinical Audiology services consistent with a highly experienced and highly qualified member of staff. The post holder is expected to work autonomously, with regard to good/best practice codes and guidelines. At all times the post holder is expected to use good clinical and professional judgement to know when and how to work outside codes and guidelines of practice.

Additional responsibilities are to manage the service audit, clinical governance and continuing professional development and for training within the service for staff and incoming students.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Assessment of the hearing ability of individuals within a wide range of patient groups using various audiological techniques, which will include the use of specialised equipment and methods and be clinically accountable for clinic reports and treatment plans.
• Assessment of patients with balance disorders using highly specialised equipment and be clinically accountable for clinic reports and treatment plans.
• Reporting of findings to a wide range of colleagues, both within the NHS and to external statutory and non-statutory bodies. Reports are expected to contain recommended courses of action where appropriate.
• Participate in and advise (within the scope of the postholder’s knowledge) on service development, treatment/intervention types and equipment procurement for the department.
• Use of SystmOne and all other internal recording and reporting systems
• Provide in-depth knowledge and understanding of the effects of hearing loss for patients, their families and carers and other organisations.
• Providing patient centred care and support for individuals, relatives and carers who may have special needs and other physical disabilities, and who may have barriers to communication.
• Maintaining a professional, compassionate and polite manner at all times.
• The post holder is responsible for accurate keeping of patient records and information, inputting clinical data and reports into the Audiology department’s computer database.
• Some knowledge of computer databases and information technology networked systems is required for this post; training will be given for software specific to the area of work.
• To communicate in an effective and timely manner using both the written and spoken word in a wide range of situations where barriers to effective communication may exist.
• To work in collaboratively within our multi-disciplinary team to deliver a co-ordinated, multidisciplinary service and to assist others to deliver their services.
• To participate in the activities of representative professional bodies, to the advantage of the department, the hospital and the Trust and to the benefit of Audiology Service users.
• To ensure that their statutory mandatory training is up date in line with the requirements of the post.
• To use techniques of practice review and reflection, in conjunction with supervision and appraisal to develop own and colleagues’ work performance.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this caseload effectively and efficiently having regard for clinical priorities and departmental resources.
• To negotiate resource allocations at outreach clinics with local managers to effectively manage clinical caseloads.
• The post holder will be expected to be able to carry out front-line diagnostic and troubleshooting evaluation of audiological equipment, repair when appropriate and referral to others with greater specialist knowledge when appropriate. A high degree of judgement is implied in this requirement.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience 

• The post holder will provide Clinical Audiology services consistent with an experienced member of staff who holds a BSc (Hons) in Audiology, or BAAT parts 1 and 2.
• The post holder is required to have substantial clinical experience subsequent to entry-level qualification, with at least two years post-qualification experience within a busy hospital setting including supporting ENT services.
• It is desirable that applicants should be AHCS registered, and be registered with the BAA or BSA.

Training 

This role will have access to external and in house training courses.

Annual appraisals and professional development plans will be performed and acted upon appropriately.

Ongoing Support

The post holder will have ongoing support throughout the operational structure. They will also work closely with the clinical team.

Key Relationships

This role will link with a variety of key stakeholders including:

• The post holder is expected to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of individuals, organisations and groups. These will include healthcare and social care professionals, volunteers, Education organisations and service users. Additionally the post holder is expected to participate in Audiology Professions activities, for and to the benefit of the LivingCare Group.
• The postholder could be expected to take responsibility for managing an outreach clinic, the caseloads related to them and the resources required.

About us:

LivingCare Group is a set of companies that operate across various health services and portfolios. We have extensive experience of developing and delivering NHS care and have a growing portfolio of private provision. We work across GP practices and within our own centres in Yorkshire.

Our services are developed in response to local demands across the health economy and in line with the NHS governance and contractual requirements.

Why Choose us?

Our continuing success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.

We fully believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and full potential. ​We offer all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.

Here at LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1).

Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident #DisabilityConfident

What we offer our employees:

• Free onsite parking.
• Quality working environment
• Flexible working
• Work life balance is a priority here at LivingCare, with services running at sociable times.
• Blue Light Card NHS discount at a range of shops and restaurants
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual pay review
• Culture matrix programme: we organise special events every month to support our teams
• Celebrating success: this programme gives rewards to our team member who have gone above and beyond
• Supermarket vouchers: we give these out every month as part of our supermarket sweep competition

LivingCare Behaviours and Values: 

Living Care has a set of core values which we expect all staff to demonstrate. Building on these we have developed a set of expectations that we expect all team members to demonstrate.

• Managing yourself and others:
• Take care of your own wellbeing and that of your staff
• Manage yourself and your emotions
• Share your knowledge and experience
• Use appropriate language when communicating to others to ensure they understand
• Be decisive
• Be positive – focus on what you can do and why something will/could work
• Actively seek feedback and act on it (where appropriate)
• Know when to step in and do it yourself and when to leave others to have a go
• Be self aware: know your strengths and development needs and look for ways to develop
• Be visible

As a company who supports equality and diversity, LivingCare encourage applications from all candidates regardless of their age, gender including reassigned gender, relationship status, maternity, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.