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.

Main duties of the job
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.

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.

• 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

Job responsibilities
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 postholders 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 departments 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 to 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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• It is desirable that applicants should be AHCS registered, and be registered with the BAA or BSA.

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.

LivingCare Group (Fountain Diagnostic) is an equal opportunities employer.