About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference to people's lives through specialist healthcare? We are looking for a dedicated Audiologist to join our friendly and experienced Audiology team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
As an Audiologist, you'll play a key role in providing high-quality diagnostic and rehabilitative care to adults and children, managing your own caseload and supporting patients throughout their hearing journey. You'll undertake a comprehensive range of assessments, interpret clinical findings, provide expert advice and develop personalised hearing rehabilitation programmes tailored to each patient's needs.
This is a varied and rewarding role where your clinical expertise and communication skills can make a real difference. You'll work closely with patients, parents and carers, GPs, ENT clinicians and other healthcare professionals, while also contributing to the supervision and development of trainee and assistant colleagues.
With opportunities to contribute to clinical audit, research, service development and new ways of working, this role is ideal for an Audiologist who enjoys working autonomously, values evidence-based practice and is committed to delivering compassionate, patient-focused care.
If you're looking for a role where your expertise can genuinely help people hear better, communicate more confidently and improve their quality of life, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Expertise across a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative Audiological procedures Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner holding their own caseload Excellent communication verbal and written skills especially with the hearing impaired Excellent organisational skills with an ability to demonstrate initiative, motivation and independent thinking Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to manage self effectively Ability to cope with decision making under pressure, meet deadlines, prioritise workloads, and delegate effectively Clinical decision-making skills and ability to identify appropriate methodologies and strategies o IT skills
Desirable
Competent with Microsoft Office Involvement with Clinical audit and research Advanced skills or extensive experience in any of these areas
Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional Essential
Academic institution trained candidates HCPC recognised BSc in Audiology with NHS clinical placement In-service trained candidates BSc equivalent theoretical knowledge and practical experience, defined by the RCCP as that gained during significant clinical practice in an Audiology service whilst obtaining a minimum of an HND in Audiology (or equivalent) and professional British Association of Audiologists (BAAT) Part l and ll examinations State Registration with the RCCP or HCPC
Further Training Essential
Training in NHS procedures, protocols and policies
Desirable
Sign language training Teaching / training / workplace assessor qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of working as part of a team Experience in dealing with the public in general particularly the hearing impaired
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).
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)