About this role
Job summary
Please note that this position is based within a clinical setting. Should your application be successful, you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.
We are looking for a motivated and qualified Audiologist to join our friendly team to help deliver a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures to adults and non-complex children.
Ideally we are looking for someone who has NHS experience and can work independently for all routine adult appointments including:
- Direct referral
- ENT clinical support
- Fittings
- Review
- Repairs
In addition, experience with children's diagnostic testing aged 4 and above would be favourable.
Although based at Kettering General Hospital we also have clinics at Irthingborough (Nene Park Hospital) and Corby that you will be asked to support, and therefore a UK driving license and access to a car are essential.
Main duties of the job
- Undertakes routine diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for non-complex adults, including Direct Referrals, Re-Assessments, Follow Up's, and Repairs - Clinical support will be provided for complex cases
- Provides expert clinical service for ENT support clinics
- Undertake routine testing for children aged 5-18
- Assist with non-clinical audit, service evaluations and maintenance of department protocols
About us
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the main responsibilities and duties of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- BSc (Hon) Audiology or BAAT Part 1 and 2
- Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS)
- Evidence of CPD
- Membership of BAA, BSA
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- NHS Experience
- Worked as a qualified audiologist for at least 1 year post qualification
- Knowledge of working with a wide range of hearing aid software
- Routine and Complex Hearing aid work and verification
- Worked with younger children performing routine hearing tests
Desirable
- Familiarisation with Auditbase PMS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to patients and relatives
- Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters
- Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation
- Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers
- Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose and manage patients and their families.
- Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks
- Effective IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and Audiology software systems
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Empathetic
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Kettering
NN16 8UZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)