About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Band 5 Audiologists to join our friendly team to deliver a quality Adult assessment and rehabilitation care pathway. One post is based at acute site Whittington hospital, other at St Ann's hospital in community. Clinics are held at a number of locations across Haringey and Islington. We are an ENT/Consultant led service, providing a comprehensive diagnostic and (re)habilitation service to Adults in the boroughs of Islington and Haringey The postholder will be based predominantly either at Whittington hospital or St Ann's hospital, although there will be rotation at other sites. We also work closely with UCL university to provide clinical placements for BSc students.
Main duties of the job
To perform routine audiological assessments on adults without direct supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
To select and fit hearing aids to routine adult clients referred from General Practitioners, and internally via consultant Audiological Physician/ENT as directed.
To assist senior Audiological staff/medical staff with non- routine diagnostic and rehabilitative cases for adults.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job description and main responsibilities outlined in attached document. Please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Registration Essential
Registered with AHSC/HCPC
Desirable
BAA, BSA
Qualifications Essential
Bsc in Audiology or equivalent
Desirable
Msc in Audiology
Knowledge Essential
Pure Tone Audiometry Hearing aid programming/fitting with real ear measurement Tympanometry
Desirable
Oto acoustic emission testing
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 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address Whittington Hospital, Level 4B, Department of Audiology
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)