Adult Audiology Clinical Lead

Full Time 37.5 hours per week (Work pattern can be discussed at interview)

Permanent Position

Are you an Audiologist who has gained lots of experience in Audiology and are looking to progress and keen to be part of a newly formed County Collaboration of Audiology Services?

We are looking for a bright, committed, and enthusiastic individual to join and Lead the Adult Audiology Team at Northampton General Hospital Trust as part of the wider Collaboration.

You will be working as part of an established team of dedicated Audiologists as well as having the opportunity contribute to the newly formed county collaboration, working closely with other audiology service leads to ultimately gain accreditation and deliver an outstanding service.

To apply for this position, you will need to have a BSc in Audiology (or equivalent). You will have recent audiology experience in the NHS and a desire to drive change and be instrumental in service improvement.

Be registered or in the process of registering with the RCCP/AHCS or HCPC

Be committed to take an active role and contribute in the departments journey to secure IQIPS accreditation.

The Adult Audiology department is a very busy hospital based clinic receiving referrals from a wide range of professionals across South Northants and also supports the ENT collaboration. We are an integral part of the surgical division and work very closely with our colleagues in Paediatric Audiology and ENT as well as primary care, social Care and the voluntary sector.

To assist in the provision of a diagnostic service for the Adult Audiology Department, performing a full range of diagnostic audiological assessments on neonates, children and young people up to the age of 18 years old including children with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and additional disabilities or special needs.

To provide aural habilitation for adults referred to the service, which includes providing counselling about hearing loss and associated problems and to help patients to make decisions about the most appropriate course of treatment for them.

To be the Clinical Lead for the service working closely with the other service leads in Audiology and the Lead for Audiology Services and Deputy across the collaboration.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Trkulja Job title: Head Paediatric Audiologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01604 545840

Please contact Sarah Trkulja (Monday to Friday 8-4pm) if you would like to arrange an informal visit or have any questions about the role.