Audiology Practitioner - Blackburn, United Kingdom - East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Blackburn, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

A practicing healthcare practitioner, who contributes towards provision of a comprehensive Audiology Service.

Assists the Audiology Manager in the daily clinical work of the department and is responsible for managing their own workload without direct supervision.

This involves basic rehabilitative care, diagnostic assessments of hearing, and care for adult hearing aid users, children over 5 years of age, and their carers/relatives.

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills with other professionals and service users, including patients, carers and relatives.
Takes part in contributing to service development and maintains professional standards.
Maintains patient and departmental records both written and electronic using computer databases and word processing.
Provides clinical assessments and hearing aid programming and provision using complex computer software and specific specialised hardware.
Assists in one or more of the specialist areas of Audiology service provision.
The Audiology Practitioner must be registered with the RCCP

To perform and analyse diagnostic assessments of hearing on
adults and children over 5 years of age.

Using assessment results to select and programme appropriate hearing aids using specific computer software and hardware tools.
Assess patient's individual, physical abilities and social needs in choice of aid and programmes.
assessment) and objective 'Real Ear Measurement' techniques

Instructing patient on effective use of aid, communicating realistic expectations, advice on the disabling effects of hearing loss. Using basic directive counselling and empathic skills to empower the patient in their rehabilitation and management of hearing loss.
Formulating individualised care plans.

Using effective communication and persuasion where a poor motivational attitude to hearing loss may exist and barriers to understanding and communication may include hearing loss, visual impairment (including deaf-blind clients), dementia and stroke patients with aphasia.

Hearing aid repairs and follow ups.

Taking impressions of the ears on adults and children over 5 years of age.

Maintenance of accurate and efficient patient records both paper and computer databases.
Records clinical test results and observations onto electronic patient database and hospital patient management system

The Adult Audiology Service is friendly, forward thinking and experienced with a good skill mix.

The team consists of 17 staff based over two sites - Royal Blackburn Hospital and St Peters centre in Burnley.

We have just recently set up a Vestibular service and are always looking at ways to expand and modernise our services.

JOB SUMMARY
A practicing healthcare practitioner, who contributes towards provision of a comprehensive Audiology Service.

Assists the Audiology Manager in the daily clinical work of the department and is responsible for managing their own workload without direct supervision.

This involves basic rehabilitative care, diagnostic assessments of hearing, and care for adult hearing aid users, children over 5 years of age, and their carers/relatives.

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills with other professionals and service users, including patients, carers and relatives.
Takes part in contributing to service development and maintains professional standards.
Maintains patient and departmental records both written and electronic using computer databases and word processing.
Provides clinical assessments and hearing aid programming and provision using complex computer software and specific specialised hardware.
Assists in one or more of the specialist areas of Audiology service provision.
The Audiology Practitioner must be registered with the RCCP.

DIMENSIONS:

Operational:
Assessments and clinical tests on adults and children over 5 years of age.
Provision of hearing aids to adults and children with hearing disability.

Communications:
Communicating and receiving complex and factual information to patients, carers, colleagues and other professionals

Communicating Audiological information to other relevant professionals including Ear Nose and Throat Doctors, Nursing staff, Teachers of the Deaf and support staff.

Uses tact, sensitivity, persuasion and reassurance where barriers to communication may be hearing loss, visual impairment, dementia, stroke/aphasia, and English as a second language.

Ability to deal with verbally aggressive, or hostile clients, and know when to seek support.

MAIN DUTIES

Clinical:

Assists the Audiology Manager in the provision of specific clinical

work on a daily basis, ensuring and efficient and effective service within
clinical governance guidelines.

Follows professional standards and protocols without direct supervision.
Contact with clients within hospital clinical settings, community clinical settings, patients own home and nursing homes on domiciliary visits.