Chief Paediatric Audiologist - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

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Stevenage, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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We are recruiting for a Chief Paediatric Audiologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

As a Chief audiologist and senior member of staff you will be responsible for working within leading our Paediatric Audiology service working in conjunction with Three dedicated members of staff plus two current ENT otology specialists and Adult audiology.

You will be the lead in the provision of hearing testing and auditory rehab of children and Babies

You will provide an effective audiology service on all hospital sites (Lister Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Hertford County Hospital).

Service Lead for Vestibular clinics - to develop service alongside Otology Clinics with ENT. Development of Direct Access Services. HA Rehab

Dealing with complex case assessments

Responsibility for Student and Audiologist training

Service auditing / research projects lead

Equipment management & Calibration

Participation in ENT clinics and hearing aid rehab clinics also expected as necessary by service requirement.

Complex testing of Children & Babies

Fitting Hearing aids

ABR testing

To provide an effective audiology service on all hospital sites (Lister Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Hertford County Hospital).

Shared Responsibility for Student and Audiologist training

Service auditing / research projects lead

Equipment management & Calibration

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Applicant information pack for further detailed information regarding this role