Senior Audiologist - United Kingdom - NHS

Description

To provide a diagnostic and rehabilitation service to audiology patients. This includes adults with learning disabilities, additional disabilities, or special needs.

To ensure that a consistently high quality, complex and sophisticated clinical service is provided, meeting the highest national and international standards.

The post holder will maintain own professional knowledge and contribute to the clinical developments of the department. The post-holder will use their knowledge and experience in the training and supervision of junior staff.
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To ensure that all patients are assessed accurately, and by the most suitable combination of clinical tests, to enable further clinical and medical decisions to be made regarding each patient's management within the trust.

To provide or assist in providing specialist assessment of severely learning-disabled adults and those with complex additional needs.
Make recommendations to ENT medical team on suitability of hearing aid fitting.

Recognise conditions that require medical treatment and take necessary action to ensure this is followed up by relevant medical practitioner.

Give rehabilitation, advice, and counselling to patients not only with hearing loss, but also related areas such as tinnitus, hyperacusis and central processing disorders.

Understand that there may be significant barriers to acceptance of hearing loss and rehabilitation.

Counsel patients and relatives on the benefits and limitations of hearing aids, advising on rehabilitation, and offer patients an understanding of their hearing condition.

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage.

An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.

E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
L ocal health that inspires confidence

Benefits:

On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

To provide a diagnostic and rehabilitation service to audiology patients. This includes adults with learning disabilities, additional disabilities or special needs. To ensure consistently high quality, complex and sophisticated service is provided, meeting the highest national and international standards. The post-holder will use their knowledge and experience in the training and supervision of junior staff.
Qualifications and Professional Training
BSC or MSc in Audiology or equivalent.
Diploma in Audiology/HND MPPM or equivalent.
Higher qualification in Audiology.
Previous substantial experience in clinical audiology underpinned by specialist theoretical knowledge.
Experience of management of tinnitus and complex adult patients.
Experience of testing children during ENT clinics.
Counselling and therapeutic skills.
Ability to maintain concentration to obtain accurate results throughout busy clinics.
Able to maintain and demonstrate an understanding of patient confidentiality and compliance with data protection.
Proven planning, organizational & prioritizing skills.
Personal Qualities

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.

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