Senior Paediatric Audiologist - Barnet, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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Barnet, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Paediatric Audiologist to join our team.

We are a community-based, consultant-led 2nd tier NHS audiology service working across 3 sites covering Barnet and Enfield.

The post involves rotation across all 3 sites which include:
Edgware Community Hospital, Oak Lane Clinic (East Finchley) and St Michael's hospital (Enfield).

We are looking for innovative, passionate team players to help us continue our provision of an excellent paediatric Audiology service.

Our patient demographic includes children aged from 6 months-18 years with varying levels of complexity, from a culturally diverse population with multi-ethnic, bilingual and multilingual speaking communities as is the case across London.

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Please note we are a 2nd tier service and do not provide auditory habilitation/rehabilitation

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 Trust believes 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.

The post holder will be part of the multi-disciplinary team responsible for the provision of a wide range of Audiology services across Whittington Health.

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

This includes maintaining continuous professional development, clinical supervision and training of junior members of staff, working autonomously, managing own caseload and demonstration of initiative.

Key working relationships

The post holder will work alongside Consultant Paediatric Audiological Physicians, Clinical Service Manager, Audiologists, Audiology Technician Officers/School screeners, and administrative staff.

They will report to the Chief Audiologist. Other major working relationships include Speech and Language Therapy, Sensory Support Services, other hospital departments and GP Surgeries. There are close links with the Education Department and Social Services.

Key result areas

To provide a diagnostic service for the Paediatric Audiology Department performing Audiological assessment on children aged from 6 months-18 years.

To include children with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and additional disabilities or special needs.

To provide patient management plans including referring to other services or hospitals for provisions that are not met under this service.

To be involved in the education and training requirements of the department and provide clinical supervision of trainee and assistant audiologists in Audiological techniques to trainees studying for professional exams and existing staff

To carry out general duties and maintain a programme of continuing professional development working towards high levels of professional competence.

MAIN DUTIES

Clinical Duties:

To work in providing a childled, family focused service ensuring our patients are provided with clinical excellence in a holistic manner.
To lead clinics independently and undertake a full range of specialised audiological assessments for children of all ages. This includes; taking an appropriate medical history, conducting age/developmentally appropriate test battery and to problem solve inconsistent or erroneous findings. Explaining the results to the patients and their families, formulating patient management plans and ensuring this is communicated to relevant health care or other professionals.
Maintain empathy and rapport with the patient throughout the appointment and during testing to maximise the quality of test results and minimise patient anxiety including identifying the relevant concerns of the patient, any family at the end of the test session, discussing the care plan for any further management.
To ensure all patients are seen in a professional and confidential environment. This is done by maintaining sensitive use and storing of all patient notes and records, and by being aware of issues regarding confidentiality when interacting with both staff members and members of the public.
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