Associate Audiologist - Wigan, United Kingdom - Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Wigan, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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To provide a variety of basic hearing aid repairs, follow ups and reassessments. You will work with the support of a multidisciplinary team of hearing health care professionals. Check patient's ears using an Otoscope using disposable tips and following infection controlpolicies. Recognise anatomical landmarks and abnormalities.

Perform routine hearing tests, including screening and threshold of air and bone conductionaudiometry under indirect supervision of an audiologist. Perform routine re
- assessments of hearing levels for existing hearing aid users underindirect supervision of an audiologist. Advise patients if their hearing thresholds havechanged and of the most appropriate hearing aid provision available to them. Perform hearing aid repairs and modifications, including retubing, replacing elbows andbatteries drawers.

Work alone and use initiative to respond to changes in patients needs using informationprovided by the patient. Retube and modify earmolds using a drill, grinder and buffer, following health and safety policy. Take an accurate and safe aural impression of the patient's ear following the BSAguidelines.

Use the patient management software to select the correct vent size and earmoulds in accordance with the patients hearing loss.

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