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

You may already be highly experienced in the field and looking for a change of work, or are a band 6 looking for development to Band 7. Either way, we are interested in talking to you about what we can offer.

In this post you will be working at our newly opened, dedicated Audiology Hub at Lister Hospital, where we have gold standard VRA suites, cutting edge equipment, exceptional staff facilities and a fully air conditioned space.

You will need a strong appetite for change and improvement and be able to contribute to our goal of making us exceptional in our care. In return you will be supported in growing your career within paediatrics with good opportunity to develop further.

This paediatric role encompasses everything you would expect, and applicants are encouraged to contact the Head of Audiology to discuss the roles further. If you do not meet all of the essential criteria but think you might be ready to step into these roles with support, please get in touch as we want to hear from you.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job
Perform and interpret diagnostic tests and explain the results of these tests to patients, relatives and carers in an appropriate and empathetic manner, being sensitive to the complex communication difficulties of patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Select, fit hearing aids & verify benefit for routine and complex babies and children.

Have a multi-agency approach to audiological care and understand the role of the RNID and National Deaf Children's Society and NHSP.

Supervise/observe and assess audiologists and students as and when required and will be responsible for appraisals of lower grade staff.

Be professionally and clinically responsible and accountable for all aspects of their own work, updating knowledge and skills to maintain continuing professional development.

Have specialised knowledge of paediatric audiology and be able to perform a range of routine and complex procedures that are underpinned by both a specialised and broad theoretical knowledge.

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Qualifications / Training
Essential

• BSc (Hons) Audiology or equivalent
• BAAT Part I & II or CCC or equivalent certificate of clinical competency
• AHCS registration
• CPD portfolio of evidence

Desirable

• HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist
• MSc Audiology
• Completed HTS Modules/other post graduate qualification/breaking the news course/M level modules in paediatric audiology
• Stage 1 or above BSL

Previous Experience
Essential

• Assessing babies and children's hearing using behavioural testing, VRA, Play/Performance Audiometry, Speech testing
• Paediatric Rehabilitation including hearing aid fitting and adjustment
• Experience working within NHS within paediatric Audiology

Desirable

• Diagnostic Auditory Brainstem response testing experience.
• Experience in breaking the news of diagnosis
• Leadership courses/experience of line management
• Previous experience of overseeing Student trainees

Skills
Essential

• Good Communication Skills to deal with general public enquiries
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Strong computer skills (use of Excel, power point etc)

Desirable

• Leadership skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of routine and non routine Audiological test procedures
• Knowledge of implant criteria

Desirable

• Research / clinical auditing

Other Requirements
Essential

• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.