Job summary
Please note that this position is based within a clinical setting. Should your application be successful, you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.

We are looking for a motivated and qualified Audiologist to join our friendly team to help deliver a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures to adults and non-complex children.

Ideally we are looking for someone who has NHS experience and can work independently for all routine adult appointments including:

• Direct referral
• ENT clinical support
• Fittings
• Review
• Repairs

In addition, experience with children's diagnostic testing aged 4 and above would be favourable.

Although based at Kettering General Hospital we also have clinics at Irthingborough (Nene Park Hospital) and Corby that you will be asked to support, and therefore a UK driving license and access to a car are essential.

Main duties of the job

• Undertakes routine diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for non-complex adults, including Direct Referrals, Re-Assessments, Follow Up's, and Repairs - Clinical support will be provided for complex cases
• Provides expert clinical service for ENT support clinics
• Undertake routine testing for children aged 5-18
• Assist with non-clinical audit, service evaluations and maintenance of department protocols

About us
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.

Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the main responsibilities and duties of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• BSc (Hon) Audiology
• Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS)
• Evidence of CPD
• Membership of BAA, BSA
• BAAT Part 1 and 2

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• NHS Experience
• Worked as a qualified audiologist for at least 1 year post qualification
• Knowledge of working with a wide range of hearing aid software
• Routine and Complex Hearing aid work and verification
• Worked with younger children performing routine hearing tests

Desirable

• Familiarisation with Auditbase PMS

Skills
Essential

• Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to patients and relatives
• Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters
• Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation
• Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers
• Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose and manage patients and their families.
• Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks
• Effective IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and Audiology software systems

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
• Empathetic

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.