Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Audiologist
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Audiologist Position
Our Audiology Service supports patients across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. Due to this, we operate out of 5 clinical locations so there is an expectation that the applicants are able to move localities.
We are completing an audiology improvement programme for our audiology service. We have seen significant investment in our clinical spaces, electronic systems, and medical equipment. We pride ourselves on these developments and this is why it’s a great time to join our team.
You will be expected to carry out all aspects of clinical audiology using a range of test equipment and with a high degree of clinical autonomy. The audiologist will be expected to deal with sensitive and emotive subjects with empathy and have good counselling skills. Overcoming communication and motivational barriers to treatment with non-routine patients in all areas of audiology.
At this level, the audiologist should have acquired organisational and communication skills and be able to work autonomously within the team.
Applicants should hold the relevant qualifications and be registered with the AHCS or be eligible to register immediately.
In addition to these duties, the audiologist must maintain Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Key Responsibilities
- Perform without direct supervision:
- Selection, fitting, or exchange of a full range of hearing aids for adults, including those with additional disabilities and some with sensory impairments.
- Aural rehabilitation for patients who have additional special needs beyond hearing loss, including children.
- Undertake a battery of audiometric tests to assist in the differential diagnosis of auditory dysfunction.
- Tests on young children and assistance in auditory rehabilitation programmes.
- Assistance with the evaluation and management of tinnitus.
- Assistance with routine tests of vestibular function.
- Assistance with routine objective test procedures, including ERA.
- Assistance with selection, fitting or exchange of non-standard hearing aids for children.
- Any other duties as may be discussed and agreed upon with the line manager.
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- Maintain your own professional standards through registration and CPD, by attending relevant study sessions, maintaining a professional portfolio for assessment, and reporting back to staff in the department.
About the Organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
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As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Equal Opportunities Employer
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Benefits
- Extensive range of learning opportunities
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
- NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jennifer Chadwick
- Job title: Audiology Adult Clinical Lead
- Email address: jennifer.chadwick@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01302 644950
Lauren Mumford
- Job title: Audiology Head of Service
- Email address: lauren.mumford2@mhs.net
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