Exciting Opportunity for a Paediatric Audiologist / Paediatric Clinical Scientist (Audiology)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Paediatric Audiologist / Paediatric Clinical Scientist (Audiology) to join our Children's Audiology Service within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Based in Crawley, you will provide high-quality, family-centred audiological assessment and management for infants, children and young people up to the age of 18 years. Working within a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering diagnostic hearing assessments, supporting rehabilitation pathways, and contributing to service development.

You will work closely with senior paediatric audiologists, clinical scientists, audiology assistants and child development colleagues, as well as external partners including ENT services, sensory support teams, paediatricians, speech and language therapists, health visitors, school nurses and social care professionals.

This role offers excellent opportunities for professional development and may include additional responsibilities in areas such as hearing therapy, school screening training, digital communications and service development, depending on experience and service need.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Deliver a wide range of age-appropriate paediatric hearing assessments for children and young people up to 18 years of age.
• Interpret assessment findings, communicate outcomes to families and develop appropriate management plans.
• Support paediatric hearing rehabilitation services, including hearing aid fitting, verification, validation and follow-up care.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure coordinated, child-centred care.
• Provide sensitive and effective communication to children, parents, carers and professionals, adapting approaches to overcome communication barriers where required.
• Participate in service development, clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives and pathway development.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and activity data in line with professional and Trust standards.
• Contribute to the supervision, training and support of junior staff, students and colleagues.
• Participate in continuing professional development, appraisal processes and clinical supervision activities.
• Support the maintenance and calibration of audiological equipment and ensure safe use of clinical resources.