We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated full time
Head of Audiology Services
to lead our friendly, busy Adult Audiology Department at Hereford County Hospital and Paediatric Audiology Department at Children's Hearing Centre Ross Road.
The successful candidate will work as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team of ENT medical staff, Paediatricians, Clinical Scientists, Audiologists, Hearing Therapists and an Assistant Audiologists. The Departments provide a comprehensive audiological service for adults, paediatrics, balance and tinnitus. You will be responsible for teams based at both Hereford County Hospital and Children's Hearing Centre on Ross Road, also several sites around the County of Herefordshire. Therefore you must be willing to travel between sites when required.
We are striving to deliver excellence in patient care - you will act as the Professional lead and clinical manager for the Audiology services, whilst maintaining a high quality Audiology caseload in a clinical speciality (paediatric audiology or adult audiology services). This will require the use of highly developed physical skills where accuracy is important.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational and strategic management, professional and clinical leadership of the Audiology service across the organisation ensuring that the key priorities and targets are met within the services through maximising clinical and practitioner involvement.
You will work closely with the clinical teams across the organisation to achieve the service objectives. The post holder will be a registered Audiologist and have responsibility for professional leadership within Audiology Services.
The work will involve a significant degree of responsibility and will require the ability to communicate verbally or through an interpreter complex and sensitive information.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
BAAT parts I or II or a recognised equivalent Qualified Audiologist with relevant 1st level Degree or equivalent HCPC or relevant Registration Masters level qualification in Audiology, Advanced practice or equivalent experience Risk Management training
Desirable
Post Graduate qualification in Leadership and Management
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Strong and demonstrable leadership skills and experience Knowledge of the skills required in the assessment and treatment of therapy patients/service users with longstanding and complex needs Understanding of relevant legislation and clinical governance Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other partners and professions Advanced key board skills, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
Participation in national and local professional forums
Experience
Essential
Experience of managing people and financial resources at a senior level Experience of developing services in a multi-disciplinary team(s) Experience of leading a service and service development projects Experience of managing a varied, complex caseload
Personal Attributes
Essential
Excellent Communication skills Evidence of a commitment to continuous personal development and active learning Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust Address
County Hospital Stonebow Road Hereford HR1 2ER Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
229-CS-6912417
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Head of Audiology Services
to lead our friendly, busy Adult Audiology Department at Hereford County Hospital and Paediatric Audiology Department at Children's Hearing Centre Ross Road.
The successful candidate will work as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team of ENT medical staff, Paediatricians, Clinical Scientists, Audiologists, Hearing Therapists and an Assistant Audiologists. The Departments provide a comprehensive audiological service for adults, paediatrics, balance and tinnitus. You will be responsible for teams based at both Hereford County Hospital and Children's Hearing Centre on Ross Road, also several sites around the County of Herefordshire. Therefore you must be willing to travel between sites when required.
We are striving to deliver excellence in patient care - you will act as the Professional lead and clinical manager for the Audiology services, whilst maintaining a high quality Audiology caseload in a clinical speciality (paediatric audiology or adult audiology services). This will require the use of highly developed physical skills where accuracy is important.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational and strategic management, professional and clinical leadership of the Audiology service across the organisation ensuring that the key priorities and targets are met within the services through maximising clinical and practitioner involvement.
You will work closely with the clinical teams across the organisation to achieve the service objectives. The post holder will be a registered Audiologist and have responsibility for professional leadership within Audiology Services.
The work will involve a significant degree of responsibility and will require the ability to communicate verbally or through an interpreter complex and sensitive information.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
BAAT parts I or II or a recognised equivalent Qualified Audiologist with relevant 1st level Degree or equivalent HCPC or relevant Registration Masters level qualification in Audiology, Advanced practice or equivalent experience Risk Management training
Desirable
Post Graduate qualification in Leadership and Management
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Strong and demonstrable leadership skills and experience Knowledge of the skills required in the assessment and treatment of therapy patients/service users with longstanding and complex needs Understanding of relevant legislation and clinical governance Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other partners and professions Advanced key board skills, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
Participation in national and local professional forums
Experience
Essential
Experience of managing people and financial resources at a senior level Experience of developing services in a multi-disciplinary team(s) Experience of leading a service and service development projects Experience of managing a varied, complex caseload
Personal Attributes
Essential
Excellent Communication skills Evidence of a commitment to continuous personal development and active learning Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust Address
County Hospital Stonebow Road Hereford HR1 2ER Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
229-CS-6912417
#J-18808-Ljbffr
