Main area: Audiology
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Multi-site working)
Job ref: 411-SUR-24-6699265-A
Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey Children's Foundation Trust
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Paediatric Audiologist
Band 5
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to medical and nursing students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and we work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated and enthusiastic audiologist to join our friendly team based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and in community clinics and schools across the region. We are a large, busy and expanding paediatric audiovestibular department offering a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiological and vestibular services for children from birth to nineteen. The successful candidate will join a hardworking and committed team of audiovestibular physicians, audiologists, a nurse specialist, and audiometricians. This post will provide excellent opportunities to enhance your experience in all aspects of the paediatric audiovestibular spectrum. Main duties of the job
This post is suitable for a qualified audiologist that would like to specialise in paediatrics and entails working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing highly specialised audiological services including rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children. The post holder will work at Alder Hey and community clinics and schools across the region. Carry out Otoscopy following BSA recommended procedures. Identify children with atypical or abnormal ear conditions and refer on as appropriate. Diagnose, manage and rehabilitate children with hearing impairment using a wide range of audiological procedures. Produce accurate and detailed clinical reports to be used as an aid to diagnosis and future patient management. Order ear moulds and hearing aid consumables using Trust ordering system. Complete follow up reviews of existing hearing aid users. Carry out routine maintenance and calibration checks on audiological equipment. Perform PTA in schools and community clinics as follow-up from the school entry screen programme. Person specification
Qualifications
Professional Registration (Academy of Healthcare science AHCS/Healthcare Professional Council HCPC) Knowledge and experience
Demonstrate an understanding of the wide range of paediatric diagnostic tests and rehabilitation tools. Experience of fitting verifying and evaluating a range of hearing aids. Post registration experience in an NHS department. Skills and attributes
Excellent skills in using audiological equipment. Excellent communication skills enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers, and children. Ability to keep accurate patient records. Other additional requirements
Ability to travel to community clinics. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment.
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Band 5
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to medical and nursing students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and we work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated and enthusiastic audiologist to join our friendly team based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and in community clinics and schools across the region. We are a large, busy and expanding paediatric audiovestibular department offering a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiological and vestibular services for children from birth to nineteen. The successful candidate will join a hardworking and committed team of audiovestibular physicians, audiologists, a nurse specialist, and audiometricians. This post will provide excellent opportunities to enhance your experience in all aspects of the paediatric audiovestibular spectrum. Main duties of the job
This post is suitable for a qualified audiologist that would like to specialise in paediatrics and entails working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing highly specialised audiological services including rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children. The post holder will work at Alder Hey and community clinics and schools across the region. Carry out Otoscopy following BSA recommended procedures. Identify children with atypical or abnormal ear conditions and refer on as appropriate. Diagnose, manage and rehabilitate children with hearing impairment using a wide range of audiological procedures. Produce accurate and detailed clinical reports to be used as an aid to diagnosis and future patient management. Order ear moulds and hearing aid consumables using Trust ordering system. Complete follow up reviews of existing hearing aid users. Carry out routine maintenance and calibration checks on audiological equipment. Perform PTA in schools and community clinics as follow-up from the school entry screen programme. Person specification
Qualifications
Professional Registration (Academy of Healthcare science AHCS/Healthcare Professional Council HCPC) Knowledge and experience
Demonstrate an understanding of the wide range of paediatric diagnostic tests and rehabilitation tools. Experience of fitting verifying and evaluating a range of hearing aids. Post registration experience in an NHS department. Skills and attributes
Excellent skills in using audiological equipment. Excellent communication skills enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers, and children. Ability to keep accurate patient records. Other additional requirements
Ability to travel to community clinics. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment.
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