We are looking for a well-motivated, committed, and enthusiastic part-time individual to join our friendly and progressive team. We offer diagnostic and rehabilitative services to both adults and pediatrics, including Newborn Hearing Screening.
The role will provide support as part of our busy Admin team, provide basic hearing aid support for patients and their families when required, and perform an assisting role in the audiological assessment of predominantly pre-school children. An aptitude for working with children is required. Training will be provided within the department for use of our Audiology database, providing the assisting role in assessments and basic hearing aid support.
We are committed to providing peer support and career development. We have close links with Leeds and Aston University regarding student placement and training. The post holder will support the administrative function of the service, including dealing with patients/carers and their families face-to-face, on the telephone, and via email, and assist in pediatric hearing assessment appointments with full training.
This will include managing the patient booking system, dealing with patient referrals, and processing appointments. The post holder will also provide basic hearing aid support when required and work within a range of procedures and pathways in which they have received training to become competent.
In pursuing these duties, the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs, and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives, which starts at recruitment.
About Airedale
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now, you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.
We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviors of compassion, a commitment to quality of care, and working together for patients. We want to make these part of our DNA.
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities. NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full month's salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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