This specialist role will provide assessment and management of the Adult and Paediatric population with a specialist role in paediatric testing, and working with young people of transitional age, working closely with the lead paediatric audiologist. You will be providing support to families of young children with hearing loss under the supervision of the clinical lead as well as leading paediatric and school age testing clinics with the support of a paediatric testing assistant. This senior role will also involve diagnosing and managing routine and complex adults with hearing loss and adults with learning disability.
* Assisting in the day to day running of the Audiology Service to ensure ENT clinics, outreach clinics and hearing aid clinics operate effectively with good clinical outcomes.
* Responsibility for the provision of the Paediatric service as well as transition clinics and adults with learning disability clinics, in conjunction with the Lead Paediatric Audiologist, Lead Adult Audiologist and Audiology Service Manager, ensuring national guidelines are adhered to .
* Excellent verbal communication skills with Audiology Team, patients, carers and other professionals.
* Ability to effectively communicate complex test results and technical information to both patients, carers and other professionals
* Analysis and interpretation of complex information/test results/problems.
* Maintain professional development including up to date membership of BAA and membership of RCCP.
* Working closely with the Audiology Services Manager to maintain high standards of care for hearing impaired patients, adhering to Trust and Departmental procedures.
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Clinical duties:
* Assisting in the day to day running of the Audiology Service to ensure ENT clinics, outreach clinics and hearing aid clinics operate effectively with good clinical outcomes.
* Responsibility for the provision of the Paediatric service as well as transition clinics and adults with learning disability clinics, in conjunction with the Lead Paediatric Audiologist, Lead Adult Audiologist and Audiology Service Manager, ensuring national guidelines are adhered to .
* Working independently providing a specialist diagnostic and rehabilitative service for adults and children
* Responsibility for management of own patients, formulating and delivering care plans for both adults and children.
* Fitting Hearing Aids to adults and children including rehabilitation and support to the patient/carers and their families
* To be competent in hearing aid verification to maintain best outcomes for the patient group, including speech testing methods
* Use of drills, grinders and polishers for ear mould adjustment.
Management duties (self & others):
* Working closely with the Audiology Services Manager to maintain high standards of care for hearing impaired patients, adhering to Trust and Departmental procedures.
* Responsibility for a particular area of the Audiology Service provision.
* Ability to deal with difficult patient/staff situations which may occasionally include emotional, upsetting or distressing issues.
* Prioritises own work and manages time effectively.
* To develop own role and remain current with professional standards.
* Assisting in the development of new professional techniques including clinical trials, R&D activity, equipment testing in line with departmental and Trust objectives.
* Responsible for identifying, negotiating and achieving agreed CPD requirements.
* Maintain professional development including up to date membership of BAA and membership of RCCP.
* Ability to delegate tasks to other staff both technical and clerical as appropriate.
* Supervision and training of junior staff including students.
* Workload management of junior staff and students.
Communication/information:
* Excellent verbal communication skills with Audiology Team, patients, carers and other professionals.
* Ability to effectively communicate complex test results and technical information to both patients, carers and other professionals
* Analysis and interpretation of complex information/test results/problems.
* Maintaining Audiology statistics both electronically and manually.
* Effective use of resources – IT systems, maintaining patients records both electronically and manually, data extraction, reports.
* Synchronisation of laptops before and after use at outreach clinics.
* Report writing to other professionals regarding patients test results, outcomes and future care plans.
Teaching:
* Training and supervision of students to graduate entry level.
* Teaching and advising colleagues, trainees, students and other professional disciplines, aspects of Audiology within the organisation.
* Teaching and advising patients, parents and carers.
Research and development:
* Understand the needs and philosophies that underpin research – research ethics, evidence based healthcare.
* Support/participate in R & D programmes and department developments e.g. modernisation.
* Evaluation of equipment/ devices for their suitability for use within the service.
* Development of new techniques together with the Head of Service i.e Supporting junior staff in research methods and technologies.
Other:
* Be responsible for the health and safety aspects of the department including completion of risk/COSSH assessments in line with national guidelines/Trust requirements
* Be responsible for managing and reporting equipment faults/repairs
* To contribute to IQIPS accreditation process through the writing of policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures for the Audiology Service
Any other duties as identified by the Head of Department.