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We’re looking for an experienced, enthusiastic qualified Principal Teacher of the Deaf to provide specialised skills within the Hearing Implant multidisciplinary team. We are a regional specialist service caring for severely hearing impaired children and adults across the South West of England. The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical & managerial leadership for the WEHIP Teacher of the Deaf Team. Using their experience and knowledge of practices and procedures in working with deaf babies, children and adolescents, the post holder will manage the support provided to these patients, carers and educational settings in their assessment and care pre and post implantation.
The post holder will be based will be based at St Michaels Hospital, Bristol but as regional service support is delivered across the South West. The post is full time, working days Monday-Friday.
We are a small, very friendly and supportive team who are passionate about our quality of service
The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical & managerial leadership for the WEHIP Teacher of the Deaf Team.
1. To work in collaboration with the Head of Service, Principal Speech & Language Therapist and Clinical Psychologist.
2. To be professionally responsible for the provision of a high quality service that is appropriate and consistent for complex clinical caseloads and to ensure that relevant Quality Standards and National Specifications are achieved.
3. To lead and line manage the team of implant Teacher of the Deaf professionals, providing expert clinical supervision, training and development to ensure a high standard of up to date specialist knowledge and service delivery is maintained.
4. To co-ordinate Teacher of the Deaf staff activity, recruitment and outreach timetables to maintain appropriate levels of service both at St Michael’s Hospital and across the region.
5. To monitor team skillset and mentor, train and develop.
6. To liaise with professionals from local services across the South West including Teachers of the Deaf, Speech & Language Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, audiologists, administrative colleagues, GPs, HVs, ENT, Paediatricians, Early Years Practitioners and Social Services
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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.