Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Senior Audiologist/Clinical Scientist
The closing date is 28 May 2026
NHS Band 6 Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum
Hours per Week: full time 37.5
Contract: Permanent
We are currently recruiting into our fantastic Trust. Here at Portsmouth University Hospital NHS Trust Audiology department, we are proud to introduce ourselves and share with you that we are looking to recruit a Band 6 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to vacancy that has arisen within the department. As a welcoming friendly team, we are keen to show you around our department so that you can see for yourself the opportunities here.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Audiologist with general Audiology experience and experience of at least one specialist area of Audiology, for example Paediatric assessment, tinnitus rehabilitation or vestibular testing or rehab. The successful candidate will have AHCS/RCCP or HCPC registration (pre‑registered STP students will be considered). Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.
Job responsibilities
Ideally you will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and as a busy training department we are used to supporting staff to accomplish new skills. Opportunities are available to be involved with the supervision of students on the STP, HTS and Graduate Apprenticeship schemes. There are opportunities to be involved with service review and development.
The department provides a wide variety of Audiology services. We cover a large geographical area with clinics in Hampshire, western West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Applications for part‑time hours will be welcomed. If you are not local to us already, you may not know a lot about Portsmouth, we do have much to be proud of and it is all on our doorstop!
Person Specification
Qualifications
* STP, or M.Sc. in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology with appropriate clinical experience and sign off.
* Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by State Registration.
Experience
* Experience of managing all aspects of care involved in at least one area of advanced Audiology from Complex Adults, Paediatrics, Vestibular or Tinnitus services.
* Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation.
* Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
* Staff management and leadership.
* Service monitoring and development.
Skills and Knowledge
* Evidence of academic study relevant to the post.
* Relevant practical knowledge and experience. Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in patient facing Audiology clinical work.
* Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
* Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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