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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
About
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) provides the hospital services to South Warwickshire from four hospitals:
- Warwick Hospital
- Leamington Spa Hospital
- Stratford Hospital
- Ellen Badger Hospital
We also deliver out-of-hospital community services to the whole of Warwickshire and beyond serving a population of more than half a million from various clinics. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
What is a Foundation Trust?
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 March 2010. A foundation trust status gives us greater freedom to manage our own affairs, and makes us more directly accountable to local people through our Members, who are drawn from the local population and staff.
We are managed by a Board of Directors and the Trust is overseen by our Council of Governors. Find out more about our organisational structure and meetings and papers.
We continue to be part of the NHS and treat patients in accordance with core NHS principles – healthcare that is provided according to clinical need, not ability to pay, that it is free at the point of delivery, and that it meets the needs of everyone.
Our Members actively influence the progress of the Trust and help us to be genuinely patient-centred in every aspect. Find out about becoming a Member.
Advanced Diagnostic Paediatric Audiologist
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Woodloes School
- Town
- Warwick
- Postcode
- CV34 5DF
- Major / Minor Region
- Warwickshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7 (Pending job matching))
Specialty
- Main area
- Audiology
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
Provide comprehensive paediatric hearing assessments for children including complex cases, working at a senior and autonomous level
Undertake a range of diagnostic Audiological tests, including advanced and specialised testing (behavioural and electro-physical testing of hearing).
Must be able to undertake Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing independently on babies referred by the newborn hearing screening team
The postholder must have a BSc/MSc in Audiology (or equivalent) and will also be RCCP/HCPC/ACHS registered. There must be evidence of recent and relevant CPD in Paediatric Audiology. The postholder will be expected to have at least 2 years of experience in Paediatric Audiology, including recent electrophysiological testing experience. They should be able to demonstrate highly specialised knowledge of paediatric audiology
acquired through a combination of in depth experience and post-graduate/post-registration training
Please note that this vacancy is subject to job matching.
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To participate in the provision of a comprehensive paediatric Audiology service including complex cases and communicate this to parents / carers and patients.
To contribute to departmental development to maintain and improve services to patients and their carers
To autonomously undertake specialist and advanced activities, including Children with special or complex needs
To participate in departmental and trust audit for purposes of monitoring and improvement programmes
To promote the principles of a ‘family – friendly’ service by ensuring that parents and carers are given clear and accurate information in an appropriate format.
To maintain effective methods of communication to ensure that outcomes are delivered correctly to parents, primary care teams, and other health professionals
To ensure that testing follows National Guidelines, policies and best practise within the resources available.
To participate in the audiological assessment, diagnosis and management of children
Carry out routine maintenance and calibration checks on Audiological equipment, reporting faults and arranging for repair when necessary
Update national eSP/Smart 4 Hearing database (as required) with results of hearing tests following referral from neonatal hearing screening team and maintain close communication links with Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
To maintain professional registration.
Contribute to professional and departmental meetings providing clinical expertise where appropriate
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
To participate in the provision of a comprehensive paediatric Audiology service including complex cases and communicate this to parents / carers and patients.
To select and perform audiological investigations to assess the child’s hearing function, determining the nature and extent of the hearing disorder/disability. This will incorporate thorough history taking, otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, VRA, performance audiometry, tympanometry and speech testing
To carry out diagnostic electrophysiological testing in babies referred by the newborn hearing screening team. For example, performing tone-burst/Chirps, click, bone conduction and cochlea microphonic electrophysiological ABR, ASSR and OAEs testing
Provide counselling to patients and parents/carers regarding the nature and extent of any hearing loss, and the options on how this could be managed. Manage distressed or angry patients, parents / carers sensitively, especially when disclosing test results and management options
Provide audiological management to patients with significant co-morbidities, including mental health problems and learning difficulties
To contribute to departmental development to maintain and improve services to patients and their carers
To autonomously undertake specialist and advanced activities, including Children with special or complex needs
To participate in departmental and trust audit for purposes of monitoring and improvement programmes
To promote the principles of a ‘family – friendly’ service by ensuring that parents and carers are given clear and accurate information in an appropriate format.
To maintain effective methods of communication to ensure that outcomes are delivered correctly to parents, primary care teams, and other health professionals
To ensure that testing follows National Guidelines, policies and best practise within the resources available.
To participate in the audiological assessment, diagnosis and management of
children
Carry out routine maintenance and calibration checks on Audiological equipment, reporting faults and arranging for repair when necessary.
Update national eSP/Smart 4 Hearing database (as required) with results of
hearing tests following referral from neonatal hearing screening team and maintain close communication links with Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
To maintain professional registration.
Contribute to professional and departmental meetings providing clinical expertise where appropriate
To maintain own professional development
Knowledge:
Advanced knowledge of methods of assessment for neonates
Advanced knowledge of methods of assessment for pre-school and school age children.
Advanced knowledge of assessment for all children of all abilities.
Advanced knowledge of appropriate interventions of children assessed.
Communication
To liaise with relevant health professionals and other agencies and promote good outcomes for children identified with PCHI 1
Able to discuss sensitive health issues with children, young people and their family members, using negotiation and reassurance skills where required.
Able to work in a team of peers offering support and advice within own are
Able to identify and report concerns to senior staff
To make verbal and written reports, referrals and records as required, ensuring these are kept up-to-date
To encourage an open communication with children, young people and their families and friends, helping them to become actively involved in decision making within all elements of the service.
To be empathic to children, young people and their family’s needs.
To ensure the necessary liaison, communication and follow up arrangements following assessment.
To work closely with the audiologists, tertiary services, associate specialist in child health, peripatetic teachers of the hearing impaired, ENT Services, speech and language therapists and all other appropriate professionals.
To work as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team
To keep and maintain accurate and contemporaneous clearly legible clinical
records to ensure confidentiality of the records and provide reports as necessary.
To maintain records using computerised information systems as required
To provide information about audiological services to health professionals and the general public.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don’t want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).
Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.
We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it’s a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.
The Trust is part of a ‘Foundation Group’ through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc Audiology or completion of relevant modules
- BA in Audiological Science (BAAT)
- Eligible for registration with the ACS3
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Registration with the ACS3
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Leadership or Management Course
- HTTS
- HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist
Experience
Essential criteria
- 5 years post qualification experience
- Ability to undertake ABR testing independently
- Excellent clinical skills
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise workload and adapt to interruptions
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively with the hearing impaired, their families and care-givers
- Substantial experience of working in community or acute health care setting
- Experience of working within multiagency settings
- Experience writing reports
- Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable criteria
- Staff and team management skills
- Training in breaking bad news
- Experience of working within clinical governance setting
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation
- Working knowledge of Quality Assurance Frameworks
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to undertake ABR testing independently
- Presentation skills - Able to communicate to all levels of staff in a confident manner
- Excellent oral and written skills
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence based practices
- Demonstrates understanding of effective resource management
- Demonstrates an excellent understanding of Paediatric Audiology
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical governance and risk
- Ability to prioritise work and manage deadlines
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates the ability to motivate, train and develop staff
- Awareness of own limitations
- Reliable
- Proactive
- Good organisational and personal effectiveness skills
- Able to work under pressure
- Personal and professional credibility
- Able to communicate to all levels of staff in a diplomatic / confident manner
- Diplomatic and assertive with clinical / administrative problem solving
- Able to manage own time effectively
- Able to manage and resolve conflict
- Effective planning & organisational skills
- Flexible, positive approach to work
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Brindley
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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