Audiologist
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Moss Side Health Centre
- Address
- Monton Street
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M14 4GP
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (8.30-4.30pm)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Audiology
Job overview
Maternity leave cover, 12 months contract.
Do you have vision and passion for ensuring children's audiology is both the best quality and best service it can be? Are you looking for a new opportunity to make a difference to children's health in 2022? Then we have the job for you.
An exciting job opportunity has arisen to get involved in all aspects of paediatric audiology. The post will involve working with children of all ages from 6 months to 25 years of age to deliver a reliable and high quality hearing assessment and hearing aid fitting service. The role will also include assessment and fitting of children with complex needs.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated audiologist to complement our friendly, hardworking team, providing the full range of community paediatric audiology services across Manchester. You must have a BSc in Audiology, or equivalent qualifications. Experience of paediatric audiological testing is essential to be considered for the post. Additional support and training can also be provided to the right candidate.
We offer a comprehensive range of rehabilitation and diagnostic services for children including Auditory Processing Disorder, single-sided deafness, Tinnitus/Hyperacusis and Vestibular services.
The role will provide plenty of opportunities for the development of skills and knowledge. You must be registered with the RCCP/HCPC.
The community paediatric audiology service is based in central Manchester, but we have clinic sites across the city including Longsight, Brownley Green, Withington Community Hospital, Burnage, and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Travel to different clinics will be required and car ownership and a valid driver’s licence are essential.
You will be involved in carrying out diagnostic hearing assessments, including visual reinforcement audiometry, puretone audiometry, otoscopy and tympanometry on children and young people from 6 months to 18 years, or 25 years for those with SEN.
Programme and fit hearing aids. Take ear mould impressions
Undertake clinics in a variety of settings. Take part in maintaining stock levels.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Audiology/Healthcare Science or BAAT part 1&2 or equivalent
- Certificate of Audiology Compentence/diploma in Clinical Competence in Audiology or equivalent
- State Registered (HCPC or RCCP)
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- MSc in Audiology/Healthcare Science
- completed the Effective amplification in children course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification clinical experience within a paediatric audiology setting
- Good knowledge of paediatric audiology procedures and approaches
- Good experiance of programming, fitting and assessing benefit of digital hearing aids
- Good experience of undertaking clinics in a variety of settings
- Good knowledge of NHS and health services including safeguarding
- Maintain an up to date knowledge and skills base which reflects paediatric evidence based practice
- Understanding of need for confidentiality
- Understanding of clinical goverance and the importance of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Paediatric audiology experiance with infants and children under four or with additional needs.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skilled in a wide range of audiological tests preformed with children and young people
- Skilled in using recognised techniques necessary for hearing aid fitting including the taking of real ear measurements
- Ability to analyse complex data, facts and other evidence to identify problems and to propose and implement solutions
- Ability to use good judgement in a range of situations, including dealing appropriately with angry or distressed individuals
- Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
- Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
- Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to service development
- High level skills in record keeping and report writing in line with service and Truct policies
- High level computer and IT skills
- Hardworking and reliable
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervision of junior members of staff
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Car owner and willing to travel city wide for work purposes; may include occasional regional/national travel
- Ability to concentrate intensely for extended periods
- Flexible working to meet demands of role
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Lees
- Job title
- Head of Service (Job Share)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 232 4214
- Additional information
Zarina Naeem
Head of Service (Job Share)
Tel: 0161 232 4214
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