Audiologist - 12 months - Fixed Term - Maternity Leave Cover
Accepting applications until: 10-Nov-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 10-Nov-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Address
- Oxford Rd
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M13 9WL
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Audiology
Job overview
Band 6 Audiologist Manchester Royal Infirmary - Part-time (30hours), 12 month fixed term maternity leave cover
We are looking for a dynamic audiologist/healthcare scientist to join our adult and paediatric audiology team at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The Audiology department is unique in providing all hearing services for adults and children under one management structure and within one hospital Trust. The department provides a number of specialist regional and supra-regional services including bone conduction hearing devices and cochlear implants. The service attracts complex cases from throughout the region and through our close working with ENT and other medical professions within the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. We have UKAS accreditation for adult and paediatric services.
Successful candidates should have a BSc / PTP or STP in Audiology or equivalent levels of training .
For informal enquiries please contact Danny Kearney, Adult Audiology lead, Audiology by email [email protected]
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The role predominantly includes a mixture of clinics within the adult rehabilitation and paediatric teams with the potential for some work within the tinnitus and/or BAHA and/or balance service depending on previous training and experience.
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
- PTP/BSc in Audiology or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC or RCCP
- Experienced independent clinician
Desirable criteria
- MSc /STP in Audiology or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Management of routine hearing losses
- Management of complex hearing losses
- Paediatric assessment knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Balance assessment and rehabilitation in adults and older children
- Knowledge of tinnitus management
- Knowledge of Bone Conduction hearing devices
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of routine and complex hearing assessment and rehabilitation
- Experience of counselling and rehabilitation of tinnitus
- Knowledge and understanding of professional policies and procedures
- Paediatric assessment experience
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience of working in an NHS setting (or equivalent)
- Experience with training and developing junior staff
- Experience in Balance Assessment
- Experience in Bone Conduction Device assessment / fitting
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Danny Kearney
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Adult Audiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 701 1745
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