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About
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Clinical Lead Paediatric Audiology and NHSP
Accepting applications until: 25-Feb-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 25-Feb-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Liverpool Road Health Centre Luton OR Child Development Centre Bedford
- Address
- 9, Mersey Place, Liverpool Road, Luton,
- Town
- Luton
- Postcode
- LU1 1HH
- Major / Minor Region
- Cambridgeshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, pro-rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Audiology
- Interview date
- 13/03/2026
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Please note, the selection processes at Cambridgeshire Community Services are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored, we remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Job overview
Cambridgeshire Community Services have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead to join our community-based Paediatric Audiology team.
We are looking for an ambitious individual with significant expertise in paediatric audiology who wants to work as part of our small, dedicated and widely-skilled team.
Clinical Leadership and management skills will be essential as you will be leading this department with a focus on maintaining clinical excellence.
You will gain significant experience working as a key member of the wider system with regular interactions with NHSE and the ICB. You will be a local driver, supporting momentum and implementation of IQIPS accreditation for the department and wider system. This includes the opportunity to redesign local pathways with our acute and tertiary Trusts.
There is an excellent training opportunity for clinical scientific leadership development including access to the Trust’s highly successful Chrysalis Leadership Development programme and the national HTS competency log book in Audiology.
As the Clinical Lead, you will be supporting continuous improvement through clinical supervision, peer review and clinical audit programmes to shape the way in which we develop as a department and across the Trust.
You will be able to maintain clinical expertise through highly specialist clinics.
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The Clinical Lead for Paediatric Audiology plays a vital role in maintaining and developing safe audiological services for babies, Children and Young People within Cambridge City, South and East Cambridgeshire.
The Clinical Lead acts as an experienced, specialist professional, responsible for delivering effective clinical supervision, leadership and service development.
The post holder will be working alongside national and regional networks, developing good working relationships across the system and partner services to achieve best practice.
The Clinical Lead will autonomously run and maintain their own clinical workload, including audiology diagnostic clinics for infants, children and young people.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To clinically participate in a comprehensive community service focused on assessing infant and children's hearing and supporting those with a known hearing loss. This includes complex cases, requiring specialist skills and knowledge, working at a senior level.
To develop and manage the Community Paediatric Audiology Service, including line management responsibility for the team, clinical leadership, strategic planning and operational service delivery and performance.
To initiate and participate in audit and service development projects (complete IQIPS accreditations) contributing to policy development.
To act as an expert resource for both staff and children including those with special needs and complex requirements.
To oversee the Paediatric Audiology Service’s quality and governance program including planning, developing and implementing the service’s training and clinical supervision programs.
To collaborate with the Head of Service and Community Paediatric Clinical Lead to develop and extend the service’s present scope of practice.
Managerial and clinical responsibility for the Community Audiology Service including:
- Strategic planning as part of a wider system
- Operational service development and delivery
- Management of governance, risk, policy and quality issues
- To ensure all service systems are reviewed and modified to meet service need
- Delivering effective supervision, across the Trust and Trust sites where required
- Working in collaboration with Cambridge University Hospital Audiology services
Responsibility for the delivery of the paediatric diagnostic service. To autonomously undertake specialist, highly complex, and advanced activities, including infant hearing assessment including VRA.
To lead developments in clinical effectiveness, including the delivery of the paediatric community service, including formulation of clinical audit and individual care plans.
To undertake specialist and highly complex activities, including testing of children and infants with complex need using best-practice techniques.
To accurately interpret and report on routine, advanced, and specialist tests, assessments, and investigations to relevant professionals.
To participate in the provision of specialist Audiology training, competency assessment and support further learning of staff.
To participate in departmental and wider audit for purposes of monitoring, development and outcome evaluation.
To maintain Departmental records including use of Smart4Hearing and SystmOne (all-level administrative access).
To contribute to policy development, review and implementation including producing policy documents and operating procedures.
To investigate national and international paediatric audiology-related developments with a view to incorporating updates and best and evidenced based practice into local policy and/or practice.
To liaise with professionals from other disciplines and related organisations and work in close collaboration with Cambridgeshire Community paediatrics.
To represent the Community Audiology Service as required at meetings, forums, network groups, etc.
Maintain a personal record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the format required by the regulatory professional body.
To maintain an understanding of changes and new developments in audiological standards of practice.
To develop and implement effective Peer Review processes.
To prepare comprehensive reports including data analysis at a high standard. To support the Head of Service and Community Paediatric Clinical Lead in developing and acting upon departmental service development plans. Meeting deadlines and ensuring that challenges are worked through dynamically.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- MSc Audiological Science (or equivalent)
- Registration as a Clinical Scientist HCPC
- further accredited paediatric audiology modules
Desirable criteria
- HTTS Competency Logbook
- Leadership Course
- More than 5 years post qualification experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- working autonomously
- Experience in training and clinical supervision of staff
- Ability to assimilate and convey highly complex information.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of staff and team management
- Exellent report writing skills
- Service Development skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Specialised Paediatric Audiological assessment skills including VRA, Play audiometry and assessing children with complex needs.
- computer skills including reporting systems
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement
- breaking bad news
- experience of screening programmes
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Harriet Snowdon
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07554112670
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