We are looking for an enthusiastic audiologist with experience of quality assurance, IQIPS and service improvement to join our service.

Main duties of the job

The role involves leading the quality assurance activities within our Adult service, being joint lead of our Quality team along with the Paediatric Quality lead, taking part in our UKAS IQIPS assessments and supporting other members of the team to develop quality assurance skills. Clinical duties will depend on the experience of the successful candidate with opportunities across all parts of the service.

Our Audiology department is mainly based in the city centre in Ropewalk House, with a base at the Queen's Medical campus too. It is a large, diverse department with a strong commitment to training and development for all.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Audiology in Nottingham runs a department-wide quality management system to support its IQIPS accreditation. The successful candidate will take a leading role in the ongoing management of our audit, quality monitoring and service improvement. As an Advanced Audiologist there will also be line management responsibilities and an expectation of working clinically at a high level.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Audiology or equivalent
• Registered with appropriate regulatory body
• Evidence of working in one or more specialist areas of audiology

Desirable

• MSc in Audiology or equivalent M level credits
• Training qualification
• STP or HTS specialist modules
• Leadership qualification
• STP Train the Trainer certificate
• Good Clinical Practice certificate

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of clinical work across all specialties
• Experience of working with complex adult clinical case loads
• Experience of leading service development and audit

Desirable

• Experience of line management
• Experience of developing and implementing research proposals
• Evidence of delivering presentations

Communication

Essential

• Experience of delivering sensitive information to patients
• Evidence of experience in teaching and giving feedback

Desirable

• Practical leadership experience

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Ropewalk House

113 The Ropewalk

Nottingham

NG1 5DU

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

164-6503249