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Senior Clinical Scientist

Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Reading
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 per annum
Closing date
29 Oct 2024
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Profession
Healthcare scientist, Clinical scientist
Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Senior Clinical Scientist

We are looking for an experienced Paediatric Audiologist to join our team. We are ideally looking for skills in specialist paediatrics (diagnostics and rehab including ABR), but the role has scope for flexibility with access to clinics across the service depending on skills, experience and interests. The service is committed to training and wider professional development set within a supportive and friendly team.

You will have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Audiology and hold professional state registration.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Role & Management Role
  • You will have a solid foundation of experience and can demonstrate specialist skills in Paediatrics.
  • You will be working independently in this area and have a solid under-pinning knowledge and experience.
  • As an integrated team seeing patients of all ages, there is scope to work across service pillars adding scope for variety and development in the role.
  • The service is proud to be IQIPS accredited since 2014 and, as part of the team, you will be part of pushing forward service quality and the technical knowledge of the department.
  • You will be part of a friendly team who are keen to share learning and are supportive in peer development. There is an active research programme and a proven track record of creating opportunity for wider training, research and academic study.
  • You will be part of the day-to-day operational decision-making to maintain effective clinics and a quality service.
  • You will be encouraged to take ownership of an area to oversee and develop.
  • You will be encouraged to develop novel ideas and implement change with a view to improving care, working practice and the reputation of the service.
  • There will be opportunity for line management and / or training supervision.
  • You will work with other members of the senior management team to ensure that quality is maintained across the services and that IQIPS accreditation is retained.


About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached.

For further information, please contact Rachel McCarthy, Head of Audiology, on 0118 322 7238.

Person Specification

Edcuation

Essential

  • MSc Audiology or equivalent experience
  • Practical competency qualification, eg BSc, CAC, HTS, STP


Desirable

  • Evidence of professional registration HPCP or RCCP - or due to obtain in the near future
  • Practical competency qualification


Experience

Essential

  • 3 years experience of working in an Audiology department
  • Experience of working with routine and complex patients
  • Experience of specialist paeds and / or balance


Desirable

  • Service improvement /development
  • Clinical audit and research
  • Experience of managing and developing a section of a service


Professional Skills

Essential

  • Diagnostic audiometric techniques and rehabilitation to BSA/ BAA standards
  • Skills in complex audiology
  • IT literacy


Desirable

  • Experience of service development
  • Experience of development and implementation of clinical protocol and policy
  • Experience of complex Paediatrics and / or balance


Other

Desirable

  • Full driving licence
  • BSL Sign language level 1 or higher


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Rd

Reading

RG1 5AN

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