Working within a large and vibrant team of Audiologists, Clinical Scientists, Clinical Assistants and Administration staff. This post is responsible for leading, monitoring and developing the Vestibular Audiology service, including coordinating with Audiovestibular medicine (AVM) team. This involves undertaking vestibular assessment and rehabilitation with adult patients in Hampshire, working primarily at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, with opportunities to work at both acute and community based sites in the surrounding area. This role will involve seeing other patient groups which may include paediatric assessment and adult rehabilitation and assisting with the training and support of our STP trainees. The post holder will have responsibility for direct line management of staff.

Informal enquiries are welcome by contacting, Miriam Forster,Miriam.Forster@porthosp.nhs.uk

If this sounds a perfect role to you then we would love to hear from you, so please do not delay, apply today!

Main duties of the job

We are currently recruiting into our fantastic Audiology departmenthere at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust,

We are proud to introduce ourselves and share with you that we are looking to recruit a full-time permanent Band 7 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to lead our Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service. As a welcoming friendly team, we are keen to show you around our department so that you can see for yourself the opportunities here.

We are looking for an experienced Audiologist to lead our vestibular testing and rehabilitation service, and line manage a team of Audiologists involved in this service. The successful candidate will be able to fully utilise their experience in other areas of Audiology such as adult assessment and rehabilitation, or paediatric assessment and must be eligible for AHCS (RCCP) or HCPC registration. Opportunities are available in many areas of Audiology including complex adults, tinnitus management and paediatrics. Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the main Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are currently recruiting into our fantastic Audiology departmenthere at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust,

We are proud to introduce ourselves and share with you that we are looking to recruit a full-time permanent Band 7 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to lead our Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service. As a welcoming friendly team, we are keen to show you around our department so that you can see for yourself the opportunities here.

We are looking for an experienced Audiologist to lead our vestibular testing and rehabilitation service, and line manage a team of Audiologists involved in this service. The successful candidate will be able to fully utilise their experience in other areas of Audiology such as adult assessment and rehabilitation, or paediatric assessment and must be eligible for AHCS (RCCP) or HCPC registration. Opportunities are available in many areas of Audiology including complex adults, tinnitus management and paediatrics. Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.

Ideally you will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and assist more junior members of the team we are also a busy training department so this role will involve supervision of students on the STP. There are opportunities to be involved with service review and development.

The department provides a wide variety of Audiology services. We cover a large geographical area with clinics in Hampshire, western West Sussex and the Isle of Wight. Applications for part-time hours or flexible working will be welcomed. If you are not local to us already, you may not know a lot about Portsmouth, we do have much to be proud of and it is all on our doorstop! Learn more about the city of Portsmouth by clicking on this link:https://youtu.be/x3y4byWrgr4

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• STP or MSc in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology.

Desirable

• Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by or working towards State Registration.

Experience

Essential

• Vestibular testing with adults.
• Vestibular rehabilitation.
• Adult hearing assessment and management.

Desirable

• Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
• Staff management and leadership
• Service monitoring and development
• Training and supporting junior staff including trainees on registered courses.

Additional criteria

Essential

• Relevant practical knowledge and experience. Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in adult working.
• Experience of Vestibular testing including VNG, Vemps and vHIT.
• Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation including the fitting and verification of hearing aids.

Desirable

• Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports.
• Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
• Ability to have oversite of equipment, resources and monitoring of staff completing vestibular testing.

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Hampshire

Portsmouth

PO63LY

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