An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Audiologist to lead the adult service within the South Tees Audiology department. We are looking for a dynamic person with significant clinical experience in adult audiology, who can confidently lead a team of motivated staff to deliver expert care for our patients.

South Tees Audiology is a large service with over 60 staff who are proud to deliver a high quality, innovative and comprehensive NHS Audiology care. The main purpose-built department is located in The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and is co-located with the ENT service.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this role is to be a clinical expert and lead the service, keeping abreast of the current literature and evidence base to ensure a high quality streamlined service is provided and maintained. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service to include line management of staff.

The post holder will also work in a team of senior clinical staff and together with the Senior General Manager will ensure senior management support is provided across all areas of Audiology.

This role involves highly specialist patient care. All such care will be provided in an effective, caring and compassionate service to patients. The post holder is required to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution.

About us

The Trust is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in England. Working in the North East offers an excellent quality of life. This area boasts great transport links with easy access to a beautiful coastline/countryside and a great range of local amenities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MSc Audiology or equivalent
• BSc in Audiology or equivalent
• Registered as one of the following (or eligible for registration): HCPC as a Clinical Scientist / RCCP as a Clinical Physiologist / AHCS as a Healthcare Scientist

Desirable

• British sign language Level 1 or equivalent
• BAA Higher Training Scheme Certificate of Clinical Competence in 3 or more areas to include sub-section area, or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Significant and recent experience in the assessment of non-routine adult rehabilitation and diagnostic cases
• Experience of staff line management
• Experience of successful management of an element of an NHS Audiology service

Desirable

• Significant experience of working in an NHS setting (or equivalent)
• Experience in objective testing e.g. ABR, OAEs, Corticals

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills to enable building good rapports with colleagues and patients

Desirable

• proven conflict management skills

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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