Senior Audiologist/Clinical Scientist

Company Description

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

NHS Band 6 Salary:  £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours per Week: full time 37.5

Contract:  Permanent

We are currently recruiting into our fantastic Trust.  Here at Portsmouth University Hospital NHS Trust Audiology department, we are proud to introduce ourselves and share with you that we are looking to recruit a Band 6 Audiologist or Clinical Scientist to vacancy that has arisen within the department. 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 Audiologist with general Audiology experience and experience of at least one specialist area of Audiology, for example Paediatric assessment, tinnitus rehabilitation or vestibular testing or rehab. The successful candidate will have AHCS/RCCP or HCPC registration (pre-registered STP students will be considered). Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills are essential.

Ideally you will be looking for a Trust that will enable you to grow and as a busy training department we are used to supporting staff to accomplish new skills. Opportunities are available to be involved with the supervision of students on the STP, HTS and Graduate Apprenticeship schemes. 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 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!

Portsmouth is a vibrant city and tourist destination on the south coast with convenient access to the South Downs National Park and the Isle of Wight and just 90 minutes from London Waterloo by train.  Whether your passion is the outdoors, with beaches, sailing, kite surfing, horse-riding and hiking on our doorstep, or culture, in the birthplace of Charles Dickens, with two theatres and a major concert venue in the city, Portsmouth has something for everyone.  If history is your hobby, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard offers a rich exploration of Britain’s naval history, but if retail therapy is more likely to float your boat, discount designer-label shopping at Gunwharf Quays attracts shoppers from far and wide.  If you like to travel and explore, Portsmouth ferries sail to the Channel Islands, France and Spain and cruise ships depart from nearby Southampton to the Mediterranean, Baltic, Carribean and Nordic seas.  Southampton airport is just 20 miles away, serving destinations across the British Isles and Europe.  Learn more about the city of Portsmouth by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/x3y4byWrgr4  

Informal enquiries are welcome by contacting, Miriam Forster, miriam.forster@nhs.net

For further details please refer to enclosed job description.

Qualifications

• STP, or M.Sc. in Clinical Audiological Science and Certificate of Audiological Competence, or BAAT or PTP or BSc in Audiology with appropriate clinical experience and sign off.
• Clinical skills and management to appropriate standard of independent practice as supported by State Registration.

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of academic study relevant to the post.
• Relevant practical knowledge and experience.  Patient handling, counselling and all necessary skills involved in patient facing Audiology clinical work.
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
• Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
   

Experience

• Experience of managing all aspects of care involved in at least one area of advanced Audiology from Complex Adults, Paediatrics, Vestibular or Tinnitus services.
• Experience of using all relevant diagnostic, rehabilitative and clinical instrumentation.
• Communication with multidisciplinary teams ensuring affective patient management.
• Staff management and leadership
• Service monitoring and development

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.