We are recruiting for a Senior Paediatric Audiologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are undergoing a transformational change with investment in facilities, equipment and staff so this is an exciting time to join this team. As a department we put an emphasis on the development of our staff and regularly send members of our team on external training courses.
This vacancy is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in more than just the core audiology work and training is available for staff to develop their interests in Adult Rehabilitation, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and Vestibular Assessment.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
The successful candidate will carry out the routine Tympanometry with, Acoustic Reflexes (Ipsi and Contra Lateral) and Reflex Decay for all age groups.
You will also write full and comprehensive vestibular reports for Doctors including a provisional diagnosis.
The post holder will be required to carry out Counselling for Hearing Aid users.
You will assist, supervise and train audiology staff, ensuring service needs are met and provide instructions/seminars in audiological techniques where necessary.
Applicants must hold a BSc in Audiology or equivalent qualifications. Experience within paediatric audiology is preferred. Applicants should also have, or be able to achieve AHCS registration, and membership of BAA while not essential is desirable.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We Run The Following Hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dawn Bramham MSc CS RHAD Job title: Consultant Clinical Scientist & Head Of Audiology Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07889131544
We welcome informal enquiries and visits. Please contact Dawn Bramham in the first instance.