Associate Audiologist

Job details

Salary
£23,949 – £26,282 a year
Job type
Full-time

Full Job Description

We are offering this Audiology Associate Healthcare Scientist position. This will be an opportunity to train and become a full Associate Audiologist with complete professional internal and external training and support, trainings with the potential opportunity to progress your education in Audiology to a level 4 & 6 Audiology Apprenticeship at a later date. The post holder will be expected to undertake and pass the required BSA Certificated Professional Audiology Training in Pure Tone Audiometry, Ear Impressions & Otoscopy. Hearing Aid Evaluation and Fitting with in-post training programme that will build upon their existing generic scientific knowledge and skills where the post holder will work closely with the training co-ordinator/officer and more senior members of staff, supervisors and mentors to follow the curriculum for the local Audiology Training Program. To work to locally and nationally agreed protocols. The training will provide experience in interventions with routine/non-complex hearing pathologies/disabilities for patients of all ages, but with a particular focus on developing skills in hearing testing, fitting of hearing aids and other elements of adult rehabilitation to become an Associate Audiologist.
  • To be responsible for their own progression through the training programme, to travel and attend courses for completing the learning outcomes as outlined in the Learning Guides, progressing through a mixture of work-based competence and experience in the Audiology department and undertaking the Certificate programs necessary to become an Associate Audiologist
  • To learn to and competently perform Otoscopy; Pure Tone Diagnostic Audiometry; Tympanometry with Screening Reflexes and Oto Acoustic Emissions, earmould impressions and hearing rehabilitation utilising hearing aid technologies to provide the best possible patient outcomes in accordance with local, national, BSA, BAA, NICE professional standards policies and procedures and carry these out to the required professional standards once training is completed
  • Analyse test results, identify hearing needs, define hearing aid prescriptions, and evaluate patient performance with the hearing aid system to determine on-going management and routinely decide which options will best meet clinical needs of patients. Given the profile and uncertainty of presenting clinical activity encountered, there will be a range of situations requiring evaluative analysis, technical fault finding and selection of the preferred clinical management options from those available
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people. Our vision is ‘great healthcare from great people’. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day. NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has produced COVID-19 vaccine communication materials. Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘supporting documents’.