# Advanced Audiologist / Advanced Clinical Scientist (Audiology) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-audiologist-advanced-clinical-scientist-audiology/6e8403d9-144a-4b87-ad6f-623298812a10 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-audiologist-advanced-clinical-scientist-audiology/6e8403d9-144a-4b87-ad6f-623298812a10.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Limited Funding) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (2 posts available: 1 x full-time and 1 x part-time (22.5 hours per week)) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T13:02:30.355Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Audiological_Science/Audiological_Science-v8019624 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8019624?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uclh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A fantastic opportunity has risen for an Advanced Audiologist to join the Adult Diagnostic service within the Audiology team at the RNENTED Hospitals. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract primarily covering Community ENT, Tele-otology services, and Adult Diagnostic clinics. As an Advanced Audiologist, you will be providing high-quality audiological care to adult patients with a wide range of complexities. You will be responsible for supporting your manager and ensuring that our service user’ needs are met through the delivery of high -quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will manage a highly specialist and complex adult audiology caseload, providing advanced assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation for patients with hearing, balance and tinnitus disorders. You will deliver evidence‑based care in line with national standards, ensuring excellent patient experience and outcomes. You will take an advanced role within the service, supporting clinical governance, protocol development, staff supervision and training. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across ENT, Audiovestibular Medicine and community services, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, education and research, while helping to ensure safe, effective and efficient service delivery across community sites. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Audiology and Hearing Therapy Services sit within the Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, a nationally recognised centre of excellence for ENT and audiovestibular medicine. Our services span adult and paediatric diagnostics, hearing rehabilitation, vestibular services and specialist clinics, supported by strong links with the UCL Ear Institute. We are proud to offer a collaborative, supportive environment that values innovation, learning and continuous improvement, while promoting equality, diversity and inclusion for our patients and staff. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? ## Job Details A fantastic opportunity has risen for an Advanced Audiologist to join the Adult Diagnostic service within the Audiology team at the RNENTED Hospitals. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract primarily covering Community ENT, Tele-otology services, and Adult Diagnostic clinics. As an Advanced Audiologist, you will be providing high-quality audiological care to adult patients with a wide range of complexities. You will be responsible for supporting your manager and ensuring that our service user’ needs are met through the delivery of high -quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. ## Job Description The post holder will manage a highly specialist and complex adult audiology caseload, providing advanced assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation for patients with hearing, balance and tinnitus disorders. You will deliver evidence‑based care in line with national standards, ensuring excellent patient experience and outcomes. You will take an advanced role within the service, supporting clinical governance, protocol development, staff supervision and training. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across ENT, Audiovestibular Medicine and community services, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, education and research, while helping to ensure safe, effective and efficient service delivery across community sites. ## Responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Audiology and Hearing Therapy Services sit within the Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, a nationally recognised centre of excellence for ENT and audiovestibular medicine. Our services span adult and paediatric diagnostics, hearing rehabilitation, vestibular services and specialist clinics, supported by strong links with the UCL Ear Institute. We are proud to offer a collaborative, supportive environment that values innovation, learning and continuous improvement, while promoting equality, diversity and inclusion for our patients and staff. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* * UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? ## Person Specification ### General **Essential** - ALL STAFF: Advanced signal processing hearing aids including fitting, verification, and evaluation methods. - Knowledge required for specific areas: DIAGNOSTICS: Theoretical knowledge of advanced electrophysiological and neurovestibular assessments in adults ### Experience **Essential** - - Demonstrable experience in the relevant clinical area and evidence of clinical competency with a complex patient caseload - - Specialist knowledge of routine and non-routine diagnostic/ therapeutic audiological assessment procedures, their interpretation, and their implications for patient management - - Experience in formulating comprehensive management plans based on case history information and diagnostic test results, where management decisions may or may not be straightforward. - - Experience of working with hearing impaired patients / parents / carers and associated professionals - - Evidence of participation in clinical audit, research, and / or presentations at scientific meetings **Desirable** - - Evidence of financial and stock management ### Communication **Essential** - - Excellent written and oral communication skills. - - Fluent English speaker. - - Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to staff, patients, and relatives. - - Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters. - - Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation, including in stressful or conflict clinical and non-clinical situations. - - Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related. information to patients and/or carers - - Managing daily communication and interaction with staff and colleagues - - Good presentation skills at all levels including facilitating patient groups. - - Able to build rapport and credibility with team, senior clinical and managerial colleagues - - Ability to deal regularly and appropriately with angry and frustrated individuals. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - - Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks. - - Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose, and manage patients and their families. - - Participation in research and development activities, including audit of clinical outcomes as required. - - Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload, demonstrating good prioritisation and organisational skills. - - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional group. - - Ability to monitor outcomes using clinical and non-clinical data. **Desirable** - - Evidence of teaching students and groups of staff - - Experience of working within the designated specialist area e.g., Paediatrics ### Knowledge and Qualifications **Essential** - - MSc in Clinical Audiology/Hearing Therapy or equivalent level of knowledge/expertise in field CAC or equivalent post graduate experience - - Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist/Hearing Therapist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP). - - Significant post- graduate experience in relevant clinical area - - Evidence of post graduate CPD - - Applied theoretical knowledge of the relevant assessment and therapeutic/rehabilitative procedures for the management of audiological or vestibular conditions in adults and/or children. - - Knowledge of impact of co- morbidities such as global delay or neurological conditions in the management of adults and/or children **Desirable** - - Membership of BAA, BSA - - Post graduate management/leadership training or experience as supervisor. ### Personal and People Development **Essential** - - Experience in leading staff using motivation and enthusiasm. - - Experience in managing staff in a hierarchical structure. - - Experience in working within services in line with performance targets. - - Participating in service improvements and clinical audit or services/pathways - - Experience in participating in appraisal process and setting personal objectives. ## Documents - [uclh values (pdf, 860.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2685) - [job description (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305981) - [functional requirements (pdf, 262.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305980) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.