Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to patients and relatives
- Skills
Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters
- Skills
Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation
- Skills
Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers
- Skills
Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose and manage patients and their families.
- Skills
Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks
- Skills
Effective IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and Audiology software systems
- Knowledge & Experience
NHS Experience
- Knowledge & Experience
Worked as a qualified audiologist for at least 1 year post qualification
- Knowledge & Experience
Knowledge of working with a wide range of hearing aid software
- Knowledge & Experience
Routine and Complex Hearing aid work and verification
- Knowledge & Experience
Worked with younger children performing routine hearing tests
- Qualifications & Training
BSc (Hon) Audiology or BAAT Part 1 and 2
- Qualifications & Training
Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS)
- Qualifications & Training
Evidence of CPD
- Qualifications & Training
Membership of BAA, BSA
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Empathetic
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge & Experience
Familiarisation with Auditbase PMS
Job overview
Please note that this position is based within a clinical setting. Should your application be successful, you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.
We are looking for a motivated and qualified Audiologist to join our friendly team to help deliver a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures to adults and non-complex children.
Ideally we are looking for someone who has NHS experience and can work independently for all routine adult appointments including:
- Direct referral
- ENT clinical support
- Fittings
- Review
- Repairs
In addition, experience with children's diagnostic testing aged 4 and above would be favourable.
Although based at Kettering General Hospital we also have clinics at Irthingborough (Nene Park Hospital) and Corby that you will be asked to support, and therefore a UK driving license and access to a car are essential.
Main duties of the job
- Undertakes routine diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for non-complex adults, including Direct Referrals, Re-Assessments, Follow Up's, and Repairs - Clinical support will be provided for complex cases
- Provides expert clinical service for ENT support clinics
- Undertake routine testing for children aged 5-18
- Assist with non-clinical audit, service evaluations and maintenance of department protocols
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed description of the main responsibilities and duties of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Audiologist with Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Audiologist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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