# Audiologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Audiologist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro-rata if part-time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T09:51:36.312Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Audiology/Audiology-v8181811
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8181811?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Band 5 Audiologist

The Audiology team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) are looking for an enthusiastic audiologist to join their friendly department. As a band 5 Audiologist you will be expected to have previous clinical experience of working independently in adult audiology clinics, although this may include university clinical placements.

You will be part of a team who are supportive and keen to share learning. Development into wider clinical areas is encouraged and supported. There is a proven track record of creating opportunity for wider training, support on recognised professional programmes and academic study.

You will have a degree (or equivalent) in Audiology and have obtained, or be working towards, professional state registration.

### Main duties of the job

Clinical Role

- You will have experience in providing adult diagnostic hearing assessment and adult rehabilitation work.
- You will have prior experience of independently providing ENT support and hearing aid repair and maintenance for service users.
- Wider experience will be considered, for example, previous work in paediatrics
- The service is based in Reading, and delivered across a number of Berkshire and South Oxfordshire locations. The clinician will be part of the team working across these sites to support the local community.

Additional Responsibilities

- Motivation to develop and diversify your clinical skills in order to manage a complex caseloads and potentially support other clinics within the department (i.e. paediatrics, tinnitus).
- There will be opportunities to push service quality and the technical knowledge forward.
- The role will involve training and supervision of internal and external students.
- You will have scope to be involved in audit, service evaluation and improve projects to help maintain IQIPS accreditation, which the service has held since 2014.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in adult audiology, including assessment, hearing aid fitting and aftercare (including accurate testing and verification of hearing aids through probe mic and / or coupler measurements
- Ability to communicate complex information including relevant technical and / or condition related information to provide patients with a better understanding and allow them to make an informed choice about their health care

**Desirable**

- Experience of utilising some wider adult rehabilitation skills (e.g. some of the following: tinnitus management/speech testing/CROS fitting/BAHA fitting/non-routine hearing assessment clinics)

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc Hons in Audiology or Equivalent
- Practical competency qualification (e.g. CCC, PTP)

**Desirable**

- Registration, or evidence of working towards registration

### Other skills and competencies

**Essential**

- Competency in all areas of adult assessment and rehabilitation
- Diagnostic audiometric techniques and rehabilitation to BSA/ BAA standards
- IT literacy

**Desirable**

- Experience of development and implementation of clinical protocol and policy
- Evidence of involvement in audit

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 24.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10485190)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603)
- [relocation policy (pdf, 572.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1764)
- [person specification (pdf, 40.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10485191)
- [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970)
- [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640)

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