Audiology Quality and Compliance Manager

Job overview

Audiology Quality and Compliance Manager Audiology Service Band 5 £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Hours: 19 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

This position offers the rare opportunity to work with an audiology team aspiring to achieve IQIPS accreditation.

Our team comprises 12 clinical staff - Audiology Apprentice, Associate Audiologist, Audiologists, STP Trainees, HTS Trainees & Clinical Scientists - and 3 Audiology secretaries.

Our consistently high Friends and Family Scores reflect our commitment to provide a high quality, person centred, comprehensive adult and paediatric service. We have regular staff meetings, Health and Safety Meetings and Clinical Governance meetings which facilitate continuous service improvement and development.

We work closely with the ENT staff, Paediatricians, the Newborn Hearing Screening Team in the hospital and with our colleagues in Community Paediatrics, Health Visiting, School Nursing, Speech and Language Therapy and Education to facilitate seamless care for our children. Our services include direct referral, tinnitus and hyperacusis clinics and a learning disability service.

We seek an enthusiastic staff member who has auditing and service review experience who thrives in a motivated team, but also enjoys working on their own initiative.

Interview date 04 December 2026

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

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The Audiology Quality Lead will work at Milton Keynes Hospital, providing management and project support to coordinate the requirements of the IQIPS scheme (Improving Quality in Physiological Services). This is an accreditation programme designed to support healthcare organisations ensure patients receive consistently high-quality care. It is managed and delivered by the United Kingdom Accreditation Scheme (UKAS).

The post will provide a range of project and administrative support to ensure the service attains and retains accreditation. The post holder will keep up to date with UKAS requirements, collect, collate and submit quality and audit data, support progression through the accreditation process and facilitate change within the audiology service, based on UKAS response

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital

The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division are looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.

MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.

As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.

With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.

Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.

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IQIPS Accreditation

To coordinate compliance with IQIP standards within appropriate and / or specified timeframes.

To provide expert knowledge of IQIP requirements.

To collate required performance and quality information in a timely manner

Other Responsibilities

• To support the Audiology Admin Lead to produce and clean weekly and monthly DM01 reports. To notify Audiology leads of waiting time breaches and data trends.
• To ensure robust processes are in place within the Audiology department in all aspects of monitoring audiology data collection. Develop appropriate action plan in conjunction with Service Manager and Head of Audiology to rectify issues, including proposing changes in processes/procedures.

Please refer to the attached job description for further information

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.