Location
Salary
£34,521 - £41,956 Per annum inclusive of HCAs
Profession
Health science services
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
27 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
20 Jun 2025

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic audiologist looking for a change and wanting to develop your skills in paediatric audiology

We have an exciting opportunity for a well-motivated Audiologist to join our friendly team, working at St Ann’s hospital in Haringey and the Northern Health Centre in Islington.

You’ll be part of a supportive team of audiologists, AVMs and admin staff, all committed to delivering high-quality, child-focused care.

We are looking for someone with at least 1 year of audiology experience. If you currently work in adult audiology, we offer full paediatric training and support. AHCS registration (or working towards it) is essential.

You will be responsible for leading on assessments of children 6 months+, including supporting Consultant-led Paediatric clinics.

We are also the tertiary centre for the Newborn hearing screening program for babies referred from Haringey and Enfield, and work closely with the Sensory Support service.

This is an excellent opportunity to grow your paediatric skills with further training and CPD actively supported. Career progression is available for the right candidate.

If you’re passionate about working with children in a friendly, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held on the 13/08/25

If you would like to discuss this post in any further detail, please contact Amee Patel, [email protected]

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for leading on assessments of children 6 months+, including supporting Consultant-led Paediatric clinics.

Appropriate training and support will be provided to help the postholder progress towards becoming competent in a Band 6 role.

This position will be based at St Ann's Hospital with regular clinics at the Northern Health Centre, the postholder will be required to rotate to other sites within the ICO as needed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.      Clinical and Scientific.

  • Performing routine Audiological test battery as part of doctor-led clinics on  children. This will include Pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, play audiometry, acoustic reflexes, Oto-acoustic emissions and speech testing
  • To support senior audiologists on medical clinics in assessing children with complex needs.
  • To undertake and lead on the assessment of older children referred from a variety of sources, e.g. GPs, Health visitors, speech and language, Ears, Nose Throat (ENT) into scientist-led clinics.
  • To make decisions about the most appropriate test technique to employ e.g., play audiometry, pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, Oto-acoustic emissions, acoustic reflexes, speech testing.
  • To make management decisions regarding older children and initiate onwards referrals as necessary. To seek advice from senior colleagues when required.
  • Interpretation of complex test results and communicating complex information about tests and results to parents, families, and patients. To request support from senior colleagues when required.
  • To be accountable for the day-to-day management of pertinent work areas, ensuring that equipment is maintained correctly and daily checks/calibration are carried out, reporting any faults as appropriate to the relevant member of the team.
  • Acts independently within professional guidelines.
  • To liaise with Medical, Technical and Scientific staff in the identification, development and implementation of new clinical tests and procedures.
  • To assist, analyse and interpret a broad spectrum of paediatric test results and recommend appropriate audiological intervention.
  • Determining the reason for erroneous clinical test results within paediatrics
  • Continuous interaction with children and their parents.
  • To alert relevant member of the team regarding low stock.

Band 5 Clinical and Scientific duties

  • Assist in the assessment of infants and children referred from various sources, such as GPs, health visitors, speech and language therapists, and ENT, as part of scientist-led clinics.
  • To assist on decisions about the most appropriate test technique to employ e.g. VRA, Distraction testing, play audiometry, pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, Oto-acoustic emissions, acoustic reflexes, speech testing, McCormick toy test.
  • Demonstrate empathy and support in delivering news of permanent hearing loss to families. Collaborate with senior audiologists, families and educational services to develop individual management plans, ensuring clear and compassionate communication.
  • To ensure that all appropriate verbal/written information is provided to families at every stage, and to ensure that reports/information is provided to other relevant health professionals involved in the child’s care.

2.      Research and Development.

  • To participate in research projects as required.
  • To maintain up to date knowledge of scientific, technical and clinical practices to keep abreast of professional change and development in the fields of Audiology
  • Participation in Family Friendly Paediatric Service Provision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

3.      Administrative tasks.

  • To provide timely and accurate reports for Paediatric assessments.
  • To ensure that patients records are comprehensive and kept up to date on the computerised management system following each consultation.
  • To ensure that data is entered onto ESP (the national NHSP database) for relevant children.
  • To occasionally book/cancel/change appointments for patients, after appropriate training, as directed by line manage/professional lead. To include arranging interpreters, and transport as required.
  • To receive and follow up queries by telephone, and to pass on any queries to relevant staff members.
  • To conduct database activity for research/audit purposes

4 Other

  • To maintain confidentiality at all times.
  • To ensure that all relevant leaflets, proformas, results sheets etc, are available in all rooms for clinics.
  • To lead on an area within Paediatric Audiology-as directed by line manager/ Paediatric Lead
  • To be responsible for the overall cleanliness and tidiness of the Department at St Ann’s Hospital and The Northern health centre, and working with the rest of the clinical team to ensure that infection control procedures are followed.
  • To contribute to departmental and team meetings, and to provide data for meetings as requested by line manager service lead.