Lead Community Paediatric Audiologist

Job overview

In this role, you will act as our Community Paediatric Audiology team's clinical touchstone, overseeing the school screening programme for Cumbria, and managing a diagnostic and surveillance caseload for infants,  children and young people. You will work alongside operational and clinical colleagues to shape, audit, and evolve our community-focused service to meet the highest national standards.

Hours are negotiable, and we would consider requests to work either full time or part time (minimum 22.5 hours) for the right applicant.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will deliver clinics across North Cumbria, providing Middle ear analysis, Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE), Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), Performance Audiometry testing and Pure Tone Audiometry.

The postholder will deliver clinical leadership and supervision to the team, and will work in collaboration to ensure that service delivery is safe, effective. caring and responsive.

The post holder will establish close links with NCIC colleagues in Paediatrics, ENT, Newborn Hearing Screening (NHSP) and speech therapy as well as professionals in primary care, 0-19 services and education.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL).  Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date