Lead Paediatric Audiologist

Job overview

We are seeking a Band 7 Lead Paediatric Audiologist to join the Audiology team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust,  providing a range and adult and children's services, in modern and well equipped facilities.

Applicants must be qualified Audiologists with BSc in Audiology (or equivalent Audiology qualification) and should meet the requirement for registration, and have training/work experience in an NHS audiology service.

Good communication skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

Diagnostic Audiological Assessment –

To lead the Paediatric part of the Audiology Service across the whole of NWAFT (based across the two main sites of Peterborough City Hospital & Hinchingbrooke Hospital) for children and young people.

• To lead two tester children’s hearing assessment clinics.
• To select and perform audiological investigations to assess the child’s hearing function, determining the nature and extent of the hearing disorder/disability. This will incorporate thorough history taking, otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, VRA, performance audiometry, tympanometry and speech testing.
• Provide counselling to patients and parents/carers regarding the nature and extent of any hearing loss, and the options on how this could be managed.
• Manage distressed or angry patients, parents / carers sensitively, especially when disclosing test results and management options.
• Provide audiological management to patients with significant co-morbidities, including mental health problems and learning difficulties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role.