# Senior Audiologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-audiologist/90bff397-7f7c-4f83-bca3-4117e8ed3be4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-audiologist/90bff397-7f7c-4f83-bca3-4117e8ed3be4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £40,559 - £48,841 per annum - **Contract type:** 3 years (Fixed Term to meet needs of service) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (With block release to study at University of Manchester) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T10:43:32.820Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Audiology/Audiology-v7957972 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7957972?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview This post is a fixed term/secondment for 3 years, from September 2026 to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. To provide a range of Adult and Paediatric Audiological services within Audiology at University Hospital of Wales, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales and across Community sites in Cardiff and the Vale. Responsible for delivering safe and effective Audiology services, ensuring that clinical performance is in line with or exceeding best practice. ### Main duties of the job This will include contribution to service development activity, audit, research and delivery of in-house continuing professional development activity and inter-agency work. To provide support and guidance, to more junior colleagues and trainees in performance of their clinical duties. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details This post is a fixed term/secondment for 3 years, from September 2026 to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. To provide a range of Adult and Paediatric Audiological services within Audiology at University Hospital of Wales, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales and across Community sites in Cardiff and the Vale. Responsible for delivering safe and effective Audiology services, ensuring that clinical performance is in line with or exceeding best practice. ## Job Description This will include contribution to service development activity, audit, research and delivery of in-house continuing professional development activity and inter-agency work. To provide support and guidance, to more junior colleagues and trainees in performance of their clinical duties. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel to different sites within Cardiff & Vale University Health Board - Registered with RCCP (Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists) as an Audiologist or Registered/working towards registration with HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) as Clinical Scientist (Audiology) ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate clinical information at an appropriate level - Excellent communication skills - Basic computer skills - Service development and Research skills - Teamwork skills - Behavioural testing in children - Fitting of hearing aids to adults & children - Competent use of databases & spreadsheets **Desirable** - Ability to fault-find audiological equipment - More advanced IT skills ### Experience **Essential** - Recent experience of assessment of communication needs including hearing status - Experience in the full range of hearing assessments and the fitting of hearing aids to both adults and children **Desirable** - Experience working autonomously in a community setting - Team Leadership - Implementing Change ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc/PTP or PTP equivalence or PGDip or equivalent in Audiology from an accredited University **Desirable** - BSL ### Special Knowledge **Essential** - Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the ear and balance systems - Knowledge of the full range of NHS hearing aids - BSA Protocols - Knowledge of Health Board policies & procedures - Understanding the legal responsibilities of the profession - Extensive scientific knowledge of underlying complex conditions, relating to hearing loss in children and adults and to balance disorders in adults, to enable: Analysis and interpretation of test results in the context of the whole patient. Development of or contribution to the development of an appropriate individual management plan. **Desirable** - Knowledge of Audiology Quality Standards in Wales ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Excellent communicator - Self-motivated and enthusiastic - Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team - Ability to deal empathetically with patients and their families - Reliable - Critical Awareness ## Documents - [jdps english (docx, 41.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323923) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (docx, 30.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323922) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2852) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.