Senior Audiologist

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Experience

  Demonstrable experience in the relevant clinical area and evidence of clinical competency with a complex patient caseload.

• Experience

  Specialist knowledge of routine and non-routine diagnostic / therapeutic audiological assessment procedures, their interpretation and their implications for patient management

• Experience

  Experience in formulating comprehensive management plans based on case history information and diagnostic test results, where management decisions may or may not be straightforward

• Experience

  Experience of working with hearing impaired patients / parents / carers and associated professionals

• Experience

  Evidence of participation in clinical audit, research, and / or presentations at scientific meetings.

• Communication

  Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Communication

  Fluent English speaker

• Communication

  Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to staff, patients and relatives

• Communication

  Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters

• Communication

  Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation, including in stressful or conflict clinical and non-clinical situations

• Communication

  Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers

• Communication

  Managing daily communication and interaction with staff and colleagues

• Communication

  Good presentation skills at all levels including facilitating patient groups

• Communication

  Able to build rapport and credibility with team, senior clinical and managerial colleagues

• Communication

  Ability to deal regularly and appropriately with angry and frustrated individuals.

• General (all staff)

  Advanced signal processing hearing aids including fitting, verification and evaluation methods

• Skills and Abilities

  Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks

• Skills and Abilities

  Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose and manage patients and their families.

• Skills and Abilities

  Participation in research and development activities, including audit of clinical outcomes as required

• Skills and Abilities

  Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure from a busy and varied caseload, demonstrating good prioritisation and organisational skills

• Skills and Abilities

  Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

• Skills and Abilities

  Ability to monitor outcomes using clinical and non-clinical data

• Skills and Abilities

  Clinically specific skills and abilities:

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Bsc in Clinical Audiology/ Hearing Therapy or equivalent level of knowledge/ expertise in field. CAC or equivalent post graduate experience.

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP).

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Significant post-graduate experience in relevant clinical area

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Evidence of post graduate CPD

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Applied theoretical knowledge of the relevant assessment and therapeutic/rehabilitative procedures for the management of audiological or vestibular conditions in adults and/or children.

• Knowledge and Qualifications

  Knowledge of impact of co-morbidities such as global delay or neurological conditions in the management of adults and/or children.

• Personal and People Development

  Experience in leading staff using motivation and enthusiasm.

• Personal and People Development

  Experience in managing staff in a hierarchical structure

• Personal and People Development

  Experience in working within services in line with performance targets

• Personal and People Development

  Participating in service improvements and clinical audit or services/pathways

• Personal and People Development

  Experience in participating in appraisal process and setting personal objectives.

• Knowledge required for specific areas:

  Cochlear Implant: Theoretical knowledge of cochlear implants

• Knowledge required for specific areas:

  Suitability for and potential benefits of cochlear implants

• Knowledge required for specific areas:

  Theoretical knowledge of BAHA

• Knowledge required for specific areas:

  Suitability for and potential benefits of BAHA