Job overview
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 be a 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 age 6 months to 17 years old.
- 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.
- To carry out diagnostic electrophysiological testing in babies referred by the newborn hearing screening team. For example, performing tone-burst/Chirps, click, bone conduction and cochlea microphonic electrophysiological ABR, ASSR and OAEs 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.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the ear and balance systems
- Experience in paediatric hearing aid work including performing RECDs with hearing aid fittings and reviews
- Competent and experienced in performing paediatric audiology assessments including history taking, performing age appropriate hearing tests (audiometry, performance testing, VRA, tympanometry, ABR, and OAEs), ear examination, debriefing the parent/carer and agreeing an individual management plan
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in Audiological Science or equivalent OR MSc level of expertise in a specialist area of audiology with BSC in Audiology or equivalent qualification
- Registered as Clinical Scientist in Audiology (HCPC)
- STP, HTS in paediatrics, CAC, or equivalent experiential
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the ear and balance systems
- Competent and experienced in performing paediatric audiology assessments including history taking, performing age appropriate hearing tests (audiometry, performance testing, VRA, tympanometry, ABR, and OAEs), ear examination, debriefing the parent/carer and agreeing an individual management plan
Desirable
- Attendance of the NHSP sharing the news
- Attendance of the Newborn ABR course or ARU Paediatric Audiological Assessment (newborns)
- Experience of UKAS accreditation for IQIPS
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This advert is for Senior Paediatric Audiologist - Hinchingbrooke with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in Peterborough, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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