Key requirements for this position include registration as a Clinical Scientist, post-qualification experience, and a dedication to enhancing service quality. The Trust emphasises a supportive and inclusive environment, welcoming applications from all community sections and providing reasonable adjustments as needed. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply promptly due to the possibility of an early closure based on application volume.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.
We are recruiting for a Band 8a Adult Clinical Lead to join our team of healthcare scientists. The position is full time (and will be based in Windsor though we work from several sites across east Berkshire including in Maidenhead and Slough. The successful candidate will have a varied workload seeing complex adult, vestibular and tinnitus patients, for diagnostic assessment and rehabilitation. We are a non-AQP provider, so only assess and treat patients with complex hearing needs.
You are IT literate and competent using Auditbase and DATIX to input data and produce reports analysing issues and developing action plans for service improvement. You have experience of implementing quality improvement initiatives in the workplace.
You will communicate calmly, effectively and reassuringly with service users and will make them feel heard and understood. You will have your own caseload of patients, and will be involved in training students.
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Hearing assessment and management of complex adult patients including those with learning disabilities
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Vestibular assessment and rehabilitation
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Tinnitus service oversight
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Line management of other audiologists within the team
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Leading in quality improvement and service development work
About us
The must haves for this role:
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Registered (or ready to register) as a Clinical Scientist
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Post-qualification experience of working with complex adult patients
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Experience supervising students and line management
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Dedicated to quality improvement and service development
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Excellent communication skills
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible
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