Senior Specialist Audiologist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 18 DEC 2023

For the job main responsibilities, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Audiologist to apply for a 12 months Secondment band 6 Senior Specialist Audiologist role.

We are an IQIPS accredited department and strive to deliver a high quality service. We are seeking enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to perform and continue to develop the excellent standards of Audiology care .

You need to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to actively support the service in delivering a high-quality patient's care.

You must have experience in the management of complex and non-routine case load in the specialist areas of paediatric audiology. This includes working with patients and families, and working with a multidisciplinary team.

This role involves highly specialist patient care. All such care will be provided in an effective, caring and compassionate service to patients. The post holder is required to abide by the NHS values and the Constitution.

• Perform diagnostic hearing assessment on children from 6 months up to 25 years of age and analyse the results (in line with national and local protocols), including:

• • • Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA)
    • Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
    • Performance testing
    • Speech testing
    • Otoscopy
    • Tests of middle ear function using tympanometry
    • Otoacoustic Emissions

• Identify when further investigations are necessary, and make appropriate referrals in a timely manner.
• Adapt techniques to suit the individual patient's need.
• Work as an independent practitioner without supervision providing clinical services directly to patients.
• Create individual rehabilitation plans for each patient whilst maintaining a flexible approach and responsive attitude to patient need.
• Establish a good rapport and work with patients of all ages, including gaining their co-operation in clinics and self-management at home.
• Verify and validate hearing aid prescriptions for our paediatric patients using real ear and coupler measurements.
• Provide training both in-house and to external groups when required.
• Supervise junior staff when required.
• Actively participate in Audit and quality assessment tools.