Deputy Head of Audiology - Luton

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

• Line management responsibility for the Luton-based Audiology team.
• Responsible for the performance management of line reports.
• To monitor and manage sickness and well being issues.
• To monitor and manage disciplinary, performance and grievance matters, and Health and Safety (H&S) matters.
• To participate in the recruitment, selection and interviewing process for new staff

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MSc in Audiology or equivalent M level qualification

Desirable criteria

• Management & Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post qualification experience in Audiology
• Line manager experience, to include undertaking APDRs, formulating and supporting PDPs, one-to-one interviews, staff development and performance and sickness management

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good level of computer literacy
• Excellent communicator, both verbal and in writing

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Audiology Deputy HoS (Luton) Band 8b (PDF, 240.6KB)
• Audiology Deputy HoS Luton Spec Band 8b (PDF, 160.4KB)
• Functional Aspects (PDF, 176.4KB)
• Getting to the L&D (PDF, 8.5KB)
• Hospital site map (PDF, 232.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information (PDF, 4.9KB)
• Information for disabled applicants (PDF, 228.2KB)