Senior Audiologist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this listing - be sure to check them out for a complete breakdown of responsibilities and requirements. Here's a snapshot of what your role will include:

• ENT Outpatient Clinic Support: Provide audiology cover to ENT OPD clinics, working with both paediatric and adult patients. This includes performing a full range of diagnostic tests such as masked air and bone conduction audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing, and otoacoustic emission testing, followed by clear communication of results to patients and their families/carers.
• Diagnostic Audiology Services: Contribute to our diagnostic service through performance, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of both routine and complex audiological test procedures, with support and supervision as needed.
• Hearing Aid Support for ENT Patients: Coordinate hearing aid provision for ENT clinic patients - including initial assessments, obtaining consent, preliminary counselling, and entering data into the patient management system (PMS).
• Adult Hearing Aid & Rehabilitation Services: Play a key role in our adult hearing aid and aural rehabilitation services, including patients referred directly by GPs (aged 18+). You'll independently manage both routine and complex patient pathways, including:
  • Thorough, patient-tailored assessments
  • Detailed case history taking
  • Holistic care planning to support long-term outcomes

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc or equivalent in Audiology
• Registration with professional UK body

Desirable criteria

• HTS module in AR
• MSc in Audiology

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience in health organisation
• Evidence of management of complex AR

Desirable criteria

• Previous supervisory and training role

Personal skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication
• Evidence of patient focus
• Team skills

Desirable criteria

• Quality of written application

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

• JD Senior Audiologist (PDF, 232.4KB)
• Senior Audiologist Band 6 spec (DOCX, 97.3KB)
• Senior Audiologist Band 6 FA (DOCX, 137.6KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)