Job summary
- Main area
- Division D-Audiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 6 months (Secondment/Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-D-254013
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division D
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/01/2025
Employer heading
Audiologist
Band 5
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint qualified Audiologists to join our busy and friendly team in a full-time, fixed term post (37.5 hours per week for 6 months)
You will need to be a well-motivated, enthusiastic qualified Audiologist. We are an innovative department, providing a comprehensive audiology service. You will join a highly motivated team, committed to providing a high quality service.
Main duties will be in the rehabilitation of adults with hearing difficulties, on both complex and routine pathways. You must have excellent communication skills and have a desire to find creative and effective solutions for patients with a variety of hearing problems. You will be a competent practitioner and able to work without supervision.
Applications from new graduates are welcomed as this post offers a great opportunity to consolidate and develop your skills. CUH Audiology is an experienced training centre and you will be mentored and encouraged at this key stage of your career.
There will be a requirement for some Saturday working.
You will have a BSc in Audiology or equivalent. RCCP registration is expected.
Main duties of the job
Main duties will be in the rehabilitation of adults with hearing difficulties, on both complex and routine pathways. You must have excellent communication skills and have a desire to find creative and effective solutions for patients with a variety of hearing problems. You will be a competent practitioner and able to work without supervision.
Applications from new graduates are welcomed as this post offers a great opportunity to consolidate and develop your skills. CUH Audiology is an experienced training centre and you will be mentored and encouraged at this key stage of your career.
There will be a requirement for some Saturday working.
You will have a BSc in Audiology or equivalent. RCCP registration is expected.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 31st January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Audiology or equivalent
- BAAT I and II or equivalent. If not yet eligible for registration, must be working towards this
Desirable criteria
- RCCP registered
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as a qualified audiologist.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently following departmental and national procedures without direct supervision maintaining accountability for own professional actions.
- Provide range of clinical audiology services without direct supervision:
- Hearing assessment in adults and children (age 4 and above)
- Use of diagnostic tests (eg for the assessment of middle ear function)
- Hearing rehabilitation in adults
- Repair clinics requiring broad knowledge of a large range of hearing aids
- Understands anatomy and physiology of hearing and able to identify patients requiring further specialist intervention.
- Able to determine appropriate rehabilitative interventions from a range of options.
Desirable criteria
- Needs an appreciation of budgetary constraints in selection of hearing aids and take responsibility for hearing aid stocks.
- Understands the importance of research and development and is able to contribute to research and audit within the department.
Skills
Essential criteria
- To be able to communicate effectively: With all patients, particularly those with significant hearing difficulties and to explain complex information about hearing loss and management options. • With other professionals and staff within Clinic 10(ENT) and Audiology • With other organisations (volunteers, social services, GPs etc)
- Able to deliver short talks to other members of the team in informal training meetings.
- Able to plan and prioritise own administrative workload.
- Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own area of competence.
- Good basic key-board skills.
- Good fine motor skills for aural impression taking, ear mould modification and real ear measurement tests.
- Able to safely and appropriately use delicate audiological equipment
- Able to safely move patients in wheel chairs.
- Understanding of hazards posed by and precautions needed with:
- Infected clinical waste, sharp tools used in earmould repairs and electrical hazards.
- Able to deal sensitively with patients with distressing medical conditions or those who are emotionally struggling with the implications of their hearing loss.
- Able to maintain concentration on implementation and interpretation of tests for prolonged periods during busy clinics.
- Able to use judgement in planning most appropriate rehabilitation strategy for adults with hearing loss.
Desirable criteria
- Able to contribute to development of the Audiology service.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Knappett
- Job title
- Head of Adult Auditory Rehabilitation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217797
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