Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Adult Audiologist to join our Rochdale Community Audiology Service team

The Rochdale Audiology Service is friendly, forward thinking and experienced with a good skill mix.  It is an innovative and dynamic service that provides treatment and advice to adults and children with hearing and balance problems.

You will provide specialist adult services and some routine adult services in line with service requirements across the Rochdale Audiology community clinic footprint. To meet service needs, there may be a requirement to work on a adhoc basis into our other clinic sites in Oldham and Bury.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and caring person to complement our existing audiology team. The role requires post qualification adult audiology experience in order to undertake complex adult audiology work.  

Key Requirements of the Person Specification: • BSc / MSc in Audiology or the equivalent professional qualification (ONC BTEC in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurements with a Professional Qualification in Audiology (BAAT Part I and II). • RCCP/AHCS or HCPC registration

Hours of work: The service operates over the core hours of 8.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday. 

Main duties of the job

·         The Specialist Audiologist will provide audiological care to adult patients with complex hearing conditions. This will include triage of GP referrals, assessment of new patients and follow up of patients that have more complex hearing issues. It will incorporate advanced hearing aid fittings, auditory rehabilitation and tinnitus management for adult patients that require specialist interventions.

The Specialist Audiologist will select, fit hearing aids where appropriate and rehabilitate routine and some non-routine adult patients using the community boroughs computer management system.
The Specialist Audiologist will have knowledge in Audiology to assess
patients directly referred from their GP and seek advice or refer patients to see a Senior Audiologist, Advanced Practitioner or Consultant using national and local guidelines.
The Specialist Audiologist will interpret diagnostic tests and explain the results of these tests to patients, relatives and carers in an appropriate and empathetic manner, being sensitive to the complex communication difficulties of patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Specialist Audiologist will record audiological investigations and treatment plans on the community boroughs computer management system and formulate reports to other health professionals and key stakeholders where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.