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Deputy Audiologist | Provide CIC
| Posting date: | 05 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2024 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM2 0QX |
| Company: | Provide CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6426136/828-PROVIDE3056 |
Summary
An exciting new oppourtunity has arsien within our Health Directorate to join the ENT & Paediatric Audiology team as a deputy service lead. The service consists of an Audiology led Paediatric Audiology Clinic where we accept referrals for all babies and children requiring a hearing assessment over the age of 7 months. We also run a Community, Tier 2 ENT Service and a Community Microsuction service. The team work across various community sites in Mid Essex. If you are an experienced audiologist, with passion and enthusiasm to provide a high quality service to our customers, if you are a great team member who is proactive and forward thinking we would love to hear from you.
Provide day to day management of the Community Paediatric Audiology Service and Tier 2 ENT Service, supported by the Service lead.
• Manage a complex clinical caseload of planned patients with autonomy and supporting the ENT Doctor.
• Manage staff i.e. Audiologists, assistant audiologist and clinic support workers.
• To provide a range of diagnostic hearing tests to babies of 7 months upwards, children and Adults.
• To assess suitability for hearing aids and take aural impressions.
• To provide a rehabilitative service to children and adults with hearing loss and tinnitus including counselling to distressed patients and relatives, referring onto secondary care when required.
• To undertake clinical training and supervision for all staff.
• To be responsible for development, implementation and consistent use of clinical protocols.
• To implement new service provision
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical:
• Proficient in Audiological testing of Babies over the age of 7 months, children and Adults. Adhering to BSA standards and national guidance.
• Work automatously as a registered professional interpreting results and formulating an agreed management plan. This includes analysis and interpretation of information obtained from their reported medical history, otoscopic examination and audiological assessments.
• To assess their suitability for hearing aids or the necessity for onwards referral to ENT.
• Take accurate and safe ear impressions following nationally recognised procedures, and determine the type of ear mould required to meet patients’ audiological needs
• Provision of written information and management advice to patients, parents and other professionals. Including contributing Education Health and Care Plans when required.
• To supervise other members of staff performing the same role to ensure clinical effectiveness
• Maintain professional registration and training requirements.
• Ensure ‘British Society of Audiology Recommended Procedures’ and local/national guidance and protocols are adhered to at all times.
• Participate in peer review
• Participate in Safeguarding Supervision
Managerial
• Demonstrate excellent leadership qualities
• Manage the day to day Paediatric Audiology and ENT service, ensuring sufficient staffing for each clinic.
• To manage leave requests and staff sickness in line with Provide Policies.
• To line manage Audiology staff including 121’s, supervision and annual appraisals.
• Develop and instigate service improvement plans
• Manage the departments clinical timetable ensuring capacity is maximised and a high level of patient care is given,
• Manage patient complaints
• Ensure clinical records are maintained as per Provide’s record keeping policy
• Ensure departmental clinical activity is accurate for submission to Mid Essex ICB and Department of Health.
• Triage incoming referrals and allocate to appropriate service or caseload.
• Organise and/or attend multi-disciplinary meetings across the different organisations (i.e. Acute team, Education and Social services) to ensure we have a seamless service for patients.
• Responsibility for reporting and identifying health and safety risks for the Service.
• Maintain accurate maintenance log for Paediatric and ENT audiology equipment.
• Responsible for arranging repairs to medical equipment and annual calibration
• Adhere to all guidelines relating to Health and Safety, infection prevention and risk management.
• Ensure skill mix appropriate to service needs.
• Provide leadership to encourage staff to work autonomously.
• To participate in recruitment processes for the Audiology & ENT Service
• To represent Provide CIC at system meetings including Essex Paediatric Audiology Network group, Children’s services working group and NHS England Regional ENT service improvement group when required.
• Co-ordinate Research and Development within the Audiology and ENT department
• Produce protocols and patient outcome measures for audit and service improvement purposes.
• Contribute to other allied professional and clinical audits
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jul 2024
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