Assistant Technical Officer | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7112691/359-7112691-T3 |
Summary
A full-time vacancy has arisen in the busy Audiology Department for a well-motivated and flexible team player who is polite to assist in providing a hearing service.
You will be required to explain how hearing aids work, repair hearing aids, adjust settings to patient satisfaction, take impressions for hearing aid moulds with the appropriate supervision and on-site training to ensure patient safety at all times, ordering/receiving stock, organisation of audiology rooms, receiving and sending out ear moulds, administration tasks and any other tasks to help support the service.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex.With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offerspecialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
• At least 27 days of annual leaveplus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more,additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025