Senior Paediatric Audiologist | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Gorffennaf 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £53,751 - £60,651 per annum/incl HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Northwood, HA6 2RN |
| Cwmni: | The Hillingdon Hospital |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7209318/394-MVCS-7209318DT |
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This position is a 12 months maternity cover.
You will be one of 3 senior paediatric audiologists, part of a small and friendly team offering assessment, diagnosis, habilitation and rehabilitation of children in the Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital catchment area.
The team also consists of a part-time paediatric audiologist and 2 assistant audiologists sharing one full-time post, in addition there are 2 part time administrative staff.
The team offers a nurturing environment, where you will feel valued by your colleagues and patients, while making a difference to children's lives. In addition to clinical and line management responsibilities, you will also take on the audit activity leadership and Departmental Equipment Controller responsibility for the team.
This position involves the assessment, diagnosis, habilitation and rehabilitation of children referred to our service.
You will be responsible for a broad range of clinical activities; the majority of which are complex and demand a high degree of individual responsibility.
You will also be involved in teaching & training, clinical & administrative audits and research. The post-holder will be expected to always maintain high clinical and professional standards. They will also be involved in service development and will be expected to be adaptive to change.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
To perform daily clinical duties, while adhering to the departmental local and also national standards and protocols.
Independently assess children of developmental ages between 0-18 years using a range of behavioural and electrophysiological techniques as well as advanced tests of middle ear function. Work with other paediatric audiologists in more complex 2-tester clinics, which require the presence of 2 audiologists.
Take on Departmental Equipment Controller responsibility, lead on departmental auditing and, if required, aid with the preparation for IQIPS accreditation.
Take active part in the internal and external ABR peer reviews, taking on your share of ABR cases.
Monitor regularly audiological stock levels and on occasion order consumables and other supplies as necessary; provide figures for audit monthly.
Deal with anxious parents/guardians and their families during clinical sessions, ensuring that fears are allayed, and that the child is in an optimal state for testing.
Select and fit digital hearing aids using NOAH and Affinity with Auditbase. Fit hearing aids probe tube measures in children 0-5 years of age.
Perform hearing aid first issues / review clinics for children 0-5 years of age, both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. Depending on the child, these may be conducted single-handed or together with another member of the team. Update Smart4Hearing database accordingly.
Provide a Hearing Aid ‘Repair & Maintenance’ service to the hearing instruments in use by our paediatric patients.
Maintain accurate patient files on Auditbase including audiological assessments and rehabilitative results. Ensure that all newly diagnosed children have all their personal and clinical data recorded accurately.
Ensure that patient support material and information is kept up-to-date e.g. leaflets and information on organisations for the hearing impaired child and family.
To adhere to and maintain Trust, Departmental and professional quality standards.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025