Paediatric Audiologist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	12 Awst 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38,682 - £46,580 Per annum (plus HCAS)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Medi 2025
Lleoliad:	Harold Wood, RM3 0QA
Cwmni:	North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7358537/395-HV097-25

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We are looking for an Audiologist to join our team paediatric department within Havering Children's Community Services, NELFT NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a community based department with two sites Harold Wood Clinic inHaveringand Child and Family Centre in Barking.



NELFT offer paediatric services including, newborn screening, diagnostic ABR, hearing aid fitting, and support families until the age of 18 years. NELFT also provide hearing assessment for children with complex needs include autism. Within the audiology team NELFT also offer Tinnitus support and balance testing for children.

The service covers Havering, Barking and Dagenham. The successful applicant would work across both sites.

We are looking to fill a full time post, flexible working patterns will be taken into consideration.

The successful candidate will be required undertaking hearing assessments for children age over 6 months old. This will require skills in VRA, Play Audiometry and objective testing. 1 years experience in paediatric testing is desirable. NELFT will support with training for an audiologist with play audiometry experience that has not done VRA Audiometry before.

The successful candidate will also be required to arrange their own diary to accommodate hearing aid repairs. The service currently fitting Phonak and Oticon hearing aids. Experience would be beneficial but is not essential as training can be provided.

This is an excellent opportunity for a band 6 adult audiologist to develop and expand their skills or for a paediatric audiologist looking to expand their skills in a new team.

The service book patients on the Trust wide patient management system called RIO, this system is shared with SALT, HV, paediatrics and physio. The ENT records are available on East London Patient Records System. Newborn hearing screening records are recorded on S4H.
The team test hearing using the Interacoustics Affinity Compact system.

NELFT as a trust are particularly keen to encourage personal development, monthly 1:1 with your line manager, CPD goals and training will be provided.



Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff)



Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4, 714 to a maximum of £5,941).



Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.



References

Please ensure that the references are from your most recent employer and one of these must be your direct Line Manager or Supervisor. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. Additionally, ensure that any gaps in your employment history are clearly indicated. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly



Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.


This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Aug 2025