Lead Audiologist - Emmeline Centre for Hearing Implants
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 November 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7514319/180-D-254190 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Cambridge University Biomedical Campus (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) has an upcoming vacancy for the audiology lead of our hearing implant service in the Emmeline Centre. For the right individual this is an exciting opportunity for your next career move.
We need an able and experienced audiologist or clinical scientist to develop this service to maintain the Emmeline Centre as a flagship implant service. You will be organised and efficient and have a track record of service developments and promoting service oriented-research. You will have extensive clinical experience with good knowledge of the under-pinning evidence. You will be experienced in promoting good practice within your service and beyond.
In this role, you will be responsible for the clinical outcomes of the Emmeline audiology team and for demonstrating quality and driving service efficiencies.
In addition to leading the implant service audiology team, this post requires you to act as deputy for the Head of Service and hence includes significant leadership responsibility. It is expected that you will already have gained some experience in leading a team and be able to demonstrate the necessary skills and attributes. You will be an able communicator both within your team and with other disciplines and professional groups.
You will have at least a BSc or MSc in Audiology or equivalent and will already have gained experience in a clinical setting. RCCP/HPC registration is expected. HSST would be an advantage.
To lead all aspects of the Emmeline audiology team
This post is concerned with:
1. The provision of a comprehensive audiological service in the Emmeline adult and paediatric implant teams covering cochlear implants, middle ear implants and bone conduction implants.
2. Responsibility for all operational planning and clinical outcomes within the Emmeline Audiology team.
3. Policy decision making and strategic leadership in the Emmeline audiology team
4. Responsible for quality across the Emmeline audiology team and meeting the requirements for IQIPS accreditation programme.
5. Responsibility for all aspects of leadership and line management of the Emmeline audiology staff.
6. To work with and deputise for the Head of Service. Service-orientated research and development.
7. Promotion of the Implant service to related professions and across the East of England region.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 15th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 18th November 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025
Cambridge University Biomedical Campus (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) has an upcoming vacancy for the audiology lead of our hearing implant service in the Emmeline Centre. For the right individual this is an exciting opportunity for your next career move.
We need an able and experienced audiologist or clinical scientist to develop this service to maintain the Emmeline Centre as a flagship implant service. You will be organised and efficient and have a track record of service developments and promoting service oriented-research. You will have extensive clinical experience with good knowledge of the under-pinning evidence. You will be experienced in promoting good practice within your service and beyond.
In this role, you will be responsible for the clinical outcomes of the Emmeline audiology team and for demonstrating quality and driving service efficiencies.
In addition to leading the implant service audiology team, this post requires you to act as deputy for the Head of Service and hence includes significant leadership responsibility. It is expected that you will already have gained some experience in leading a team and be able to demonstrate the necessary skills and attributes. You will be an able communicator both within your team and with other disciplines and professional groups.
You will have at least a BSc or MSc in Audiology or equivalent and will already have gained experience in a clinical setting. RCCP/HPC registration is expected. HSST would be an advantage.
To lead all aspects of the Emmeline audiology team
This post is concerned with:
1. The provision of a comprehensive audiological service in the Emmeline adult and paediatric implant teams covering cochlear implants, middle ear implants and bone conduction implants.
2. Responsibility for all operational planning and clinical outcomes within the Emmeline Audiology team.
3. Policy decision making and strategic leadership in the Emmeline audiology team
4. Responsible for quality across the Emmeline audiology team and meeting the requirements for IQIPS accreditation programme.
5. Responsibility for all aspects of leadership and line management of the Emmeline audiology staff.
6. To work with and deputise for the Head of Service. Service-orientated research and development.
7. Promotion of the Implant service to related professions and across the East of England region.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 15th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 18th November 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025