Senior Audiologist

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Audiologist to join our Colchester team at Band 6, Senior Audiologist.

The Department provides a wide range of routine and complex diagnostic and rehabilitation activities to adults and children in North East Essex. We are looking for someone enthusiastic to join our team who are committed to providing high quality care for patients and their families. You will be undertaking a range of clinical activities and supervising other staff such as assistant audiologists and students. We work together to develop our experience and range of clinical skills in the spirit of mutual support and personal development. There is opportunity to access some first line management training.

The Team is made up of Audiologists, Hearing Therapists, Assistant Audiologist and admin staff The Audiology Department is within walking distance of Colchester Train Station and is very well equipped. The clinic rooms are of high specification and it is a pleasant working environment for the Team.

**Clinical Responsibilities include**:
Perform, interpret and report on routine and complex auditory testing on adults and children

Routine and complex hearing aid selection fitting and rehabilitation including verification of fitting.

Develop and implement an individual aural rehabilitation program, based on evaluation of the assessment and outcome measures at fitting appointments.

Diagnostic vestibular investigations on patients of all ages.

Liaises with other professionals, regarding the hearing assessment and rehabilitation of hearing impaired children.

Undertakes in-patient work and outreach clinics.

Carry out aural rehabilitation on patients with additional disabilities.

Evaluate tinnitus patients.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.