Vision and Hearing Support Team

6 months ago

Ashford, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The KCHFT learning disability team uses a positive multi-disciplinary model to provide direct specialist clinical expertise, behavioural and engagement support and access to developmental opportunities to people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. We also facilitate reasonable adjustments to enable people to access mainstream healthcare services where these best meet their health needs. The multi-disciplinary teams of OTs, nurses, SLTS, PTs and a specialist vision and hearing service work in four geographic localities across the County and work in an alliance with the social care teams for Kent County Council (KCC) and the LD teams within the Mental Health Trust (KMPT) to provide a co-ordinated and holistic combined service for people with learning disabilities.

The Vision and Hearing Support Team support people with a learning disability to access good vision and hearing care from mainstream services. We can support with screening, familiarisation programmes, making reasonable adjustments and understanding outcomes. We believe anyone can have their vision and hearing assessed regardless of disability, and that everybody has an equal right to good care regarding their vision and hearing. We use identified pathways to ensure people have equal opportunity to access mainstream optometry, ophthalmology, audiology and Ear Nose and Throat healthcare services.

Carry out initial assessment and implement agreed interventions/advice to promote and enhance a person’s outcome, under the guidance of the service manager. This is followed by monitoring and documenting the person’s progress using an evidence-based format that will contribute to providing clinical outcomes.

Manage their own caseload using the Trust’s EPR system and be able to independently organise their schedule and workload.

Help to support carer’s in the management of a person’s specific visual, hearing and communication needs. The role will include working with other multi-disciplinary professionals based within an integrated team, within the framework of clinical governance procedures and will be undertaken in a variety of community settings according to the needs of the person and/or reason for intervention.

Visual and hearing impaired specific communication support and advice, and/or deafblind specific communication support and advice. Environmental assessments, familiarisation and desensitisation programmes, support at appointments, hearing screening including otoscopy, otoacoustic emission screening, pure tone audiometry screening, tympanometry, creation and provision of accessible information relating to visual/hearing related conditions, delivery of vision/hearing awareness training, functional visual and hearing assessments.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

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