Specialist Audiologist

**Main area**
- Division D-Audiology**Grade**
- Band 6**Contract**
- Permanent**Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week**Job ref**
- 180-D-244079**Employer**
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**Employer type**
- NHS**Site**
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B**Town**
- Cambridge**Salary**
- £35,392 - £42,618 p.a. pro rata**Salary period**
- Yearly**Closing**
- 01/04/2024 23:59**Interview date**
- 18/04/2024Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with extensive audiological experience to join the Emmeline Centre, a well-established Hearing Implant Service, providing all types of hearing implants. The Emmeline Team is friendly and dedicated towards the delivery of an excellent service for all our users, as well as constantly looking at better ways to provide a service. The Centre is purpose-built, located within Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge.

Main duties of the job

Job role will include working within a multidisciplinary team, undertaking assessments for cochlear implants, review of middle ear implants and bone conductive hearing devices for adults and children. You will participate in departmental projects, including staff training, audit and research.

Bone conductive hearing devices for adults and children. You will participate in departmental projects, including staff training, audit and research.

Experience in working with complex audiological caseload, with different hearing aids fittings and all types of hearing losses. Knowledge in hearing implant systems is preferable but not essential, as training will be provided

Working for our organisation

**Our Trust**

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st April 2024

Interviews are due to be held on 18th April 2024

**Benefits to you**

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

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.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria

BSc Audiology and demonstrate equivalent experience.
- AHCS (used to be RCCP), HCPC registration (Hearing aid dispenser) or overseas equivalent.Desirable criteria

British Sign Language: Level 1

Counselling/coaching qualification (Introductory level)
- Training with auditory implantsExperience

Essential criteria

Clinical experience in audiology; including identification of patients requiring further specialist intervention.
- Evidence of autonomous and unsupervised working.Desirable criteria

Experience as a paediatric audiologist

Experience working with auditory implants
- Experience of contributing to research/ audit activitiesKnowledge

Essential criteria

Understands the workings of a broad range of hearing aids.

Advanced skills in behavioural testing of adult and paediatric patients.

Knowledge of other diagnostic tests such as TEN testing, speech testing and aided sound field audiometry.
- Understands the different types of hearing implants.Desirable criteria

Awareness of Deaf culture and its politics/ values relating to cochlear implantation
- Knowledge of national policies and best practices relevant to hearing implant recipients**Skills**:
Essential criteria

Able to determine appropriate rehabilitative interventions from a range of options for complex patients with profound, sometimes multiple disabilities.

Able to communicate effectively with patients, in particular when explaining complex information about hearing loss and management options

Excellent prioritization, organisational and problem-solving skills

Capable of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team

Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleag