Senior Audiologist

A rare vacancy has arisen in our East Kent Surgical Acute Audiology Service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, talented, motivated NHS Acute Audiologist.

Can you 'see' yourself living in the beautiful sea side town of Margate. You will also be covering clinics when appropriate in the beautiful Cathedral Town of Canterbury, and other parts of Kent. Be part of our fast paced, busy evolving passionate, dynamic, professional team in East Kent who use a blended approach to our service.

If you have a traditional BAAT/BTEC National Certificate in MPPM qualification or you may have a BSc/MSc in Healthcare Science Audiology we would be delighted to have you onboard our East Kent & Thanet Acute Audiology Service. However, you must have appropriate NHS experience consistent with your qualification.
- To support the Audiology Department staff in providing a high quality service
- To competently perform a full range of routine and complex clinical and non-clinical audiological procedures, for Acute Audiology Services
- To participate in any departmental projects, audits and research
- To participate in maintaining a safe working environment
- Clinical supervision of junior staff

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has producedCOVID-19 vaccine communication materials.

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