Specialist Paediatric Audiologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Audiology Department as a Specialist Paediatric Audiologist. You will join a friendly team consisting of an Audio Vestibular Physician, a Clinical Scientist, a Highly Specialist Senior Audiologist, 3 Specialist Paediatric Audiologists and 2 Assistant Audiologists. The post holder will be a key part of the audiology team, working in both an independent capacity and assisting in senior clinics.

**HOURS**: This is a 37.5 hr post with a set weekly working pattern.

This position will be based in St Catherine's Health Centre. The post would involve travel to Victoria Central Hospital to meet the needs to the service.

Please see the job description for a full list of key responsibilities and tasks.

This is a clinical role, where the post holder will be expected to lead audiology clinics across all ages of the paediatric population and assist senior members of the team in assessment and hearing aid clinics. In addition, they will have responsibility for their own daily calibration and prioritising their workload. Assisting in stock management and triaging will be required.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Paediatric Audiologist position available with WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.