Head of Audiology

Job summary

A vacancy exists for a Consultant Healthcare Scientist / Head of Service for Audiology. The Audiology service spans a multi site service across the majority of the main hospital sites within the Health Board.

Reporting to the Clinical Director of Healthcare Science (operationally) and the Executive Director of Therapies and Healthcare Science (professionally) the post holder will be responsible for the budget, professional practice and delivery of the whole range of the Audiology services. S/he will work with the other team members in building strong cross-professional relationships and networks within and out of the University Health Board. S/he will undertake clinical/professional duties carrying out highly complex testing on patients the majority of which will be non-routine.

The postholder should be a registered Clinical Scientist or Audiologist, registered with the HCPC or AHCS. Ideally the applicant should be working at or towards registration as a consultant clinical scientist with the AHCS Higher Specialist Scientist Register.

The postholder should have an MSc in audiology or equivalent level of experience.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will lead the strategic, current and future service development of Audiology by liaising with stakeholders.

The post holder is the consultant professional and managerial head of Audiology services, holding accountability for compliance with legislative, professional and ethical requirements including clinical governance and to manage staff over a multi-site service.

Complete responsibility for budget, expenditure and budget planning for four budgets.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve We treat everyone with respect We all work together as one tea

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications/ Training

Essential

Minimum or equivalent HCPC or AHCS registration Evidence of CPD Doctoral Level Qualification eg or or equivalent

Desirable

Formal Management training / qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive clinical experience at the highest level National involvement in adult audiology Team management experience Service development experience Senior Management experience Experience of supervision and appraisal of staff Research experience Teaching / lecturing experience Advanced knowledge of general paediatric and adult audiology Involved in national policy making / projects

Desirable

Experience in all areas of paediatric and adult audiology International involvement in audiology

Skills/Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication skills Ability to perform a wide range of audiological procedures at a high level Good computer literacy Excellent organisational skills Excellent time management skills Evidence of research and contribution to evidenced based practice Ability to be self motivated and work independently Excellent teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills Excellent verbal and written presentation skills Excellent team working skills Ability to deliver training Ability to maintain good judgement under pressure Ability to present information in a clear and logical manner Advanced statistical skills and data management including interpreting data Kknowledg of risk assessment procedures Ability to work within a stressful and unpredictable environment Ability to work at high levels of concentration during most of the working day Pphysical skills developed to perform clinical measurements quickly

Personal attributes

Essential

Enthusiastic Empathetic personality Reliable Clear speaking voice

Desirable

Ability to communicate in Welsh

Mobility / availability

Essential

Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner

Physical requirements and attributes

Essential

Ability to undertake the duties of the role

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