Service Lead for Paediatric Audiology

2 months ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Herts NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are recruitingService Lead for Paediatric Audiology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic Audiology team on a journey of improvement.

You will support the Head of Service, general manager and the senior management team to improve access to the full range of audiology services, including participating in the development and implementation of national and local policy across the department to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of evidence-based care.

Service Lead for Paediatric Audiology will work with the Corporate Leads, General Managers, Clinical Directors, Service Managers to enable the identification, scoping, agreement and delivery of specific quality and efficiency improvement projects and programmes which help to deliver a culture of continuous improvement within the Audiology Department.

We would consider secondment for this role.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

Service Lead for Adult or Paediatric Audiology will not only help deliver several specific projects and work streams but more importantly will support embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the Audiology Department

To have overall responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of the Audiology service to nationally agreed levels of activity and quality, whilst developing a service culture where everyone is valued will be a key aspect in delivering success to this role.

Using modernising referral pathways, leading on key projects with the clinical director and general manager to support improved delivery of clinical services and support implementation of renewed processes which further improve patient care within the department.

Fulfil the role of Team Leader for ENHT Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

Degree in an appropriate scientific subject. An MSc in Clinical Audiology or equivalent Certificate of Audiological Competence / Higher Training Scheme (or equivalent). HCPC registration as a Clinical Scientist and compliance with an appropriate CPD scheme. ILM management / leadership qualification or equivalent.

Desirable

Experience of assessment / examining at a national level Evidence of study at doctoral level (or equivalent).

Previous Experience

Essential

Experience of assessment / examining at a national level Skill and experience in research and development. Skill and experience in communicating with patients and their relatives who may be distressed, including the ability to explain technical procedures in simple terms. Experience of previous clinical leadership / line management.

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge of hearing assessment and management for children and neonates. In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of developments in the field of Paediatric Audiology (including international developments). Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology relevant to Paediatric Audiology. Counselling skills. Good report writing and presentation skills - the post holder must produce clear and concise reports, and scientific papers Teaching and training skills Skill and experience in research and development. Demonstrable HR and IT skills

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