Head of Adult Audiology

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

This is an exciting time to join Princess Alexandra Hospital Audiology Department. You will be joining a team where the previous ‘Head of Audiology’ for 9 years has moved across into the ‘Head of Paediatric Audiology role’ and will be able to provide significant support to the successful applicant as they step into their new role. We have graduated our first STP this year and regularly train BSc and MScs. We are particularly keen to re-launch our tinnitus service. If you do not meet all of the requirements but still feel you have something to offer, please do not be afraid to get in touch.

Act as clinical & operational lead for the efficient management, delivery and development of the Adult Audiology Services comprising Adult Rehabilitation, Diagnostic Audiovestibular, Tinnitus and Hearing Therapy.

• To provide an effective Adult Audiology service to PAH Trust, within departmental protocols.
• To communicate effectively with patients, relatives, peers, clinicians, and other staff throughout the organisation
• To maintain the principles of patient confidentiality at all times
• To work as part of a team
• To work with minimal supervision.
• To support and supervise student Audiologists
• To work towards IQIPS accreditation
• To plan and prioritise own workload
• To work flexibly to cover evening and weekend sessions within contracted hours
• To be pro-active in own self-development and maintain record of CPD
• To use computerised and manual methods to update patient records for each examination
• To take an active role in the implementation of IT and Audiology projects, such as the implementation of AlexHealth / CERNER and manage existing PMS, Auditbase.
• To participate in departmental QA and Audit programmes
• To attend all mandatory training
• To be responsible for the safe use, maintenance and calibration of all diagnostic & rehabilitative equipment.
• To report incidents and/or potential accidents within the department, in line with Trust policy

Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time

Please refer the Job description for details