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Main area
Audiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (9 out of 10 days)
Job ref
381-SS-6222248-A
Employer
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
SWB NHS Trust
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2024 23:59

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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust logo

Senior Clinical Scientist (Audiology)

NHS AfC: Band 7

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;

Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;

Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;

We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls. 

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.

Job overview

As a registered Clinical Scientist in Audiology  you’ll be at the forefront of delivering audiology services to both adults and children. This involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing hearing and balance disorders.

Your expertise will contribute to meeting the auditory needs of our population, ensuring that everyone receives appropriate care.

You’ll play a pivotal role in educating and training various healthcare professionals

You will ensure that audiology services adhere to best practices and evidence-based guidelines. and identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to enhance patient care.

Main duties of the job

In this broad based role you would be expected to have the skills to lead clinics across adult, paediatric and vestibular services as required, but we would particularly encourage applications from scientists with experience of electrophysiological testing.  

You would be based at City Hospital, Birmingham but also work at our outpost clinics in Sutton Coldfield and Lyng Health Centre in West Bromwich. There will also be a requirement to work at the newly built Midland Metropolitan Hospital which opens later this year. As a Senior Clinical Scientist you would have opportunity to participate in service development and would be expected to contribute to the team by ensuring that clinical practice within the department is evidence based, developing clinical guidelines, protocols, and undertaking clinical audit as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

  1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in Electrophysiological testing
  • Experience in Vestibular testing
  • Experience in Paediatric testing and (re) habilitation
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching/Training
  • Research

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree 2 (i) or equivalent in appropriate subject
  • MSc Audiology
  • Competition of Scientist training program or equivalent
  • HCPC State Registration

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joanne Bromhall
Job title
Head of Audiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07527389851
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