Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6354878-A
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/08/2024
Employer heading
Service Lead for Paediatric Audiology
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting Service 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Experience of assessment / examining at a national level
- Evidence of study at doctoral level (or equivalent).
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jodie McElligott
- Job title
- Service Improvement Lead- Paediatric Audiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919 417 154
- Additional information
My working days - Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 08:00am -18:00pm
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