Job overview

Applications are invited for a Specialist Audiologist to join our dynamic and progressive Audiology teams.

We are looking for experienced applicants, educated to degree level with an audiology qualification.  This is a unique opportunity for individuals with a specialist interest in providing hearing assessments and rehabilitation for children of all development ages, from newborn to school leaving age.

The successful applicants will join a multidisciplinary team of extended scope Audiologists, Clinical Scientists, Newborn Hearing Screeners, clinical nurse specialists, voice therapists and ENT specialists to provide a full range of specialist-level services to the local population of approximately 360,000.

You will be required to travel, therefore a valid driving license and access to a vehicle would be desirable.

Location of clinics: Woking/Teddington/Aldershot/Kingston

Main duties of the job

The department, which is accredited under the Improving Quality in Physiological Measurement Services (IQIPS) programme to provide the full scope of routine and complex paediatric and adult services, is delivered by a team of fourteen highly qualified and experienced Audiology practitioners.  The dedicated team provides the highest standards of care and, as an accredited training centre, enjoy strong links with higher education providers and active participation in the South West London  Clinical Networks.

Working for our organisation

Following several years of close partnership working and shared leadership, in November 2024 Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH) and Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust formally joined together and are now called Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred and which puts safety first and where all staff members take responsibility, are valued and value each other.

To support this, our five values are that we are all:

Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.

Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first).

Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.

Inspiring – we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.

Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution.

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by Living Our Values Every day.