Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-HS036-0824
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Gwent Hospital
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £28,834 - £35,099 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Audiologist
Band 5
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join ABUHB Audiology team in providing a full range of services throughout Gwent. This post is suitable for newly qualified Audiologists or those wishing to gain experience in order to progress in their Audiology career. It is based at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, motivated and qualified Audiologists to join the ABUHB Audiology team, which provides a full range of services throughout the 5 Boroughs of ABUHB. Applicants should be registered with RCCP or in the process of applying for registration.
The post is based at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport but ABUHB Audiology service covers two other hospitals and a number of outlying clinics. The successful applicant will need to be prepared to travel to other clinics and carry out domiciliary visits as required. This comprehensive service comprises full adult diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology, tinnitus management and hearing therapy, a direct access multi-professional balance clinic, audiological assessments and rehabilitation services for children of all ages from birth, a community paediatric audiology and school hearing screening. The service uses the Auditbase Audiology database and is currently fully equipped with GN Otometrics Aurical equipment at all sites. Experience in wax removal is preferable.
The service is also heavily involved in training and mentoring of PTP, clinical scientist and associate audiology practitioner students. The Audiology team consists of 2 clinical Scientists, 19 Audiologists, 9 Associate Practitioners, 2 assistant audiologists and clerical support.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualification
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Skills
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Knowledge
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Personal Attributes
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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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Carpenter
- Job title
- Head of Adult Audiology Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 303 5651
- Additional information
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