East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR)
Location
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
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
We are recruiting for aChief Audiologist who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for Chief Audiologist for Paediatric and Chief Audiologist for Adult services.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
We are interested in hearing from Audiologists who are interested in working at a senior level in either Adult or Paediatrics. In this post you will be required to travel to our 3 Hospitals in Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City & Hertford.
There is a significant improvement project taking place at the Trust, currently being led by John Waters as Service Improvement Lead. The successful candidate will need to have a strong appetite for change and improvement and be able to help take a leading role in achieving this.
If you are interested in working with adults, you will ideally be a specialist in either Tinnitus, Vestibular Assessment, Assessing adults with Learning Disabilities, bone-anchored hearing aids or electrophysiological measurements.
This vacancy is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in more than just the core audiology work and training is available for staff to develop their interests in Adult Rehabilitation, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and Vestibular Assessment.
Applicants must hold a BSc in Audiology or equivalent qualifications. An MSc or evidence of Post Graduate study preferred. Applicants should also have, or be able to achieve RCCP registration, and membership of BAA while not essential is desirable.
Applications are welcomed from Audiologists nearing completion of their degree course. Candidates would be expected to hold or be able to achieve RCCP registration, BSA membership and or HCPC registration.
We are a busy service providing a range of services including:
Full diagnostic support and rehabilitation services to 7 ENT consultants
Direct Access Hearing Aid Clinics
Balance Assessment Clinics using Caloric & ENG / VNG testing
Vestibular Rehab
Tinnitus clinics
Dedicated paediatric clinics.
Research and audit
As a Chief audiologist and senior member of staff you will be responsible for leading our expanding Vestibular service and implant service, which will include working in conjunction with two current ENT otology specialists.
Previous experience is essential in the use ofVhit, Caloric, VNG, VEMP and clinic assessments of dizzy patients. Confidence in report writing and determining suitable treatments for patients.
You would also be expected to oversee training of Students (BSc & MSc) and junior staff.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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:
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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Please see the two job descriptions for the different roles. The service is facing a unique challenge at the moment, so applicants are encouraged to contact John Waters, the service improvement lead to discuss the roles further. If you do not meet all of the essential criteria but think you might be ready to step into these roles with support, please get in touch.
When applying please advise the role you are applying: Chief Audiologist for Paediatric service or Chief Audiologist for Adult service.
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [email protected]
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
When you apply...
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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments
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.
Name John Waters Job title Manager Email address [email protected] Additional information
For informal enquiries contact John Waters
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