Senior Audiologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us in our UKAS IQIPS accredited Audiology service based at Torbay Hospital in the beautiful location of South Devon as a Senior Audiologist.

Our Senior Audiologists work autonomously to perform a broad range of clinical activities such ashearing assessments and hearing aid fittings (both routine and complex) mainly with adults. They will also provide a counselling and rehabilitative service to hearing aid users.

You will have an area of expertise for which you can offer advice and guidance to other members of staff., The Senior Audiologist will be responsible for assessing a broad range of patients, which may lead onto informing them of a diagnosis of hearing loss or other disorders of the ear. They will coordinate a care pathway to ensure effective management of the hearing loss and ensure referrals to other services are completed and undertaken where red flags are detected. They will work with the patients to set realistic outcomes and help to achieve their desired outcomes in all aspects of hearing aid care (repairs, advice and guidance on assistive technologies, telecare).

They will also deliver supervision and training to other members of staff within the Department and surrounding health community.

The post holder will have specialist knowledge of a wide range of procedures and practices which is underpinned by practical experience and maintenance of own professional knowledge through professional registration and CPD activity.

We would like you to have a BSc in Audiology (or equivalent) and to have demonstrable post graduate experience of working at Band 5 level in the NHS. We would also like you to be registered with the AHCS or HCPC.

Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust catchment area covers 300 square miles from South Dartmoor to the length of coastline which stretches from the mouth of the River Exe (Dawlish), past the Teign and Dart estuaries (beyond Dartmouth). Torbay Hospital serves a resident population of approaching 300,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.The Audiology Service serves the population of Torbay and South Devon with a throughput of approximately 30,000 patients per annum. Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and this is reflected in the Audiology Departments ethos.

We are based at Torbay Hospital and run audiology clinics across 8 localities in the South Devon area. We offer domiciliary visits for those patients who cannot attend the hospital. We were awarded the UKAS IQIPS accreditation in 2014 and have continued to successfully maintained this year on year.

The Department has around 30 members of staff working across a range of grades, roles and specialisms. These specialisms include direct access hearing assessment clinic for adults, hearing assessment clinics for neonates and paediatrics, direct access tinnitus clinics, specialist adult rehabilitation services including hearing therapy, bone anchored hearing devices, vestibular assessments and a learning disability service.