Senior Audiologist

The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive paediatirc and an adult diagnostic and rehabilitation service within Audiology. The Audiology service is currently going through a re-development process, with new Audiology facilities commissioned at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, which includes a new state of the art paediatric testing room. Occasionally you may be asked to cover clinics at other hospital sites within the trust, but your main base will be the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital., The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive paediatirc and an adult diagnostic and rehabilitation service within Audiology. This post will be more focused on a paediatric workload, which will include:

The assessment and management of hearing loss in paediatric patients using age/ability appropriate recognised testing such as Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), performance Audiometry, play Audiometry, Pure Tone Audiometry, tympanometry and TEOAE testing to national standards recommended by the British Society of Audiology BSA) and the British Academy of Audiology (BAA). Identifying if patients that have been assessed require a referral to the Ear, Nose and Throat Consultants, Paediatric Consultants for aetiology investigations, Teachers of Deaf and Hearing Impaired and Speech Therapy.

The fitting and verification of hearing aids to paediatric patients to the relevant national standards set by the BSA and BAA for Real Ear Measures (REM) and Real Ear Couple Difference (RECD) measurements. Delivering appropriate rehabilitation advise and support in line with the patient's management plan.

Performing paediatric hearing aid reviews with REM/RECD. Writing reports to relevant professionals to update them.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.