Specialist Audiologist - Paediatrics Development Role | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting training opportunity has arisen where you can build on your band 5 audiology skills to develop into a band 6 Specialist Paediatric Audiologist. This is a specialist development post when on completion of your training you will be upgraded to a band 6. Your training will involve the completion of The BAA higher Training scheme. The Bury Audiology Service is friendly, forward thinking and experienced with a good skill mix. It is an innovative and dynamic service that provides treatment and advice to adults and children with hearing and balance problems. You will provide specialist paediatric/pre-school services and some routine adult services on patients in line with service requirements as part of the team within Bury Audiology Services footprint mainly at Fairfield General Hospital Audiology/ENT department

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and caring person to complement our existing audiology team. The role requires post qualification paediatric audiology experience in order to lead routine pre -school assessment clinics and support complex pre-school clinics. Key Requirements of the Person Specification:

• BSc / MSc in Audiology or the equivalent professional qualification (ONC BTEC in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurements with a Professional Qualification in Audiology (BAAT Part I and II). RCCP/AHCS or HCPC, Disability Confident
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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.