Job summary
We are recruiting for a Service Lead for Adult Audiology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic Audiology team on a journey of improvement.
You will support the Head of Service, Head of Operations and the senior management team to improve access to the full range of audiology services, including participating in the development and implementation of national and local policy across the department to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of evidence-based care. Using modernising referral pathways, leading on key projects with the clinical director and general manager to support improved delivery of clinical services and support implementation of renewed processes which further improve patient care within the department.
Service Lead for Adult Audiology will work with the Corporate Leads, Head of Operations, Clinical Directors, Service Managers to enable the identification, scoping, agreement and delivery of specific quality and efficiency improvement projects and programmes which help to deliver a culture of continuous improvement within the Audiology Department.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The Service Lead for Adult Audiology will not only help deliver several specific projects and work streams but more importantly will support embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the Audiology Department.
To have overall responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of the Adult Audiology service to nationally agreed levels of activity and quality, whilst developing a service culture where everyone is valued will be a key aspect in delivering success to this role.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Pack for further detailed information regarding role - Service Lead for Adult Audiology.
Person Specification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post-qualification experience working autonomously in both diagnostic & (re)habilitative Adult Audiology
- Evidence of management/supervisory experience
- Evidence of sound knowledge and clinical experience of a full range of both basic and advanced adult assessment and rehabilitation techniques
- Wide knowledge and experience of NHS networks/referral routes
- Experience of clinical audit, research, and presentations at scientific meetings.
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills, excellent communicator particularly with the hard of hearing and Deaf
- Possess fine manual dexterity.
- Good basic computer skills - database and spreadsheet use
- Evidence of an enquiring mind, a scientific approach and a commitment to the ideal of the NHS
Additional requirements
Essential
- Willingness to undertake further professional training of their own and others development.
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites
- Flexible approach to working hours
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- MSc in Audiological Science
- Successfully attained the Certificate of Audiological Competence (or equivalent)
- Current HCPC state registration
- Evidence of CPD in accordance with BAA
Desirable
- Study to a higher level
- Advanced course in Audiology, management and/or Doctorate
- Training/supervisory qualification (LEO, Clinical educators etc)
- Stage 1 British Sign Language
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Stevenage
SG1 4AB