Job summary
- Main area
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-8297997-OPS-A
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Marysville Medical Practice
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
ENT Specialist Practitioner (Audiologist)
Band 6
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Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced ENT Specialist Audiologist Practitioner to join the Advanced Primary Care Service (APCS) ENT team for 3 days per week.
Based at either Oswestry Health Centre or Marysville Medical Practice, Shrewsbury, you will deliver clinics across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, so the ability to travel between sites is essential.
As part of our expanding community ENT service, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred care closer to home, supporting assessment, treatment and management of patients with a range of ENT and audiology conditions. You will work within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the development of community ENT pathways and ongoing service improvement.
Main duties include:
- Adult audiology assessment and management
- Tinnitus assessment and support
- Microsuction and ear care services
- Supporting community ENT pathways
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Participation in quality improvement initiatives
Experience in service development, leadership, supervision or education would be advantageous.
What we offer:
Join an innovative and growing community ENT service, helping to shape the future delivery of care across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities to develop your skills while.
Main duties of the job
The applicant will utilise their advanced ENT skills to offer assessment, treatment and care planning for our ENT patients alongside an Associate Practitioner and GP with Extended Role (GPwER).
You will provide audiology, micro suction ear care and offer extended role assessment and patient management for the service liaising with the Team Lead, and GPwER partners along with management and development of the APCS HCA.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration, or registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP)
- First level degree in healthcare related subject or equivalent level of education, BSc in Healthcare Science (Audiology) or a similar science degree followed by a postgraduate qualification
- Prescriber or willing to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- To be able to demonstrate considerable experience and knowledge of the ENT field and evidence of the acquisition of this knowledge, e.g. study days, workshops etc
- Substantial recent post registration experience in a specialist NHS ENT setting
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner within an NHS clinic
- Previous experience of having responsibility for providing clinical supervision to staff/students
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills and knowledge to coordinate a discrete caseload of patients that are referred specifically for nurse management
- Knowledge of the principles of Advanced Primary Care
- IT skills to ECDL level. Previous experience of Electronic Patient Records
- Evidence of research based practice
- Ability to undertake audits and surveys
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Shepherd
- Job title
- Podiatry & APCS Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 277681
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