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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
374-SR3864
Employer
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Park Practice
Town
Eastbourne
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2026 23:59

Employer heading

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Audiology Clinical Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. 


We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. 


Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes. 


The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. 

 

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced Clinical Scientist or Audiologist to join our audiology team supporting patients across East Sussex. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys delivering high standards of care across paediatric, adult and vestibular clinical pathways and is looking for the opportunity to be part of significant service development and supporting staff through change.

You will be a Clinical Scientist or audiologist able to complete the Clinical Scientist equivalency pathway working at a complex clinical level and have the skills and knowledge to deliver compassionate leadership within our team.

You will have a passion for delivering high quality audiology services and enjoy supporting the team through clinical leadership to maintain quality and activity performance. You will have experience of delivering clinical audit, service evaluation and the ability to share learning and imbed change.  You will work with the team to imbed evidence based practice and work within BSA and BAA standards. You will also be able to support the team to maintain our paediatric IQIPs registration and achieve IQIPs accreditation for our adult services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

Clinical Leadership

Operational Leadership

Activity reporting and optimising  clinical capacity

Risk management 

equipment management

rota design and maintenance

Audit and service evaluation, action planning and implementation.

IQIPs accreditation

Line management 

staff performance management

supporting students.

Managing and resolving complaints

Stock management

Working with stakeholders such as GPs and voluntary sector

 

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year. 

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Statement on the Use of AI

We value the individuality that each candidate brings to the application process. While we understand that AI tools are widely available, we strongly discourage applicants from using AI-generated content when applying for jobs with us. We believe that your application should reflect your true skills, experiences, and motivations, which are best conveyed through your own words and unique perspective.

Using AI for your application may not accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience and may result in a disconnect between your qualifications and our assessment of your application.

We encourage applicants to take the time to thoughtfully complete their applications; by doing so, you allow us to better understand your true potential and ensure a fair and transparent evaluation of your application. Over reliance on AI-generated content may diminish your chance of success.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered with HCPC or AHCS
  • MSc or BAAT 1&2 with equivalent MSc level training
  • 3 years post grad clinical experience
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Scientist (Audiology)
  • Leadership training

clinical

Essential criteria
  • 3 years post grad experience or equivalent clinical experience
  • expereince working in complex adult audiology
  • delivering audit and action plans
  • delivering service development
  • leading individuals
Desirable criteria
  • presenting research
  • leading teams
  • vestibular MDT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkGold Award 2026 - Wellbeing at Work - East Sussex

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vanessa Sharp
Job title
Clinical Lead, Audiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07484510698
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