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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 33.75 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR429-25
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester Hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Audiology

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to assist with the adult hearing aid service, the assessment of children's hearing and administrative support of the Hearing Services Team. The post is based at the Primary Care Centre Colchester, with travel to other clinical sites including Clacton Hospital and Harwich Hospital.

Please note, this is a permanent part time post at 33.75 hours per week.

You should have experience of working with young children and adults, have an interest in helping people who have hearing problems and an awareness of the difficulties they may encounter.

Training and support will be given to ensure that the successful candidate is able to deliver in this role. 

If you have a flexible approach, good communication skills and are a team player, than this could be the role for you. 

Main duties of the job

·         Responsible for the provision of routine hearing aid maintenance and repair clinic.

·         Responsible for the provision of postal repair service.

·         Responsible for instructing patients on use of hearing aids as part of the hearing aid fitting service.

·         Taking ear mould impressions for new and existing hearing aid users.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE English and Maths
Desirable criteria
  • Any other relevant qualifications at GCSE level or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous work with the general public which has developed an awareness of good customer care.
  • To have experience of working methodically and carefully to produce consistently accurate results.
  • Experience of working with data bases and recording accurate information on patient management systems or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • To be sufficiently dexterous to manipulate small hearing aid components when maintaining hearing aids.
  • To be able to provide quality work and communicate with a wide range of people.
  • Ability to prioritize workload and maintain a professional manner in a high-pressure working environment
Desirable criteria
  • Car owner/driver with a clean licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Jane Howe
Job title
Head of hearing and balance Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07984664034
Additional information

Breeane Garland, Deputy Audiology Manager

[email protected]

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