Job overview

We are a friendly team of 15 working in Adult and Paediatric Audiology - this role is primarily as an Adult Audiologist, however there are always opportunities for the right candidates to start working in with our paediatric team. We currently have several staff on different HTS Modules in Paediatrics, we train BSc's, MSc's and are also an accredited training department for the STP, offering another potential route for progression in your career.

You will work as a Senior Audiologist seeing a mix of routine and complex adult patients, based across three sites at Epping, Harlow and Bishop's Stortford.

Main duties of the job

• Perform otoscopic examination of the ear canal 
• Assess the hearing of adults and children
• Select appropriate hearing aids using Patient Management System considering hearing aid specifications and outcome measures to suit individual patient needs.
• Regularly review patients progress with the hearing aid and analyse need for modification of hearing aid programme and/or further rehabilitation, advice and counseling
• Fit custom made ear plugs for adults and children and instruct patients or their carers on effective use and maintenance
• Recognise when a medical history or test results require onward referral to ENT Medical Staff
• Analyse and interpret diagnostic test results to formulate an individual treatment plan
• Undertake home visits t
• Assist with paediatric audiology and hearing aid clinics
• Perform evening and weekend clinics as required (though we currently do not work evenings or weekends unless overtime is required).
• Supervise and line manage 
• Be responsible for the domiciliary including time tabling and organising visits, as well as writing and maintaining protocols. Be able to work independently in people’s homes.
• To work at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Epping, Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow and Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.