Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2343
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £38,488 - £46,852 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Audiologist
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
As an Audiologist you will be responsible for supporting your line manager in ensuring the clinical quality of the Adult Audiology Service, ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.
The post holder will work unsupervised providing routine audiological assessment and rehabilitation to a wide range of patients. The role involves participation in supervision and training of students. The post holder will be given training in more advanced techniques and must maintain continuous professional development whilst working towards higher levels of professional competence. We offer all of our band 5 audiologists the opportunity to observe all specialist clinics to support their decision making in their career development.
Main duties of the job
- Key areas of responsibility are to provide routine audiological assessment and aural rehabilitation for adults, which includes providing counselling to distressed patients about their hearing loss and associated problems, and to have the ability to make decisions about the most appropriate course of treatment for the patient in their care (referring to senior staff when appropriate).
- The post holder will assist in the day-to-day running of the Audiology Service to include maintenance of the highest levels of health and safety.
- They will maintain a programme of continuing professional development (CPD) working towards higher levels of professional competence.
- We are a UKAS accredited site and the post-holder will be involved in maintaining accreditation through participation in competency assessments and audits.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Audiology with clinical competency or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Membership of BAA/BSA
- Professional Registration as a Physiologist (AHCS) or Clinical Scientist (HCPC)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of clinical placement as part of BSc/MSc or equivalent.
- Performance of all basic audiological techniques.
Desirable criteria
- Further experience and training gained through attending courses and in house clinical training
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills for assessing and interpreting test results
- Ability to maintain concentration in order to obtain accurate results throughout busy clinics
- Applying information to the use and application of appropriate hearing aids for adult users.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Dr. Emily Frost-Garman
- Job title
- Head of Audiology Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033111024
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