Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7399087-HS-Z-M1
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Audiologist Team Lead
Band 7
Job overview
A rare opportunity has arisen for an advanced audiologist / team lead with strong leadership skills to join the audiology team at St George’s Hospital. The successful candidate will be a highly clinically skilled audiologist with NHS experience including experience working with complex patients, as well as evidence of leading on non-clinical activity. There is flexibility in the role to accommodate either an adult or paediatric audiologist.
Main duties of the job
This role is a combination of clinical and non-clinical work which is an excellent opportunity for personal, career and leadership development.
You will be expected to actively lead and contribute to ensuring current, up-to-date, high quality and lean clinical pathways that adhere to national best practice standards.
Additionally you will provide operational, clinical and pastoral leadership within the audiology team, in collaboration with the other team leads and head of audiology. You will also be expected to deliver services at St George’s Hospital and nearby satellite clinics in the area of your expertise.
The perfect candidate is enthusiastic, passionate about the field of audiology, values excellence quality of service provision and puts patients in the centre of their care.
Working for our organisation
The Department of Audiology and Audiovestibular Medicine at St. George's Hospital provides a diagnostic and rehabilitative audio-vestibular service to people of all ages encountering problems with hearing, balance and tinnitus. You will be working within a dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team of audiologists, audiovestibular physicians and physiotherapist, who strive to offer an exceptional standard of patient care and focus to work within the Trust values of being kind, excellent, responsible and respectful. The main department is located within the acute St George’s Hospital main site and is co-located with ENT and the auditory implant team, but also has four satellite sites that can all be reached by public transport
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the included job description and person specification for more information.
You are also welcome to contact Jolanda Scourfield, Audiology Head of Service, on 020 8725 1151 or [email protected]
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Highly motivated
- Passion for clinical and service excellence
- Attention to detail
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Hearing aid skills & infant prescription
- Leadership
- Organisational skills
- Excellent IT skills
- National protocols and guidelines
- Paediatric hearing assessment skills
Desirable criteria
- Electrophysiological assessment skills
- Vestibular assessment skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Audiology practice
- Paediatric audiology experience incl assessment and rehab
- Clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Teaching experience
- Management experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc Audiology
- AHCS / HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- BSL stage 1 & 2
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jolanda Scourfield
- Job title
- Head of Audiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 1151
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553088512
- Telephone
- 07553088512
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