Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Audiologist to join our Oldham Community Audiology team. We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and caring person to complement our existing audiology team.

The Oldham Audiology Service is friendly, forward thinking and experienced with a good skill mix.  It is an innovative and dynamic service that provides treatment and advice to adults and children with hearing and balance problems.

You will provide audiological assessment, management and support to patients presenting with less complex hearing impairment and disorders in line with service requirements across the Oldham Audiology community clinic footprint. To meet service needs, there may be a requirement to work on a adhoc basis into our other clinic sites in Rochdale and Bury. There may also be a requirement to work in local schools to deliver the school hearing screening  programme.  There will be a requirement to be able to commute in order to undertake home visits, school screening and to cover other community premises

Key Requirements of the Person Specification: • BSc / MSc in Audiology or the equivalent professional qualification (ONC BTEC in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurements with a Professional Qualification in Audiology (BAAT Part I and II). • RCCP/AHCS or HCPC registration

Hours of work: The service operates over the core hours of 8.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday. 

Main duties of the job

You will work in a range of community settings performing routine and predictable Audiology tasks. You will undertake diagnostic investigations of hearing for both adults and children, where highly accurate results are vital. You will work with patients to fit and verify hearing aid prescription, formulate individualised treatment plans and provide ongoing care, advice and support.

The Audiologist will assess, undertake audiological testing and determine an individual treatment/management plan for routine patients.

The Audiologist will select, fit hearing aids where appropriate and rehabilitate routine adult patients using the community boroughs computer management system.

The Audiologist will have knowledge in Audiology to assess

patients directly referred from their GP and seek advice or refer patients to see a Senior Audiologist, Advanced Practitioner or Consultant using national and local guidelines.

The  Audiologist will interpret diagnostic tests and explain the results of these tests to patients, relatives and carers in an appropriate and empathetic manner, being sensitive to the complex communication difficulties of patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The Audiologist will record audiological investigations and treatment plans on the community boroughs computer management system and formulate reports to other health professionals and key stakeholders where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.