Job overview

Salford Audiology are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, and caring person to complement our busy Audiology team for 24.75 hours per week over 3 days.  The working hours will be 8:30AM to 17:15PM. 

Salford Audiology Service is a multi-site service, which is provided across Acute, Community and Educational settings. We provide a full range of Adult and Paediatric Audiology Services, including Newborn hearing screening Programme, Hearing assessment and Rehabilitation, Baha, Comprehensive Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation and Hearing Therapy.  Travel to Gateway centres across Salford will be a requirement of the post holder.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Audiology Practitioner will work as a member of the Audiology team under the direct and indirect supervision of an Audiologist. The post will involve direct patient care, in respect to dealing with basic enquiries and performing routine non-complex tasks on a daily basis which will include hearing aid repair and maintenance.  There will be a mix of both clinical and administrative duties.  You will support the administration team with appointment bookings, stock control and general telephone enquiries. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate good communication skills and IT skills are essential requirements for this role along with interest in the field of hearing and balance. 

Training will be provided on-site however attendance at an accredited Assistant Audiology Practitioner course is expected.  There will be a multiple competency-based assessment that you will undertake to enable you to fulfil your role.

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.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)