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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (None)
Job ref
411-SUR-26-7764768
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/02/2026 23:59

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Audiologist

Band 5

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This post is suitable for an experienced audiologist and entails working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing highly specialised audiological services, including advanced and complex assessment and rehabilitation of hearing impaired children. The post holder will work at Alder Hey and community clinics and schools across the Liverpool, Sefton and West Lancashire region and therefore the ability to travel in-between sites is essential. 

Main duties of the job

Maintaining continuous professional development, working autonomously, managing own caseload, demonstration of own initiative and supporting senior staff and managers in developing the service.

Training and development in paediatric audiology will be provided.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is suitable for a qualified audiologist that would like to specialise in paediatrics and entails working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing highly specialised audiological services including rehabilitation of hearing impaired children. 
The post holder will work at Alder Hey and community clinics across the Liverpool, Sefton and West Lancashire region. 
The post-holder will be expected to work closely with senior staff and ensure that a consistently high quality clinical service is provided. This includes maintaining continuous professional development, working autonomously, managing own caseload, demonstration of own initiative and supporting senior staff and managers in developing the service. 
Training and development in paediatric Audiology assessment and management will be provided. 

Person specification

2. Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate understanding of the range of paediatric assessments.
  • Experience of fitting verifying and evaluating a range of hearing aids and completing individual management plans.
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of paediatric "M" modules
  • Substantial post registration experience in an NHS Department
  • Knowledge of British Sign Language

Skills and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent skills in using audiological equipment and computer programmes associated with them.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers and children and those who have communication difficulties.
  • Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records and statistical information.
  • Evidence of knowledge of current trends within paediatric audiology.
  • Ability to maintain strict patient confidentiality
  • Motivated and keen to learn and develop
  • Proven ability to compliment the dynamics of the existing team

Other Additional Requirments

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel between community clinic sites

1. Qualification and Training

Essential criteria
  • BSc Hons audiology
  • Audiology qualification (e.g. MPPM BTEC/BAAT)
  • Professional Registration (Academy of Healthcare science AHCS/Healthcare Professional Council HCPC)

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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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maureen O'Hare
Job title
Clinical Manager
Email address
Maureen.O'[email protected]
Additional information

Jamie Aindow - [email protected]

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