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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (to be confirmed on appointment)
Job ref
110-HS019-0625
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Based in Llantrisant and Bridgend, but will be expected to travel as required to other sites
Town
TBC
Salary
£30,420 - £37,030 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Audiologist

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

We are looking for two dynamic and enthusiastic Audiologist to join our  growing team at CTMUHB.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Audiologists. Consideration will be given to applicants who are soon to complete their BSc in Audiology. The department is pro-active in providing CPD training, further academic study and Preceptorship support.

The work is interesting and varied and there is an opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of adult and paediatric Audiology.

Services include direct referral, adult rehabilitation and paediatric assessments. The successful candidates will be expected to attend clinics at all the Health Board sites.

Candidates should be registered/eligible for registration with the RCCP or The Academy of Healthcare Science.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This means Speaking & Listening at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2). We don’t need fluency. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post is to provide diagnostic and rehabilitative input to patients regarding their hearing difficulties.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder would be expected to undertake a wide range audiological investigations on adults and children. Additionally, to plan and deliver  audiological and rehabilitative treatments on patients who have hearing impairments and that may have complex additional needs i.e. patients who have mental health problems, disabilities and tinnitus. Assistance with paediatric audiological service provision on an adhoc basis.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • holds B.Sc Audiology
  • B.Sc Audiology pending completion
  • Registration or eligible for registration with RCCP or AHCS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Graduate audiologist experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate with hearing impaired people of all ages & their families.
  • Diagnostic skills
  • Skills in assessment and rehabilitation of patients with deafness
  • Ability to work alone
  • Computer literate
Desirable criteria
  • Deaf Awareness.
  • Level 3 Speaking/Listening in Welsh

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of paediatric and adult standards

personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Flexible approach to work
  • Ability to prioritise own tasks & workload
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to adapt to changing circumstances

Circumstances e.g. Mobility/Availability-special attendance requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel between sites

Physical Requirements and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to use computer & telephone
  • Clear speech to enable communication

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elizabeth Taylor
Job title
Principal Audiologist / Prif Awdiolegydd
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443283
Additional information

Ann-Marie Dickinson

Head of Audiology 

[email protected] 

01443 443283

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