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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
264-8298977-SUR
Employer
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
Town
Kettering
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2026 08:00

Employer heading

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Audiologist

Band 5

Job overview

Please note that this position is based within a clinical setting. Should your application be successful, you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.

We are looking for a motivated and qualified Audiologist  to join our friendly team to help deliver a comprehensive range of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology procedures to adults and non-complex children.

Ideally we are looking for someone who has NHS experience and can work independently for all routine adult appointments including:

  • Direct referral
  • ENT clinical support
  • Fittings
  • Review
  • Repairs

In addition, experience with children's diagnostic testing aged 4 and above would be favourable.

Although based at Kettering General Hospital we also have clinics at Irthingborough (Nene Park Hospital) and Corby that you will be asked to support, and therefore a UK driving license and access to a car are essential.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertakes routine diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for non-complex adults, including Direct Referrals, Re-Assessments, Follow Up's, and Repairs - Clinical support will be provided for complex cases
  • Provides expert clinical service for ENT support clinics
  • Undertake routine testing for children aged 5-18
  • Assist with non-clinical audit, service evaluations and maintenance of department protocols

Working for our organisation

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

 

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

 

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

 

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed description of the main responsibilities and duties of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • BSc (Hon) Audiology or BAAT Part 1 and 2
  • Registered to practice as an Audiologist/ Clinical Scientist with either Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS)
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Membership of BAA, BSA

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • NHS Experience
  • Worked as a qualified audiologist for at least 1 year post qualification
  • Knowledge of working with a wide range of hearing aid software
  • Routine and Complex Hearing aid work and verification
  • Worked with younger children performing routine hearing tests
Desirable criteria
  • Familiarisation with Auditbase PMS

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to effectively and accurately communicate sensitive information to patients and relatives
  • Ability to overcome barriers to communication in patients of all ages, especially with the profoundly deaf and patients reliant on sign or language interpreters
  • Able to adapt communication to meet the needs of the situation
  • Ability to effectively communicate highly technical and/or condition related information to patients and/or carers
  • Ability to work with a level of autonomy to assess, diagnose, differentially diagnose and manage patients and their families.
  • Ability to work in a team and to independently deliver clinical and non-clinical tasks
  • Effective IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and Audiology software systems

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
  • Empathetic

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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
Kathleen Purvey
Job title
Deputy Head Audiology UHN
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01536 492136
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