Job overview

An exciting role has become available for a qualified audiologist within the trust this is a perfect role for a newly qualified audiologist wishing to gain experience within the field.

To work within the Audiology acute team, responsible for the provision of the audiology service to the patients within the Trust.
To provide routine audiological assessments, diagnosis and rehabilitation to adults and older children and assist in more complex procedures. Taking responsibility for their own work yet under supervision of a Senior Audiologist.

The post holder will also be involved in the supervision of audiology students and assistants, and they will work at the base hospitals and community venues throughout Halifax and Huddersfield.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role involves the assessment and management of hearting loss in adults with some testing on older children, including but not limited to.

• Covering ENT clinics
• Undertaking direct access hearing assessment and hearing aid fittings.
• Undertaking clinics to fix and repairs hearing aids
•  Participate in stock control and ordering.
• Works on own and uses initiative based on prior training when acting on changing patient information and test results in order to make changes to patient care. Access to Senior Audiologist is available if further expertise is required.
• Be aware of barriers to communication e.g learning disabilities, hearing impaired and when English is not the first language and overcome these barriers effectively. 
• Ensure patient is fully informed of clinical procedures
• Manage professionally any potential disputes/complaints that may present from abusive patients, relatives or carers, refer to a senior member of staff if necessary. 

This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way.  It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.