Audiologist – Balance and Complex hearing

Job title:

Audiologist – Balance and Complex hearing

Company

NHS

Job description

Audiologist band 7 – Balance and Complex Hearing Rehabilitation.This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your skills in vestibular audiology with complex adult hearing assessment and management. We are an integrated service that provides all hearing and balance services for adults and children under one management structure and within one hospital Trust. We are located in a purpose-built facility with state of the art equipment for balance testing including rotational chair and posturography. The department provides a number of specialist regional and supra-regional services including the Manchester Balance Service, specialist and complex audiology and all types of auditory implants for adults and children. The department attracts complex cases from throughout the region and through our close working relationship with ENT. We have UKAS accreditation for our adult and paediatric services including balance.You will have a specialist knowledge and experience of balance assessment and rehabilitation and have an interest in providing adult audiology services for patients with more complex hearing needs. Additional training and support will be given where required. The department has close educational and research links to the University of Manchester. Successful candidates should have a recognised higher level of training and experience in Audiology.Main duties of the jobYou will provide comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation of adults and older children with balance problems using a full range of diagnostic balance equipment. In addition, you will be part of the clinic providing hearing assessment and rehabilitation to adults with complex hearing needsAbout usMFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.Date posted07 February 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number349-MRI-6919222*Job locationsManchester Royal InfirmaryOxford RoadManchesterM13 9WLJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description. You will be a key member of the complex hearing and balance services at Manchester Foundation Trust. You will have clinical responsibility for assessing patients referred to the Manchester Balance Service using state of the art equipment. You will provide treatment plans in conjunction with colleagues and ENT staff. You will be part of the MFT balance multidisciplinary team meeting. Your role with also involve the management or patients seen within special hearing assessment and rehabilitation clinics using a range of hearing devices to manage hearing difficulties Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description. You will be a key member of the complex hearing and balance services at Manchester Foundation Trust. You will have clinical responsibility for assessing patients referred to the Manchester Balance Service using state of the art equipment. You will provide treatment plans in conjunction with colleagues and ENT staff. You will be part of the MFT balance multidisciplinary team meeting. Your role with also involve the management or patients seen within special hearing assessment and rehabilitation clinics using a range of hearing devices to manage hearing difficultiesPerson SpecificationeducationEssential

• MSc STP or equivalent
• HTS or equivalent in balance assessment

Desirable

• HTS or equivalent in adult hearing assessment or rehabilitation

ExperienceEssential

• experience of providing diagnoistic assessment of balance patients
• Experience of providing vestibular rehabilitation for balance patients
• Experience of providing adult auditory rehabilitation with hearing aids and other devices

Desirable

• Providing hearing aids and rehabilitation services to adults with complex hearing needs

research and auditEssential

• Contributing towards audit for a service within audiology

Desirable

• involvement with research in an aspect of audiology
• presentation of audit or research to peers

Additional non clinical responsibilitiesEssential

• leading an aspect of a service or non clinical responsibility

Desirable

• managing stock and spreadsheets

TrainingEssential

• experience of training junior staff

written skillsEssential

• Good, clear and concise written skills

Person SpecificationeducationEssential

• MSc STP or equivalent
• HTS or equivalent in balance assessment

Desirable

• HTS or equivalent in adult hearing assessment or rehabilitation

ExperienceEssential

• experience of providing diagnoistic assessment of balance patients
• Experience of providing vestibular rehabilitation for balance patients
• Experience of providing adult auditory rehabilitation with hearing aids and other devices

Desirable

• Providing hearing aids and rehabilitation services to adults with complex hearing needs

research and auditEssential

• Contributing towards audit for a service within audiology

Desirable

• involvement with research in an aspect of audiology
• presentation of audit or research to peers

Additional non clinical responsibilitiesEssential

• leading an aspect of a service or non clinical responsibility

Desirable

• managing stock and spreadsheets

TrainingEssential

• experience of training junior staff

written skillsEssential

• Good, clear and concise written skills

Expected salary

£46148 – 52809 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 01:26:31 GMT

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