Job Introduction
The adult audiology and hearing therapy service in Bath has a vacancy for an experienced Band 6 to take on Band 7 management duties while keeping an interesting clinical role.
You will work 30 hours a week in a Band 6 role and then 7.5 Hours a week in a Band 7 role.
The department has a particular focus on rehabilitation with its patients and are passionate about delivering a high level of service. You will also be working alongside hearing therapists and assistant audiologists
Main Responsibility
Our NHS adult audiology service delivers high standards of hearing aid care with a strong focus on rehabilitation. We will allow you sufficient time to talk to your patients as well as complete your clinical tasks.
Our service is primarily hearing aid rehabilitation but includes completing full diagnostic clinics and reports for the ENT service and the tinnitus clinic, joint working with the hearing therapists, supporting volunteer clinics and supervising students when needed.
The Ideal Candidate
Ideally you will have or be about to complete an STP MSc. You will have a BSc or BAAT qualifications in Audiology and be fully registered with the RCCP and/or HCPC.
To discuss the role in more detail or to ask any questions, contact Melanie Ward at melanie.ward@hcrgcaregroup.com
Package Description
As a Senior Audiologist, you’ll be part of our valued team at The Audiology & Hearing Therapy Department, St Martin’s Hospital, Bath with peripheral clinics in Keynsham and Paulton (outskirts of Bristol). This role includes 30 Hours in a Band 6 position and 7.5 Hours in a Band 7 position.
You will feel valued as a Senior Audiologist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of 3£4,172 to £42,121 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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