Audiologist - Team Leader

Main area: Audiology

Grade: AfC Band 7

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term until June 2026)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Maternity Cover ends on 09 of June 2026)

Job ref: 384-AR-EMF18295-B7

Employer: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Site: The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Town: Guildford

Salary: £48,270 - £54,931 (per annum) pro-rata - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: Today at 23:59

Job overview:

We are looking to recruit a clinically competent audiologist with considerable experience in Vestibular Diagnostic Audiology to lead specialised clinics. They will be the lead on the development of Vestibular Diagnostic services in the department and also provide vestibular treatment sessions. The post holder will play a key role in supporting and training junior staff on vestibular diagnostic Audiology and provide supervision, training and advice to junior staff and students within the department. They will closely liaise with other specialities and professionals. In addition, the post holder will work closely with Audiology senior staff to continuously improve service delivery and will take responsibility for individual personal development of junior staff.

Main duties of the job:

• To undertake specialist vestibular clinical work, including videonystagmography, electronystagmography, oVEMPS, cVEMPs, calorics, vHIT, posturography, vestibular bedside assessment, detailed clinical vestibular history taking, BPPV assessment techniques including Hallpike, Sidelying, Roll test.
• To be the Lead Specialist on Vestibular diagnostics in the Audiology department and manage those patients presenting with a complex history and assessment outcome, including children.
• To adapt and design the assessment battery based on patient history and assessment results.
• To provide an individualised treatment plan based on cross-disciplinary guidance and assessment outcomes.
• To be responsible for quality control of the vestibular service.
• To provide vestibular rehabilitation which includes developing individualised treatment plans which include vestibular rehabilitation exercises, BPPV particle repositioning procedures (Epley, Semont, BBQ roll, Casani, Appiani).
• To provide vestibular rehabilitation group treatment sessions such as introductory group, pacing group, support group.
• To provide pacing group training by employing CBT and mindfulness skills in a vestibular rehabilitation context.
• The vestibular diagnostic and vestibular rehabilitation services are provided to both adults and children.
• To undertake advanced adult diagnostic testing to include speech audiometry, OAE’s, ABR’s and ASSR’s.

Person specification:

• Qualifications: MSc in Audiology or equivalent experience; Be a member of an appropriate professional body (RCCP/HCPC); A certificate of Audiological Competence or equivalent HTS Modules.
• Skills: Excellent clinical skills in Audiological practice; Able to work as part of a team; Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills; The ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and prioritise workloads; Have an advanced, theoretical and practical knowledge of vestibular and physiological clinical audiology; Have experience with providing vestibular rehabilitation group treatment sessions; Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to timescales; Research and critical thinking skills; IT Skills, Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills and auditbase; Experience of working both as an independent practitioner and supervisor for a wide range of audiological assessment and rehabilitative techniques and outcomes.

Additional information:

We welcome both part-time and full-time applications. For an informal discussion of the role and responsibilities or further information, please contact Karen Lammaing, Head of Audiology on ext 2535.