Graduate Healthcare Scientist in Paediatric Audiology (Paediatric Audiologist)

The Children's Hearing Service at NHS Lothian is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the paediatric audiology team in an exciting role where you will support children and their families. This is an ideal opportunity to develop your paediatric skills with a supportive team.

Job Responsibilities

The post involves working alongside existing paediatric audiologists and assistant staff in a purpose-built Children’s Hospital in the beautiful, historic city of Edinburgh. If you are a new graduate, we can offer a strong supportive start to your paediatric audiology career, where you can consolidate your academic learning in a friendly, progressive and inclusive team. The post holder will support the service clinically by carrying out paediatric diagnostic hearing assessments in the ENT clinic and with children over the age of 4 years. Clinical duties will include delivering high levels of care to the service’s patients via face-to-face appointments at The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and at the Lauriston Hospital.

Service Scope

Service improvement and development are central to the vision for the forward paediatric audiology service provision at NHS Lothian. Other services that the wider team undertake include diagnostic testing of children aged 0-18 years, including ABR, ASSR, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry, Performance Audiometry, Pure Tone Audiometry, TEAOE testing, Otoscopy, and Tympanometry. We undertake the fitting of hearing aids for all ages and have an established national microtia service where we participate in the fitting of implantable devices.

Service Improvement Duties

These duties include contributions to SOPs, patient information audits, and quality improvement. A vision for quality improvement is strongly advised.

Working Hours and Conditions

The service currently runs clinics Monday to Friday between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00, with the expectation of working 37 hours between these times. There is an NHS Scotland initiative to have a reduced working week of 36 hours by 2026, with no salary impact. As from April 1, 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part-time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

Legal And Additional Requirements

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e., child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement to demonstrate that you have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.

Application Guidance

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Equal Opportunity

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Please note: We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.