Audiologist/Senior Audiologist

Overview

Are you a newly qualified or an experienced Audiologist looking for the next step in your career? Do you want to join an Audiology team that is highly skilled and encourages professional development? Join UHBW as an Audiologist/Senior Audiologist where you will join our dynamic, welcoming and forward-thinking Audiology team. Join us at this exciting time; having recently been nominated for Clinical Team of the Year, we are a well-established and ambitious department that opens opportunities and supports professional development. We are offering a 12 month fixed term maternity leave cover with the possibility of extension and/or a permanent contract in the future.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment;
• Opportunities for professional development and training;
• The chance to work in a large, diverse team of Audiologists, Clinical Scientists, Hearing Therapists and administrative staff;
• The ability to contribute to the teaching and mentoring of future Audiologists;
• Award-winning well being package.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will act as an autonomous practitioner, delivering specialised audiology assessments and treatments while managing your own patient caseload.
• You will be planning and prioritising your workload while delegating tasks within a multi-disciplinary team. This includes:
  • Supervision, training and up-skilling of staff including: Associate and Assistant Practitioners, and students
  • Providing expert audiology assessments and treatments
  • Managing and prioritising your own patient caseload
  • Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care
  • Working across Bristol & Weston hospitals, primarily at St Michael\’s and Southmead Hospitals, but also at outreach sites

Requirements/Qualifications

• Motivated and enthusiastic audiologist with a passion for patient care and a commitment to professional excellence.
• Ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our mission of providing outstanding healthcare.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we\\\’re meeting our pledge.

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we\\\’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support – developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

About UHBW

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as \”Good\” overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone\\\’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

Click on this link to find out about our values https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/p/about-us/our-trust-values