Audiologist - Balance and Complex Hearing

This is an exciting 12-month fixed-term opportunity for an experienced Audiologist to develop and utilise advanced skills in vestibular assessment and rehabilitation within a highly specialised service.

The successful candidate will join an integrated Audiology Service delivering comprehensive balance care for both adults and children. The service is equipped with a full range of advanced vestibular diagnostic technologies including Videonystagmography (VNG), Video Head Impulse Testing (vHIT), caloric testing, sVINT and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs).

As part of our direct-access balance pathway, the post holder will undertake autonomous assessment of patients presenting with dizziness and balance disorders, formulate management plans, and provide specialist vestibular rehabilitation without the need for prior ENT review. This role therefore requires advanced clinical knowledge, excellent clinical reasoning skills and confidence in managing complex vestibular presentations.

Be professionally accountable for all aspects of your professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standards.
Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies using diagnostic and analytical skills to identify their problems and needs and ensure that patient’s medical, psychological, social environmental and cultural factors are considered.
Use advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to

• Identify the problem
• Formulate individualised management and treatment plans in negotiation with the  patient/parent/caregiver to devise and deliver a specialised evidence-based programme of care utilising a range of treatment options.
• Be a source of clinical expertise within the team, trust wide and provide advice to other organisations as required
• Give comprehensive information to seek patients understanding, co-operation, compliance and consent.

• MSc /STP in Audiology or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC or RCCP
• BAA Higher Training Scheme Certificate of Clinical Competence or equivalent
• Experience of balance assessment using a range of clinical techniques
• Experience of balance rehabilitation counselling and monitoring outcomes
• Knowledge and understanding of professional policies and procedures in balance
• Post qualification experience with management of Complex hearing losses in adults and/or children
• Excellent communication skills to enable building good rapports with colleagues and patients
• Good leadership skills
• Teaching and training skills
• Good IT skills
• Flexible working for occasional out of hours requirement
• Ability to travel for cross site working and home visits

• BAA Higher Training Scheme (HTS) in Balance Assessment and/or Rehabilitation
• Evoked potentials testing
• Experience of leading service developments
• Significant experience of working in an NHS setting (or equivalent)
• Experience of initiating audit projects
• Experience with training and developing junior staff
• Experience of presentation at meetings/Conferences
• Publication of research in peer reviewed journals
• Database management and experience of Microsoft excel

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.