Audiologist | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1. Autonomous practice within adult rehabilitation clinics from assessment to hearing aid fitting and reviews 2. Assessment of hearing loss in non-routine (complex) populations 3. Fitting of hearing aids in non-routine (complex) populations We host an STP trainee and would welcome the successful candidate to contribute to training. There may be a need to support more junior members of the team and provide advice and guidance to our assistant and associate audiologists. There is a strong culture of auditing our work to ensure best practice, and we would like the successful candidate to be actively involved in this work.

The ideal candidate will be somebody who is motivated to deliver a high-quality adult rehabilitation service to our patients. Because we are not an AQP provider, the post is ideally suited to an audiologist who is comfortable with routine work and is ready to develop their skills in a complex service.

Join our large friendly team within the Audiology Department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust and enjoy the variety of work that comes from being part of our large complex Audiology service. We have over 45 staff, made up of senior assistant audiologists, associate audiologists, audiologists, Clinical Scientists, hearing therapists and a newborn hearing screening team all supported by an excellent administrative team. The department offers a complex adult rehabilitative service, tinnitus and hearing therapy services, newborn hearing screening programme, paediatric assessment and (re)hab service (0-18 years) and vestibular assessment and rehabilitation service at the main NNUH site and at Cromer Hospital. Domiciliary work is also undertaken. Our department places an emphasis on quality and we are proud to have been one of the earliest sites to become UKAS accredited under the Improving Quality In Physiological Services accreditation scheme, and are currently accredited for our paediatric service., Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Provide hearing aid service and rehabilitation for hearing aid users, both outpatient and domiciliary, using skills for assessing test results and equipment prescriptions.
• Responsible for taking impressions, selecting an appropriate ear mould fitting and modifying ear moulds.
• Aural rehabilitation. Responsible for selecting an appropriate hearing aid, based on interpretation of an individual patient's hearing loss, programming the hearing aid and ensuring patient is satisfied with the performance of the hearing aid. This involved using advanced modern computerised hearing aid fitting systems (including patient questionnaires and real ear measurements).
• Dealing with hearing aid repairs and exchange.
• Communicates condition-related information to patients and relatives.
• Provides counselling to patients and reassurance, setting realistic expectations for the hearing aid with regard to hearing loss/wearing aids.