Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCC6171941
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wycombe Hospital
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Audiology Lead
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
This is an exciting and challenging role which covers adult and paediatric clinical, management and leadership requirements for IQIPS accreditation.
You must be able to demonstrate excellent team working and leadership qualities as well as a high level of clinical and communication skills. You will need to be able to develop good working relationships at all levels and liaise effectively with a wide range of clinicians and managers as well as patients and families.
Whilst working with the Trust you will receive considerable support and opportunities to develop your clinical, management and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
Planning and delivering the necessary requirements for IQIPS accreditation and implementing the necessary continuous improvement whilst directly supporting the Head of Audiology in the day-to-day delivery of the service.
Manage own areas of responsibility on a day to day basis. Make senior level decisions, provide leadership and negotiate at a senior level on a range of subjects relating to the service.
With the support of the Head of Audiology, resolve service wide issues relating to staff performance, achievement of targets and capacity.
Work closely with colleagues in Outpatients and wards to ensure delivery of activity and waiting time targets.
Identify and address service pressures, using own judgement to respond and deal with a range of routine and urgent situations and developments. This will require the planning, formulation, monitoring and review of action plans, policies and strategies.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Senior IQIPS experience
- Experience of Auditbase or similar system.
- Minimum of 5 years adult audiology clinical experience.
Knowledge & experience
Essential criteria
- Significant senior experience (over 6)
- Good level of IT skills to include word processing, use of spreadsheets and databases.
Education
Essential criteria
- MSc Audiology or equivalent M level qualification with Clinical training equivalent to CAC, STP or BAA HTTS.
- Professional Registration with HCPC/RCCP or AHCS.
Desirable criteria
- IQIPS Assessor Training.
- Leadership &/or Management qualification.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Perriam
- Job title
- Head of Audiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07798817473
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