Job Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Audiologist to join our team at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. We value innovation and are constantly on the lookout for new ideas as part of our commitment to a culture of continuous improvement. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is one of the UK's teaching NHS Trusts with a reputation for excellence.
Opportunities for professional development exist within our comprehensive adult rehabilitation, tinnitus, and balance programmes. Additionally, possibilities for experience in service development, clinical audit and research will be available. The post holder will be trained to specialise in either tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy or vestibular rehabilitation, with the possibility of professional advancement.
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As clinicians contributing to the provision of care to over one million patients annually you will have the opportunity to begin your career working alongside key leaders, clinical experts and academic experts in the field of Audiology.
Main duties of the job include:
- Supporting ENT clincs.
- Adult Audiological Rehabiltation.
- Training in vestibular and/or tinnitus clinical work.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust’s improvement journey, as we’ve stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We’ve also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
If successful, the candidate will be expected to start with ENT clinics and hearing aid work from the beginning of their contract. Over time, after the initial acclimatisation period, we will start to plan a bespoke training period in an area of a) clinical need, or b) personal interest. This training period may take some time, but once satisfying the relevant criteria, the candidate will can then move in to more specialist audiology clinics. As required, additional time may be allowed for clinical audit projects and various other training courses both internally and externally.