Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·       Work as an independent practitioner providing specialist clinical services directly to patients, to include:

• • The assessment and rehabilitation of adults and children > 6 months of age.
  • Creation of individual rehabilitation plans selected from a range of possible options, engaging the patient/family as an active partner in the decision-making process guided by a flexible, inclusive and responsive approach based on patient/family need.
  • Management of patients with complex and/or special and additional needs.

o   Establishment of good rapport, including gaining patients’ co-operation in clinics and self-management at home.

·       Promote clinical excellence as a senior practitioner, maintaining a high level of expertise in routine and non-routine testing and rehabilitation methods, to include expertise in a range of techniques, procedures and technologies. The latter will involve keeping up to date with new or emerging technologies and knowledge.

·       To work effectively in, and share knowledge, skills, expertise and advice with the team, wider multi-disciplinary team, patients, families, and other agencies.

·       Participate in maintenance and collation of departmental statistics.

·       Maintaining Departmental and Hospital records including use of the Patient Management System, stock control systems, and equipment calibration and service records.

·       To undertake the requirements to maintain professional registration including maintaining CPD Records in a format required by the regulatory professional body.

·       Maintain an understanding of changes and new developments in audiological matters.

Communication

·       Ability to communicate effectively, empathetically and sensitively with patients of all ages and their families/carers who:

a.     may have varying degrees of hearing loss, from mild to profound

b.     may have highly complex needs where advanced communication skills are paramount.

c.     may be highly anxious or emotional due to the news you are imparting (e.g. diagnosis of profound hearing loss in a new-born baby, deterioration of an existing hearing loss) or recent news (e.g. still distressed about sudden significant loss of hearing).

·       Ability to communicate with professionals and public, both internal and external to the Trust, on clinical, service provision and professional matters.

·       To maintain clear, accurate, appropriately detailed clinical records (legible, if written).  To ensure confidentiality of records. 

·       To report and or refer appropriately, clearly and in a timely fashion as required.

·       To comply with the Trust’s requirements for data management and storage.

Knowledge

·       Advanced knowledge of methods of assessment for children of all ages (neonates to young adult), including assessment of children of all abilities.

·       Advanced knowledge of appropriate interventions and management strategies for all assessed children.

·       Advanced knowledge of assessment techniques and rehabilitative strategies for Adult patients, including patients with special and additional needs.