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Job summary

Main area
Audiology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Final year/recent STP graduates are encouraged to apply.)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time or part time depending on applicant)
Job ref
387-DT9312-NG-A
Employer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Level B St Michaels Hospital
Town
Bristol
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Scientist - Adult Audiology

Band 7

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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Scientist to join our dynamic Audiology team across St Michael’s Hospital and Southmead Hospital in Bristol. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service that delivers high-quality care to patients with complex auditory needs.

As a Band 7 Clinical Scientist, you will play a key role in providing advanced diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology services, supporting clinical decision-making, and contributing to service development. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient-centred care and uphold the highest standards of clinical practice.

Final year/recent STP Graduates are encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver specialist audiological assessments and interventions for adults and children with complex hearing needs.
  • Provide expert advice and support to clinical colleagues and trainees.
  • Contribute to research, audit, and quality improvement initiatives within the department.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols and guidelines.
  • Participate in teaching and training activities for staff and students.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Good knowledge base in all aspects of Adult Audiology
  • • Experience in autonomously performing diagnostic audiovestibular investigations including creating management plans (calorics, vHIT, cVEMP)
Desirable criteria
  • • Minimum of 2 years relevant post qualification experience
  • • Experience of teaching/training of staff
  • • Experience performing objective audiological assessments such as corticals, ABR, OAEs
  • • Experience of running a balance rehabilitation clinic
  • • Experience testing and treating BPPV (eg Epley and BBQ roll)
  • • Experience contributing to research/audit

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to communicate complex scientific information both oral and written
  • • An advanced level of clinical skills and knowledge of Audiological conditions and treatments
  • • Analytical skills to be able to interpret and compare a range of options for problem solving
  • • Ability to Prioritise
  • • Good Time Management skills

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Clinical Health Professional i.e., AHCS or HCPC
  • • STP Neurosensory science (Audiology) or MSc Audiology plus Certificate of Audiological Competence (CAC)/ HTS modules or can demonstrate evidence of development of knowledge and skills to this level
  • • Recognised training in areas of vestibular investigation and rehabilitation including certificates in the practical assessments for DAV

Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to work effectively and methodically and as part of a team

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Wilkinson
Job title
Lead Clinical Scientist/Diagnostic Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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