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• To provide expert advice, information and guidance to both the ToD team, all service users, families, referral agents and local professionals on a comprehensive range of assessments, interpretation, management, equipment and performance for babies and children who are being assessed for, or who have received, hearing implants.
• To participate in regular ENT Consultant outpatient multi-disciplinary team (MDT) hearing implant clinics
• To contribute to Hearing Implant Business meetings, Paediatric Clinical meetings, Teacher of the Deaf team meetings and Trust Allied Health Professional meetings.
• To chair regular rehabilitation and whole team MDT team meetings, clearly documenting and disseminating information.
• To liaise with equipment manufacturers and technical support services both in house and external.
• To attend regular meetings with National Hearing Implant Programme Rehabilitation teams maintaining close liaison with them over professional matters and developments in the field of hearing implants.
• To lead, advise and carry out advanced and comprehensive assessment and management of listening and communication for referrals of babies, children and young people with a range of developmental levels, including cases with additional multiple disabilities and/or complex needs.
• To analyse/interpret, explain and report assessment results providing specialist advice and recommendations about possible future treatment options to families and local professionals in an accurate, sensitive and supportive manner.
• To monitor and appraise outcomes following implantation using both objective and observational assessments comparing these measures against expected progress, research and National Guidelines.
• To produce comprehensive rehabilitation reports for timely distribution to the patient’s carers, referral agents and multi-disciplinary local professionals.
• Involvement in patient/family and local professional support activities including organisation and delivery of group meetings, training events, accessory workshops and social outings.
• To keep abreast of new specialist test techniques related to Hearing Implants and introduce, implement and review where appropriate, into clinical practice.
• To work independently, without direct supervision, maintaining accountability for own professional actions, within professional guidelines and department protocols.
• To attend annual appraisals with the Head of Service and complete annual appraisals for the Teacher of the Deaf Team.
• To work in collaboration with the Head of Service and team leaders to co-ordinate plan and support the paediatric service as required.
• To maintain an expert level of up to date knowledge and skills with technological developments in the field of hearing implants, deaf education and related areas, by participating in regional, national and international conferences and courses. To disseminate this knowledge within the team.
• Assist with raising awareness and the profile of the West of England Hearing Implant Programme.
• To undertake teaching, training and advice as requested for different professionals, referral centres, agencies and others as required, across the South West region.
• To evaluate the work of the department/programme in selected areas and report the findings of the evaluation or audit to ensure that practice is as evidence based as possible.
• Participate in research in collaboration with other NHS and University departments and relevant commercial companies, preparing papers for presentation and publication in journals, conferences and other media.
• To identify and highlight areas of the service which need developing and to make recommendations for future plans for the service.
• To deputise for Head of Service as required.
• To meet regularly with Head of Service, providing information as required on patient management, activity levels and other pertinent statistics or service delivery and improvements.
• To promote multidisciplinary working throughout all aspects of the paediatric hearing implant service, maintaining effective communication within with team
• To remain compliant with UHBW statutory and mandatory training.
• To maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times in line with the terms of the Data Protection Act and local Trust policies
• To use the Hearing Implant Patient Management System and Database (Auditbase) effectively producing information for clinical care and audit as needed. To record all clinical information on the Trust electronic record (Evolve) ensuring that there is a complete record of clinical activity.

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