Job summary
- Main area
- Audiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 001-HS029-0625
- Employer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital of Wales
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Audiologist
Band 6
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
· We are kind and caring
· We are respectful
· We have trust and integrity
· We take personal responsibility
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge. Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to the National Museum, St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life or the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
To provide a range of Adult and Paediatric Audiological services within Audiology at University Hospital of Wales, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales and across Community sites in Cardiff and the Vale. Responsible for delivering safe and effective Audiology services, ensuring that clinical performance is in line with or exceeding best practice.
Main duties of the job
This will include contribution to service development activity, audit, research and delivery of in-house continuing professional development activity and inter-agency work. To provide support and guidance, to more junior colleagues and trainees in performance of their clinical duties.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/PTP or PTP equivalence or PGDip or equivalent in Audiology from an accredited University
Desirable criteria
- BSL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of assessment of communication needs including hearing status
- Experience in the full range of hearing assessments and the fitting of hearing aids to both adults and children
Desirable criteria
- Experience working autonomously in a community setting
- Team Leadership
- Implementing Change
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clinical information at an appropriate level
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic computer skills
- Service development and Research skills
- Teamwork skills
- Behavioural testing in children
- Fitting of hearing aids to adults & children
- Competent use of databases & spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Ability to fault-find audiological equipment
- More advanced IT skills
Special Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the ear and balance systems
- Knowledge of the full range of NHS hearing aids
- BSA Protocols
- Knowledge of Health Board policies & procedures
- Understanding the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Extensive scientific knowledge of underlying complex conditions, relating to hearing loss in children and adults and to balance disorders in adults, to enable: •analysis and interpretation of test results in the context of the whole patient •development of or contribution to the development of an appropriate individual management plan.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Audiology Quality Standards in Wales
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communicator
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to deal empathetically with patients and their families
- Reliable
- Critical Awareness
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to different sites within Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
- Registered with RCCP (Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists) as an Audiologist or Registered/working towards registration with HCPC (Health Care Professions Council) as Clinical Scientist (Audiology)
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorraine Lewis
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02921841626
- Additional information
Rhian Hughes
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