Job overview

The Paediatric Audiologist provides highly specialised audiological care, including advanced and complex assessment and rehabilitation of hearing impaired children.  The role is predominantly based at Royal Stoke.  However, there may also be a requirement to work at County Hospital.

Main duties of the job

•    Ability to provide appropriate, understandable test instruction to children of all ages and ability.  Use of tact and persuasion where barriers to understanding exist, e.g. very young children and children with learning difficulties, or with an uncooperative child.
•    Communicate effectively with Deaf and hard of hearing individuals, carers and children of all ages. Able to communicate complex technical information in a meaningful manner, adapting instructions and tests to children of different ages and special needs.
•    Demonstrate reassurance and persuasive skills to gain a childs confidence for invasive procedures e.g. impressions.
•    Demonstrate sensitivity and awareness when Sharing the News with children, parents and families e.g. sudden hearing loss or deterioration of existing hearing loss.
•    Liaise with a multidisciplinary team to provide the best outcomes for children, including ENT, TODs, Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.