This substantive Consultant post within the Department of Paediatric Audiology at West London Trust offers an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, multidisciplinary team based at the Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health. The successful applicant will work alongside experienced Paediatric Audiologists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Specialist Teachers of the Deaf, contributing to the comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of children with audio-vestibular disorders.
We are seeking a clinician who demonstrates a high standard of professional excellence and a strong commitment to delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. The post holder will be responsible for providing medical leadership and oversight within the Paediatric Audiology service, which operates under an Audiologist-led model. A personalised job plan will be agreed in consultation with the Clinical Director to reflect the service’s needs and the candidate’s areas of expertise.
Main duties of the job
- Providing appropriate medical management for children with all degrees of permanent hearing loss.
- Analysing results of tests and providing comprehensive reports, including advice on clinical implications of findings and suggested further investigations.
- Counselling parents and children.
- Arranging investigations into the aetiology for children with permanent hearing loss.
- Arranging ophthalmology referrals for children with a permanent hearing loss.
- Carrying out medical, clinical balance assessments and developmental assessments for children with permanent hearing loss.
- Arranging cochlear implant referrals on suitable candidates as per the referral criteria.
- Arranging BAHA referrals for suitable candidates.
- Arranging clinical genetics referral where indicated.
- Arranging further referrals to specialist centres when detailed clinical balance assessments are indicated or other specialist services are required, such as assessment for auditory processing disorder and auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.
- Arranging referrals to specialist clinics for management of patients with microtia and atresia.
- Providing medical assessments for children with special/complex needs towards suitability for ABR under sedation.
- Working with audiologists regarding hearing aid provision.
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
- Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST in Audiovestibular medicine or equivalent
- MRCP/MRCS/MRCPCH or equivalent (UK)
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
Experience
- Experience of undertaking medical assessments and aetiological investigations for children with permanent hearing loss.
- Experience of working within a wider multi-professional network, peer support groups
- Experience of undertaking research, evaluation, and audit of practice.
- Experience of developing and delivering training to students and audiology staff.
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
- Proficiency in a range of medical procedures, an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
- Able to prioritise clinical need.
Skills and Abilities
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to the HRCH values (Care, Respect, Communication).
- Able to apply clinical reasoning to assessment and treatment planning.
- Able to identify the needs and rights of deaf service users and their carers, and the impact of disability on their lifestyles.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own practice and participate in self-development programmes.
- Able to work in an unpredictable environment and prioritise workload and time effectively.
- Comfortable in working across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Demonstrates probity, displays honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas and respects confidentiality, and the capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
Knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of BAPA guidance, NHSP, paediatric audiology and related NICE guidelines.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and other current drivers and guidelines affecting practice.
- Deep understanding of deafness, its implications and vast knowledge of deafness-related issues in the population.
- Wide-ranging knowledge of newborn hearing screening, role of NHS England and Public Health England.
- Good knowledge of NHS newborn hearing screening programme, its quality measures, targets and commitment to deaf population.
- Extensive knowledge of Audiology services, especially Paediatric Audiology and hearing screening.
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata per annum
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