Audiology Practitioner

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Job Overview

The North Wales Primary Care Audiology Service is expanding! Our service is looking to recruit qualified Band 5 staff to help deliver a new wax removal service to patients across North Wales. The service operates across the whole of North Wales from Wrexham to Anglesey, covering a diverse area with outstanding coastal and rural scenery.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity t o join established dynamic team working within GP surgeries. You will be helping to deliver a safe and effective wax removal service to patients within a specific Primary Care cluster. This will involve wax removal using manual techniques (microsuction), as well as assisting in first line assessment of hearing and tinnitus. Once fully established in the role, your time will be split between Primary Care, and working within the Adult Rehab Audiology service in secondary care, carrying out all aspects of routine audiology adult rehabilitation. Wax removal using micro-suction is a key part of the role, and training will be arranged for the successful candidate if required. In addition to clinical responsibilities, the successful candidate will have opportunity to be involved with audit, service development, and research activity as the service expands.

The ideal candidate will be eligible for registration with the AHCS or RCCP, be confident working autonomously and ready for a new challenge.

If you are inspired by the opportunity to be involved in this expanding and developing new service, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to spend a day shadowing the service, please contact us to discuss prior to application.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

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 Audiology or BSc plus BAAT Part I&II, or equivalent
• Eligible for future state registration as a Clinical Physiologist
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Work with range of age groups
• Modernised hearing aid services
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills.
• Basic computer skills
• Teamwork skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Welsh speaker
• Some data base experience.
• More advanced IT skills
  
  

Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Must be competent in all aspects of Audiology applicable to the post
  
  

Personal Atributes

Essential Criteria

• Team player.
• Able to demonstrate empathy to patients
• Reliability and punctuality
• Flexibility over location/pattern of work. E.g willing to travel to peripheral clinics