Paediatric Audiologist

Paediatric Audiologist

The closing date is 15 December 2025.

We are looking for an paediatric Audiologist to join our team paediatric department within Children's Community Services, NELFT NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a community based department with two sites Harold Wood Clinic, Havering and Child and Family Centre in Barking. We offer a full range of services including seeing children with permanent childhood hearing impairment, fitting hearing aids and working with teachers in local schools and speech and language colleagues. We also offer support for children with bothersome tinnitus and offer hearing test for those with complex needs.

Main duties of the job

The service covers Havering, Barking and Dagenham. The successful applicant would work across both sites.

We are looking to fill a full time post.

The successful candidate will be required undertaking hearing assessments for children age 7 months - 18 years. This will require skills in Visual Reinforcement Audiometry, Play Audiometry and objective testing (OAEs and tympanometry). Experience is essential but support will also be provided to support the experienced audiologist to integrate into the service.

The successful candidate will also be required to undertake hearing aid fittings in line with paediatric hearing aid guidelines and manage their time to accommodate hearing aid repairs on Phonak and Oticon hearing aids. Experience in these areas would be beneficial.

This is an excellent opportunity for any current paediatric audiologist to develop and expand their skills with children with complex needs or for a paediatric audiologist looking to expand their skills with hearing aid fittings and leadership responsibilities in a new team.

There is opportunities to be involved in VRA peer review, clinical audit and IQUIPs.

We book patients on the patient management system called RIO and test hearing using the Interacoustics Affinity Compact.

NELFT as a trust are particularly keen to encourage personal development and any necessary training necessary would be provided.

About us

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941).

Job responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Certificates of Sponsorship

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Use of AI

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Person Specification Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Audiology or equivalent.
• Registered with RCCP
• D in paediatric audiology

Experience

• Paediatric Audiology VRA and Play Audiometry skills Hearing aid Review for
• Paediatric ENT

Skills and Knowledge

• Flexible and adaptable team player
• Experience working in a pair with a clinician to gain hearing test results
• Knowledge of paediatric hearing aids
• Knowledge of S4H, RIO or Auditbase

Personal Qualites

• Sensitive and approachable manner
• Family friendly professional approach / helpful and friendly clinician

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.

Address

NELFT Paediatric Audiology, Harold Wood Clinic

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum Plus HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

395-HV172-25

Job locations

NELFT Paediatric Audiology, Harold Wood Clinic