Specialist Audiologist
Closing date: 09 October 2025
We are privileged to advertise three new band 7 posts to complement our existing team. These are important roles to deliver key clinical activity in both hospital and community clinics. Our team is kind and friendly, innovative and committed to quality. You will be well-supported within the team and the wider Trust. This is a great opportunity for you to develop your skills in a large training department with a strong research programme.
Two 7 month B7 posts 37.5 hours per week
We are looking to recruit individuals with experience in any of the following areas:
Complex adult audiological testing and rehabilitation
Paediatric assessment and habilitation.
We are working to support ENT recovery and you will be expected to deliver some sessions assessing and treating patients in an audiology-first ENT service delivery model.
Main duties of the job
The provision of a comprehensive audiology service within the context of the wider department
Carrying out a range of diagnostic audiological tests
Providing a comprehensive rehabilitation service to hearing impaired adults and children
Provision of rehabilitative services to adults with complex needs
Maintaining own professional knowledge and contribute to the clinical developments of the department
Using knowledge and experience in the training and supervision of junior staff
Working independently
If you can demonstrate exceptional clinical abilities and a proven track record of service development, we would be interested to hear from you. You must have excellent communication skills and have a desire to find creative and effective solutions for patients with a variety of hearing and balance problems. You will be a competent practitioner and able to work without supervision in the main department and at satellite clinics. You will be expected to develop specialist expertise in some of our complex clinics although training will be given. We are a training department and you would be expected to contribute to training junior staff and PTP and STP trainees at BSc and MSc level.
You will have at least a BSc or MSc in Audiology or equivalent and will already have gained experience in a clinical setting. You must be AHCS/HCPC registered or working towards this.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke\'s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH\'s values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people\'s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract, you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
applied for a Graduate visa
or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 9th of October.
Interviews are due to be held on the 22nd of October.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
oMSc in Audiology or equivalent (or assessed study in Adult Rehabilitation Audiology at M-level)
oState registration (or working towards this if not yet eligible)
Experience
oExtensive experience in general audiology post-qualification
oSignificant specialist experience in adult rehabilitation.
oSignificant experience in paediatric Audiology
oExperience in audit and service development
oEvidence of autonomous and unsupervised working
oExperience with complex adult rehabilitation caseload eg unilateral hearing loss, severe/profound hearing loss, tinnitus
Knowledge
oIn- depth working knowledge of relevant national standards, policies, skilled recommendations and guidelines
oDetailed knowledge of hearing aids and their processing strategies and other relevant new technologies
Skills
oAdvanced skills in adult and paediatric auditory rehabilitation and specialist tests of hearing function
oComputer-literate, with good keyboard skills
oAbility to extract clinical information from and communicate complex technical explanations to patients and carers.
oAbility and willingness to lead, offer opinions and direction in an effective team-spirited manner
oAdvanced research skills
Additional Requirements
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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.
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