Audiologist
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ormskirk, L39 2AZ
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
12 days left
Job description
Part Time Hours - 26 hours per week Three days - flexible depending on the needs of the service This early-career role is suitable for a fully qualifi...
The main purpose of this role is to provide a range of clinical care working in one or more specialist areas of audiology.
The post holder is responsible for maintaining clinical records in relation to the activities carried out.
The post holder will also supervise or train less experienced staff, assess and supervise students and be a point of contact for junior staff regarding routine cases, and provide advice regarding the specialist area(s) they work in.
The post holder may also lead a team working in a specialist area.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Advertising Date: 4th September 2026
Closing Date: 17th September 2026
Shortlisting Date: 18th September 2026
Proposed Interview date: 2nd October 2026 (TBC)
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Audiology Degree or equivalent
- RCCP Registered or if newly qualified working towards registration
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience at working at Band 5 level
- Evidence of clinical competence
- Experience of fitting advanced digital hearing aids
Skills
Essential
- Analysis of test pure tone audiometry and tympanometry results
- Competent use of audiological equipment and software
- Performing real ear measurements including real ear to coupler difference, RECD
- I.T Skills
Other
Essential
- The post involves sitting, walking and stooping to look in ears and place headsets on the patient in a variety of settings across both sites and community and domiciliary settings
- Good hand to eye coordination and dexterity
- Travelling between hospital and community audiology sites
- Be able to carry equipment and pull a trolley
- The post requires frequent use of concentration in assessing patients and negotiating individual care plans as some appointments last 90 minutes.
- Conveying detailed and complex information to patients and carers where there may be significant communication barriers
- Communicating with a wide variety of people including patients, carers, medical staff, social care and the public
- The post holder will be exposed to sensitive, emotional and occasionally distressing circumstances and may treat people who are at the end of life or aggressive
- The post holder will work in consulting rooms and soundproof booths within the Audiology department and occasionally visit the wards and residential care homes
- Routinely encounters unpleasant smells and sights within the ward and residential home visits
- The soundproof booths and small consulting rooms often become stuffy and can feel claustrophobic
- The post holder will be using a visual display frequently sat at a work station.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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