Audiologist
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Reading, RG1 5AN
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 September 2026
15 days left
Job description
Band 5 Audiologist The Audiology team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) are looking for an enthusiastic audiologist to join their friendly departm...
Clinical Role
You will have experience in providing adult diagnostic hearing assessment and adult rehabilitation work.
You will have prior experience of independently providing ENT support and hearing aid repair and maintenance for service users.
Wider experience will be considered, for example, previous work in paediatrics
The service is based in Reading, and delivered across a number of Berkshire and South Oxfordshire locations. The clinician will be part of the team working across these sites to support the local community.
Additional Responsibilities
Motivation to develop and diversify your clinical skills in order to manage a complex caseloads and potentially support other clinics within the department (i.e. paediatrics, tinnitus).
There will be opportunities to push service quality and the technical knowledge forward.
The role will involve training and supervision of internal and external students.
You will have scope to be involved in audit, service evaluation and improve projects to help maintain IQIPS accreditation, which the service has held since 2014.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in Audiology or Equivalent
- Practical competency qualification (e.g. CCC, PTP)
Desirable
- Registration, or evidence of working towards registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience in adult audiology, including assessment, hearing aid fitting and aftercare (including accurate testing and verification of hearing aids through probe mic and / or coupler measurements
- Ability to communicate complex information including relevant technical and / or condition related information to provide patients with a better understanding and allow them to make an informed choice about their health care
Desirable
- Experience of utilising some wider adult rehabilitation skills (e.g. some of the following: tinnitus management/speech testing/CROS fitting/BAHA fitting/non-routine hearing assessment clinics)
Other skills and competencies
Essential
- Competency in all areas of adult assessment and rehabilitation
- Diagnostic audiometric techniques and rehabilitation to BSA/ BAA standards
- IT literacy
Desirable
- Experience of development and implementation of clinical protocol and policy
- Evidence of involvement in audit
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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