Navy Command - Audiologist Gosport, England
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We are looking to recruit a qualified and hardworking Band 6 Audiologist to join our fast-paced department that seeks to sustain and improve the operational efficiency of service personnel through improved occupational hearing and who would also have a desire to undertake coordinated research.
This position is located within the Defence Audiology Services (DAS) based at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) that brings together scientists and medical professionals to improve the health of the UK Armed Forces. The outstanding opportunities offered within are wide and multifaceted that support Navy Command’s role. We offer an excellent working environment for all our personnel!
This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, multidisciplinary team of clinical and health providers which supports MOD personnel operating across a wide range of occupational and environmental conditions at sea, in the air, and on land both in the UK and overseas.
This position is advertised at 37.5 hours per week.
Job description
The role requires comprehensive skills, knowledge and expertise in audiological investigations and their interpretation and when to refer for further assessments. DAS provides a full hearing aid and rehabilitation service; would you be able to improve this service?
The field of audiological hearing health is developing rapidly within Defence so the postholder will be required to be aware of technological advances and seek to improve to our service provision through applied research and audit. We do engage in research and some experience in this would be useful.
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Evidence of Immunity to Hep B is required.
The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients and service users. MOD policy remains aligned with the government position that vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from the risk of getting seriously ill/dying from COVID-19 and reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. We therefore encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Detail concerning the options available for vaccination against COVID-19, along with information on risks and side effects is available from: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines - NHS (www.nhs.uk) to enable individuals to make an informed decision.
Person specification
A good planner is required, with the skills to deliver a quality service in a fast paced environment, handling resources and workload as appropriate to the clinical requirements. Being skilled at imparting sensitive, critical and complicated information to patients, staff and colleagues at all levels is also important to the role.
- Professional knowledge acquired through a BSc in Healthcare Science (Audiology)
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory and evidence
- Registration as an Audiologist with Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, Association for Clinical Scientists or the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Registration with HCPC as a Hearing Aid Dispenser would be an advantage.
To be eligible for this role, qualifications and memberships, noted above, should be held in full, prior to submitting the application.
Please pay particular attention to the Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further detail.
There is no requirement to deploy overseas but the role will provide continuity of care, however there may be a small peripatetic role.
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- NHS Pension
- Free Parking
- Access to gym
- Reimbursement of Professional subscriptions
- Onsite catering facilities
- Staff social functions!
- Inclusive working environment
This post does not offer Relocation Allowance.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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The interview will be assessed on the following frameworks:
- NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
- NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
- NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
- NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB6 – Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Information and Knowledge – IK2 – Information Collection and Analysis
Feedback will only be provided if an interview or assessment was performed.
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Requests to work flexibly will be considered so may be full-time, part-time job share and flexible working. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Successful candidates should meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. Successful candidates will also be subject to disclosure and barring security check in addition to evidence of Immunity to Hep B.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will have a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise stated) effective from the employment start date.
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As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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