Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:Bank Audiologist

Reports to:Audiology Service Lead

Salary:Hourly rate depending on experience, fte 25,000 - 34,000 per annum

GP CareGP Care is a recognised provider of community based healthcare services including diagnostics, outpatient and ancillary services to NHS and private patients within Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, BANES, N.E. Essex and Walsall and is branching out to new CCG areas across England. In addition it offers a variety of support services to its shareholder base of 100 practices which comprise over 650 GPs who look after approximately 1,000,000 patients. GP Care services are clinically led, developed to meet patient needs and provide cost and efficiency savings to the NHS.

Job PurposeYou will be an experienced and qualified audiologist (registered with the RCCP or HCPC) and will become a member of our bank team, with the opportunity to cover staff shortages due to sickness or annual leave. As a key part of a rapidly growing team you will work autonomously taking responsibility for the delivery of community audiology clinics. You will provide a complete adult hearing rehabilitation service to include hearing aid assessment, hearing aid fitting, follow up and servicing for all patients referred by GPs to GP Cares direct access service. You will often work alongside an Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) or Healthcare Assistant (HCA) who will support community audiology clinics and ensure that clinical and professional standards are maintained at all times.

Organisational Chart

Director of Operations

Clinical Manager

Service LeadAudiologists (this post)

Service CoordinatorsATO/HCAs

Key ResponsibilitiesGeneral Work as part of the GP Care team to contribute to the business; Represent the organisation positively in all contacts both directly to the public and between health professionals and managers; Apply your best endeavours at all times to add to the service quality, reputation, influence and profitability of the organisation; Provide support to other GP Care team members on their projects where appropriate; To wear uniform provided and adhere to company uniform policy.

Specific Audiological assessment of adults with hearing loss, including history taking, evaluation of results and subsequent appropriate management; Take responsibility for safe use and maintenance of audiological equipment including audiometers, tympanometers and computerised assessments. Ensure that clinical equipment is calibrated and in good working order; To be responsible for stock and safe keeping and use of stock as discussed with the Audiology Service Lead; Taking of aural impressions, including assessing for suitable ear moulds and appropriate modifications; Be familiar with all current models of analogue and digital hearing aids in order to select the correct amplification; Fitting hearing aids with computerised probe microphone measures to verify and evaluate hearing aid performance. Additional use of sound field aided gain and speech reception tests as required; Audiological rehabilitation of adults including the use of questionnaires and other outcome measures; Continuing evaluation of hearing aid use; Maintain full and accurate documentation in line with professional standards to include electronic and paper systems; Record evidence of clinical reasoning that justify outcomes; Make full use of electronic patient management system; Share relevant information with other professional agencies to facilitate a coordinated multi-disciplinary approach and maintain patient confidentiality; Provide suitable advice on environmental aids and assistive listening devices; Undertake hearing aid fault finding and provide necessary maintenance and repair; Audiological assessment and aural rehabilitation of patients with special needs as required; Undertake domiciliary visits as required; Supervision of ATO/HCAs within clinics ensuring clinical practice and professional standards are maintained; Act as a professional role model to staff; Use critical analysis to keep abreast of new developments recommending changes to professional practice as appropriate; Maintain and handle patient records, reports to patients and GPs in line with Information Governance requirements; Ensure patient privacy and dignity and infection control standards are met and that clinical activity is optimised. Feedback operational issues to relevant admin team; Undertake audit and report any incidents/issues in line with governance plans; Manual handling of patients and equipment in line with company policy; To be able to act in situations of crisis and to be familiar with emergency procedures, including fire and basic life support; To be aware of possible hazards within clinic locations to take immediate action and report any incidents/accidents to the manager; Take personal responsibility for maintaining professional registration as a Clinical Physiologist with the Health and Care Professions Council/RCCP.

Communication Maintain a friendly, helpful, confident and professional manner at all times; Exercise discretion as to the degree of urgency and confidentiality required in both administrative functions and clinical activity.

Other To perform such other tasks as may reasonably be expected to fulfil the duties for which you are employed.

ConfidentialityIn the course of your duties you may have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff or other health service business. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and /or treatment of the patient. If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature, you must seek advice from your manager. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority having first been given. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded by GP Care as serious or gross misconduct which could result in disciplinary action being taken against you.

Health and Safety/SecurityIt is the duty of every employee to work in such a way that accidents to themselves and to others are avoided, and to co-operate in maintaining their place of work in a tidy and safe condition, thereby minimising risk. Employees will, therefore, refer any matters of concern through their respective managers. Similarly, it is each persons responsibility to ensure a secure environment and bring any breaches of security to the attention of their manager.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and ChildrenAll members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults and children in all relevant areas of their work. This includes attendance at relevant training events and being aware of GP Cares Safeguarding policy and procedures.

Equality and DiversityGP Care has given its full commitment to the adoption and promotion of the key principles of equal opportunities contained within current legislation and the companys Equality and Diversity Policy.

All staff hold personal responsibility for the application of this policy on a day-to-day basis and should not undertake any acts of discriminatory practice during the course of their employment. Similarly all staff have a responsibility to highlight any potentially discriminatory practice to their manager or HR.

Copies of the Equality and Diversity Policy are available in the Policies and Procedures file at GP Care HQ and available electronically on the Company Server.

LocationYou will be working at various clinic locations in Colchester and Tendring, North East Essex, with travel between these clinic locations being required. You will report into and occasionally visit GP Cares Head Office, currently Christchurch Medical Centre, Downend, Bristol, BS16 5SG.

This job description may be reviewed in the light of changing service needs. Any changes will be fully discussed with the post holder. The post holder may also be required to carry out other work appropriate to the grade of the post.

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