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Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital Town London Salary £30,546 - £32,207 Per annum including inner london HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/08/2025 08:00 Audiology Assistant PractitionerBand 3Job overviewThis role is for a permanent full-time audiology assistant practitioner to provide support with a variety of patient-facing clinical and administrative duties. Further training will be provided where indicated in order to fulfil job requirements, with the possibility to participate in an apprenticeship to develop towards an audiology qualification. The Audiology Team who you will be an essential and valued member of, deals with the assessment and management of hearing and balance disorders. The ideal candidate should be able to multi-task in a fast-paced working environment, have a friendly manner with colleagues and patients alike and be able to prioritise their work in order to deal with a variety of demands. Main duties of the jobThe suitable applicant must be able to work in a busy office environment with excellent multi-tasking skills, practical and logical problem-solving skills, able to think and work independently but also ability to work within clinical protocols with a real interest in direct clinical care. After the necessary in-house training is completed, the post-holder will do their own patient-facing clinics involving digital hearing aid troubleshooting, hearing aid maintenance and small repairs. Addiionally they will do office administration including stock maintenance and data inputting, to support the audiology team and audiology coordinator. Being an excellent team-player is a must. Working for our organisationWith nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages.St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, and southeast England. Other services treat patients from all over the country. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description for more detailed information on the role which involves patient-facing work and office administration. Person specificationSkills and knowledgeExcellent organisational skills Knowledge of hearing aids ExperienceExperience working in a clinical setting Worked with Auditbase Assistant audiologist clinical experience Worked in NHS audiology Qualifications and trainingAcademic qualification equivalent to A levels or relevant experience Assistant audiologist training or other qualification/ certificate in audiology IT software training Training on impression-taking We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:- The machine readable zone - An ultra violet image - An infra red imageAs part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address. ______________________________________________________ Disability Advice Line:S WL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments c ontact ourConfidential Disability Advice Line at: Telephone: 02082963786 Text: 07501066267 Email:esth.dal@. Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm. ______________________________________________________ Employer certification / accreditation badgesThe postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.#J-18808-Ljbffr