Audiology Clinical LeadNHS
Job summary
This is an opportunity for an experiencedClinical Scientist or Audiologist to join our audiology team as a Band 7 Clinical Lead, specialising in adult audiology services. You will be someone who is experienced in delivering high standards of care for adult patients in complex and non-complex pathways and keen to develop leadership skills, inspiring the service to provide excellent care. This is a role for someone who enjoys being part of service development and change, improving the lives of our patients across East Sussex.
You will be part of the senior leadership team within the audiology service. Whilst you may not have experience in a leadership role, you will understand the principles of good clinical leadership and operational management and be willing to develop those skills.
You will have experience of delivering clinical audit, service evaluation and the ability to share learning and imbed change. You will have a working knowledge of BSA and BAA guidance and work with the team to imbed evidence based practice within the day to day work. You will also be able to support the lead team to maintain our paediatric UKAS IQIPs registration and achieve UKAS IQIPs accreditation for our adult services.
This role is base at our Park Practice base in Eastbourne, however we provide services across all of East Sussex, so some cross site travel is required.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Leadership
Operational Leadership
Activity reporting and optimising clinical capacity
Risk management
equipment management
rota design and maintenance
Audit and service evaluation, action planning and implementation.
IQIPs accreditation
Line management
staff performance management
supporting students
Managing and resolving complaints
Stock management
Working with stakeholders such as GPs and voluntary sector
Job description
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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