Audiology Practitioner

Job summary

Job Overview An opportunity has arisen for an Healthcare Science practitioner to join our friendly and dynamic Audiology Service. This would be an ideal opportunity for a newly qualified Audiologist looking for a nurturing environment to develop, or an existing Band 5 Audiologist wanting a new challenge or change of location.

Benefits

Responsibilities

• of the job
• To interpret and report results, to decide on intervention strategies and to explain and discuss results with patients/significant parties as required.
• Testing techniques will include: otoscopy, diagnostic audiometry and tympanometry.
• To adapt testing technique for adults with additional needs.
• Routine use of software based hearing aid selection and programming facilities to assist in complex decision making over hearing aid settings and functions.
• To provide counselling to patients of varying ages and capacity and their significant others.
• Producing short and long term rehabilitation plans for patient treatment To provide a hearing aid review service checking on patients progress in accordance with appropriate guidelines.
• Selection, testing and acoustic fitting of the latest technology hearing aids, incorporating verification measures.
• To provide hearing aid maintenance and repair service, which will include, cleaning, modification, repair/replacement, advice, counselling and instruction services.
• Working for our organisation
• Hyw*** plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
• We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

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Security clearance