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Salary for this role£31,554 – £33,270 a year

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Role description

Job summary

We have a band 3 Agenda for Change 0.6 FTE Assistant Technical Officer post within the Hearing Implant Centre. This is a fixed term for 18 months position.

This role is an opportunity to join our busy and friendly multi-disciplinary team to assist in providing technical support to patients under the care of the Adult and Paediatric Hearing Implant Services.

We are seeking a highly motivated person with excellent communication, problem-solving and organisational skills, as well as the ability to work on their own initiative. Experience dealing with the public and experience in a care setting is desirable.

The successful applicant will work within a team of assistant technical officers and closely with audiologists in the department to support our patients in maintaining their hearing devices. There will also be engagement with the wider multi-disciplinary team including our advanced nurse practitioner, the medical and surgical team as well as the speech and language therapists and teachers of the deaf. Full training and support will be given to use hearing implant and hearing aid clinical device programming software and to be able to use department specific systems and processes for hearing implant delivery and ordering.

There is active and ongoing research and audit within the service and participation in the development of the service is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

Responsible to the senior assistant technical officer and within the team of assistant technical officers the post holder will monitor and maintain stock levels of hearing devices, hearing implant systems, accessories, and consumables. They will provide technical support to patients to address and remedy issues with the function of their hearing devices. This includes trouble-shooting device faults, replacing parts and processors, liaising with manufacturers and suppliers, keeping accurate records, gathering information for the surgical team to respond to medical queries and taking impressions of patients' ears to produce new ear moulds.

About us

Located at St. Thomas' Hospital on the banks of the River Thames and opposite the Houses of Parliament, St. Thomas' Hearing Implant Centre is one of the largest hearing implant centres in the UK. Having been established in 1992 we care for thousands of adult and paediatric hearing implant users and provide all current hearing implants offered in the UK to new recipients, including Cochlear Implants, Bone Conduction Hearing Implants, Middle Ear Implants and Auditory Brainstem Implants.

We have a large multidisciplinary team consisting of Audiological Scientist, Rehabilitationists (Speech and Language Therapists and Teachers of the Deaf), ENT Consultant Surgeons, Assistant Technical Officers and Rehabilitationists an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and a team of Administrative staff.

As a Tertiary specialist centre we have a focus on clinical excellence and also on research and audit with currently one of the largest active research portfolios of any implant centre in the UK.

We are a busy but friendly department and always look forward to welcoming new team members to help us to support the patients under our care.

Date posted

30 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£31,554 to £33,270 a year p.a. inc HCA pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

196-LIS10884M

Job locations

Hearing Implant Centre, 2nd Floor Lambeth Wing

St. Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description document for detailed description of the role and main responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

A to C grade in English and Maths or equivalent
Education to GCSE or equivalent

Desirable

A to C grade in Science or equivalent
A-level, NVQ or BTEC in Health, Social, Care English or STEM Subject

Skills

Essential

Good communication skills (written and verbal)
Good organisational, problem solving and prioritising skills
Ability to confidently use digital and paper based systems
Ability to work methodically with minimal supervision
Ability to work well within a team

Desirable

Ability to communicate with colleagues or all disciplines and levels
Knowledge of information governance and patient confidentiality

Experience

Essential

Experience with Microsoft Office including Excel
Experience in public facing role

Desirable

Administrative/ clerical experience
Experience working within a team
Experience working in a healthcare setting
Experience working with the hearing impaired or those with communication difficulties
Experience in repairing hearing devices

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.