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Audiologist

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ormskirk, L39 2AZ £32,073 – £39,043 a year Permanent Posted 4 September 2026 Apply by 17 September 2026

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Role description

Job summary

Part Time Hours - 26 hours per week

Three days - flexible depending on the needs of the service

This early-career role is suitable for a fully qualified clinician to deliver routine diagnostic hearing assessments and provides hearing-aid-based rehabilitation. The role combines autonomous clinical practice, patient counselling, equipment management, and contribution to service quality.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this role is to provide a range of clinical care working in one or more specialist areas of audiology.

The post holder is responsible for maintaining clinical records in relation to the activities carried out.

The post holder will also supervise or train less experienced staff, assess and supervise students and be a point of contact for junior staff regarding routine cases, and provide advice regarding the specialist area(s) they work in.

The post holder may also lead a team working in a specialist area.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

409-8215547

Job locations

Ormskirk audiology department

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 4th September 2026

Closing Date: 17th September 2026

Shortlisting Date: 18th September 2026

Proposed Interview date: 2nd October 2026 (TBC)

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc Audiology Degree or equivalent
RCCP Registered or if newly qualified working towards registration

Knowledge

Essential

Relevant experience at working at Band 5 level
Evidence of clinical competence
Experience of fitting advanced digital hearing aids

Skills

Essential

Analysis of test pure tone audiometry and tympanometry results
Competent use of audiological equipment and software
Performing real ear measurements including real ear to coupler difference, RECD
I.T Skills

Other

Essential

The post involves sitting, walking and stooping to look in ears and place headsets on the patient in a variety of settings across both sites and community and domiciliary settings
Good hand to eye coordination and dexterity
Travelling between hospital and community audiology sites
Be able to carry equipment and pull a trolley
The post requires frequent use of concentration in assessing patients and negotiating individual care plans as some appointments last 90 minutes.
Conveying detailed and complex information to patients and carers where there may be significant communication barriers
Communicating with a wide variety of people including patients, carers, medical staff, social care and the public
The post holder will be exposed to sensitive, emotional and occasionally distressing circumstances and may treat people who are at the end of life or aggressive
The post holder will work in consulting rooms and soundproof booths within the Audiology department and occasionally visit the wards and residential care homes
Routinely encounters unpleasant smells and sights within the ward and residential home visits
The soundproof booths and small consulting rooms often become stuffy and can feel claustrophobic
The post holder will be using a visual display frequently sat at a work station.

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.