NHS Lanarkshire Chief Audiologist - Team Lead, University Hospital Monklands

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Chief Audiologist- Team Lead to join the Audiology at University Hospital Monklands!

The successful candidate will have the lead role in one or more of the specialist areas of Audiology Service provision, namely local operational management of a Department and may have lead role in a speciality, i.e Tinnitus management, Paediatric assessment.

Provide local staff management within the department, which will include:

• Senior Clinical Audiologists
• Clinical Audiologists
• Senior Audiology Assistants
• Students

Contract type

Band 7 / Permanent / Full Time / 37 hours

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Why join NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee Counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

What we’ll need you to bring

• Initial qualification may be BAAT Parts I and II/BSc Hons Audiology or MSc Audiology.
• Post qualification experience working at a Senior Clinical level and will have developed experience and expertise in all areas of clinical work and managing teams.
• The post holder will be knowledgeable and up to date in professional issues, CPO requirements and student training.
• The post holder may have a qualification in management to certificate level or beyond or can demonstrate experiential learning and development.
• Will be IT literate and familiar with Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint.
• Will have highly developed communication and negotiating skills.

It would be great if you also have:

• The post holder may have a qualification in management to certificate level or beyond or can demonstrate experiential learning and development.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Joanne Lydon at Joanne.lydon@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Devon Westwater at Devon.Westwater@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.